Player Ratings: Lazio 1-1 Juventus – Kalulu madness, Castellanos fighting hard

Originally posted on Football Italia | By Lorenzo Bettoni | Last updated May 10, 2025 2:20 PM ET

Taty Castellanos and Weston McKennie are Football Italia’s best players in Lazio-Juventus, a game that changed shape several times, not just because of a Pierre Kalulu red card.

Lazio 1-1 Juventus player ratings

Lazio: Mandas 6; Marusic 5 (65′ Lazzari 6.5), Gila 6.5, Romagnoli 6.5, Pellegrini 6.5; Guendouzi 6.5, Rovella 5.5 (65′ Vecino 7); Isaksen 5 (53′ Pedro 6.5), Dele-Bashiru 5 (53′ Dia 5.5), Zaccagni 6; Castellanos 7. Coach: Baroni 6.5.

Best Lazio Player: Castellanos 7 – Contributed to Vecino’s late equaliser with a towering header and fought hard against every Juventus defender. Vecino deserves the same rating. Immediate impact.

Lowest Lazio rating: Dele-Bashiru 5 – Not the only disappointing player for the home side. The Nigerian midfielder was supposed to help Rovella and Guendouzi and support Castellanos, but was stuck in between.

Lazio coach: Baroni 6.5 – He realised that Vecino’s physicality would be helpful on dead balls and crosses and he was proved right. Surely, Kalulu made his life easier.

Juventus: Di Gregorio 7; Kalulu 4, Veiga 6, Savona 5; Alberto Costa 6.5 (79′ Douglas Luiz N/A), McKennie 7, Locatelli 6.5, Thuram 6.5, Weah 5; Nico Gonzalez 5 (46′ Conceiçao 5.5 (86′ Gatti)), Kolo Muani 7 (76′ Adzic 86′ Vlahovic). Coach: Tudor 5.5.

Best Juventus player: McKennie 7 – A complete performance from the American, who played as a central midfielder and as a winger and from that position he produced a perfect assist for Kolo Muani (same rating for the Frenchman). Special mention to Di Gregorio, who made two big saves in the dying minutes. Vecino scored from the rebound from one of those.

Lowest Juventus rating: Kalulu 4 – Another red card for violent conduct. The second one in three games for Juventus. Totally unnecessary. Juventus paid a high price for it.

Juventus coach: Tudor 5.5 – Confused in some decisions, especially when he introduced Adzic only to leave him on the pitch for 10 minutes. Opposite to Baroni, he was not helped by Kalulu’s madness.

This article first appeared on Football Italia and was syndicated with permission.

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