Memory Lane: Serie A 1994/95.

6,80 Savićević (Milan)
6,58 Vialli (Juventus)
6,57 Abedi Pelé (Torino)
6,51 Marchegiani (Lazio)
6,48 Turci (Cremonese)
6,44 Maldini (Milan)
6,40 Batistuta (Fiorentina)
6,38 Carrera (Juventus)
6,37 Aldair (Roma), Rizzitelli (Torino)

Referees:
6,65 Boggi
6,56 Collina
6,34 Cesari

Today 19 years ago: Anderlecht 0, Milan 0.

Att: 26.500.
Anderlecht: Dewilde 6,50 - Crasson 6,00, Rutjes 5,50, Albert 6,25, De Wolf 6,00 - Walem 6,00, Zetterberg 6,75, Bosman 6,00, Haagdoren 5,25, Versavel 6,25, Boffin 6,00 (90' Emmers). - coach: Boskamp. = average: 6,05 [acceptable]
Milan: S. Rossi 6,00 - Panucci 6,00, Maldini 6,50, Albertini 6,25, Costacurta 6,50, F. Baresi 7,00, Al. Orlando 6,00, Donadoni 5,50, Papin 5,25, B. Laudrup 5,50, Simone 5,50 (75' Massaro). - coach: Capello. = average: 6,00 [acceptable]

Ballon d'Or 2000-2011.

10 points for 1st place, 9 for 2nd, 8 for 3rd etc, in every edition. Winners in bold text.

1. Messi : 47 points
2. Henry : 45
3. Cristiano Ronaldo : 42
4. Shevchenko : 34
5. Xavi, Zidane : 30
7. Ronaldinho Gaúcho : 25
8. Iniesta : 23
9. Kaká : 20
10. Raúl : 19
11. Kahn : 16
12. Eto'o, Figo : 15
14. Maldini, Nedvěd : 14
16. Casillas, Drogba, Ibrahimovic : 13
19. Rooney, Van Nistelrooy, Roberto Carlos, Rivaldo : 12
23. Gerrard, Buffon : 11
25. F. Cannavaro, Ronaldo Fenômeno, Owen : 10
28. Lampard, Adriano, Deco, Beckham : 9
32. Fernando Torres, Pirlo : 8
34. Villa, Totti, Sneijder : 7
37. Forlán, Zagorakis, Ballack, Nesta : 6
41. Luis Suárez, Arshavin : 5
43. Özil, Klose, Batistuta : 4
46. Fàbregas, Mendieta : 3
48. Robinho, Ricardo Carvalho, Bastürk : 2
51. Xabi Alonso, Neymar, Lehmann, Terry, Del Piero : 1

Players per nation:
1. Spain : 9
2. Brazil : 8
3. Italy : 7
4. England : 6
5. Germany : 5
6. Portugal : 4
7. Argentina, Uruguay, France, Holland : 2.

Points per nation:
1. Spain : 107
2. Brazil : 91
3. France : 75
4. Portugal : 68 
5. Italy : 57
6. England : 52
7. Argentina : 51
8. Ukraine : 34
9. Germany : 31
10. Holland : 19
11. Cameroon : 15
12. Czech Republic : 14
13. Ivory Coast, Sweden : 13
14. Uruguay : 11
15. Greece : 6
16. Russia : 5
17. Turkey : 2

Players per confederation:
Europe : 41 (75%)
South America : 12 (22%)
Africa : 2 (4%)

Points per confederation: 
Europe : 483 (73%)
South America : 153 (23%)
Africa : 28 (4%)

Average ratings Man United.

Includes Premier League, Champions League and League Cup match vs Chelsea (4-5 aet).

6,45 Rooney (rated 13 times)
6,44 Van Persie (18)
6,34 De Gea (11)
6,33 Hernández (12)
6,27 Anderson (9)
6,18 Rafael (18), Valencia (12), Cleverley (10)
6,14 Kagawa (8)
6,12 Büttner (4)
6,08 Scholes (10)
6,06 Carrick (16)
6,05 Evans (13)
6,04 Fletcher (5)
6,02 Ferdinand (13)
6,00 Lindegaard (9)
5,91 Giggs (7)
5,89 Welbeck (11)
5,88 Evra (16), Vidic (5)
5,82 Smalling (4)
5,77 Nani (10)
5,76 A. Young (7)

Memory Lane: La Liga 2010/11.

7,33 Messi (Barcelona)

7,24 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
6,97 G. Rossi (Villarreal), Iniesta (Barcelona)
6,91 Borja Valero (Villarreal)
6,89 Cazorla (Villarreal)
6,88 Diego Alves (Almería)
6,72 Agüero (Atlético), Aranzubia (Deportivo)
6,71 Xavi (Barcelona)
6,68 Diego López (Villarreal), Reyes (Atlético)
6,63 Valdés (Barcelona)
6,61 De Gea (Atlético)
6,60 Dani Alves (Barcelona)
6,57 Javi Varas (Sevilla)
6,56 Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid), Gabi (Zaragoza)
6,53 Manu del Moral (Getafe), Villa (Barcelona)
6,50 Marcelo (Real Madrid)
6,49 Verdú (Espanyol), Javi Martínez (Athletic Bilbao)
6,44 Özil (Real Madrid)
6,41 Bruno (Villarreal)
6,40 Piatti (Almería)
6,39 Diego Castro (Sporting Gijón), Colotto (Deportivo)
6,36 Kameni (Espanyol).

Today 2 years ago: top rated players Serie A.

6,95 Eto'o (Inter), Pastore (Palermo)
6,79 Sereni (Bologna)
6,72 Mauri (Lazio)
6,60 Stankovic (Inter), Conti (Cagliari), Criscito (Genoa)
6,57 Pinilla (Palermo)
6,55 Antonioli (Cesena)
6,50 Aquilani (Juventus)
6,45 Sirigu (Palermo)
6,44 Del Piero (Juventus), Júlio César (Inter)
6,43 Palacio (Genoa)
6,40 Lavezzi (Napoli), Hernanes (Lazio), Rosato (Lecce), Sorrentino (Chievo), Viviano (Bologna), Ranocchia (Genoa)
6,39 Ilicic (Palermo), C. Ledesma (Lazio)
6,38 Amauri (Juventus)
6,36 Ronaldinho (Milan), Constant (Chievo)
6,35 Cavani (Napoli), Storari & Felipe Melo (Juventus)
6,33 Di Michele (Lecce), F. Inzaghi (Milan), Brocchi (Lazio), Lucchini (Sampdoria)
6,31 Benati (Udinese)
6,30 Alexis Sánchez (Udinese), Cossu (Cagliari), De Sanctis (Napoli), Balzaretti (Palermo)
6,29 Cassano & Marilunga (Sampdoria)
6,25 Floccari (Lazio), Nainggolan (Cagliari), Palombo (Sampdoria), Abbiati (Milan), Lúcio (Inter) 
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6,17 Ibrahimovic (Milan) 

Average ratings Atlético de Madrid.

Liga matches only.

7,04 Diego Costa
7,02 Falcao
6,75 Arda Turan
6,63 Koke
6,47 Mario Suárez
6,46 Miranda
6,41 Filipe Luis
6,40 C. Rodríguez
6,39 Courtois
6,35 Godín
6,26 Gabi
6,21 Juanfran
6,10 Raúl García
6,09 Adrián
5,93 Tiago

Today 3 years ago: Barcelona 1, Real Madrid 0.

1-0 56' Ibrahimović. Sent off: 63' Busquets. Att: 97.132.
Barcelona: Valdés 7,10 — Daniel Alves 7,20, Puyol 8,10, Piqué 6,80, Abidal 6,30 — Xavi 6,20, Busquets 4,50, Keita 5,70 (66' Yaya Touré 5,90) — Messi 6,30, Iniesta 6,70, Henry 4,60 (51' Ibrahimović 7,50). — coach: Pep Guardiola. = average: 6,38 [strong]
Real Madrid: Casillas 6,70 — Sérgio Ramos 6,10, Pepe 6,30, Albiol 6,10, Arbeloa 6,00 (75' Raúl 5,00) — Lass Diarra 5,30, Xabi Alonso 6,20, Kaká 6,20, Marcelo 5,70 — Cristiano Ronaldo 5,90 (66' Benzema 5,00), Higuaín 5,10. — coach: Manuel Pellegrini. = average: 5,82 [mediocre]

Serie A: top rated players.

6,62 Totti (Roma)
6,59 D. Pizarro (Fiorentina)
6,54 Hamsik (Napoli)
6,50 El Shaarawi (Milan), Cuadrado (Fiorentina)
6,46 Borja Valero (Fiorentina), Handanovic & Ranocchia (Inter)
6,45 Marchetti (Lazio)
6,44 Samuel (Inter)
6,42 Hernanes (Lazio), Pegolo (Siena)
6,41 Cavani (Napoli), Jovetic (Fiorentina)
6,40 Osvaldo (Roma)
6,39 Palacio (Inter)
6,38 J. Vargas (Genoa)
6,36 Pogba (Juventus)
6,35 Ledesma (Lazio), Mirante (Bologna)
6,33 Pirlo (Juventus)
6,32 Miccoli (Palermo), S. Frey & Kucka (Genoa)
6,31 Klose (Lazio)

European assist leaders.

Germany
7: Szabolcs Huszti (Hannover 96), Bastian Oczipka (-photo-, Eintracht Frankfurt)
6: Thomas Müller & Franck Ribéry (Bayern München)
5: Marco Reus & Jakub Błaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund), Christian Fuchs (Schalke 04), Hiroshi Kiyotake (Nürnberg), Toni Kroos (Bayern München), Robbie Kruse (Fortuna Düsseldorf), Rafael van der Vaart (Hamburger SV).

England
7: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
6: Eden Hazard     & Mata (Chelsea)
5: Bryan Ruiz (Fulham)
4: Marouane Fellaini (Everton), Adam Lallana (Southampton), Shane Long (West Bromwich),  Joel McAnuff (Reading), Carlos Tévez (Manchester City), Robin van Persie (Manchester United), Theo Walcott (Arsenal)

France
6: Gaël Danic (Valenciennes), Matthieu Valbuena (Olympique Marseille)
5: Steed Malbranque (Olympique Lyon), Alain Traoré (Lorient)
4: Pierre Aubameyang & Renaud Cohade (Saint-Étienne), Rémy Cabella (Montpellier), Etienne Didot (Toulouse), Foued Kadir (    Valenciennes), Wahbi Khazri (Bastia), Nenê & Javier Pastore (Paris Saint-Germain), Dimitri Payet (Lille), Yannick Sagbo (Évian Thonon Gaillard)

Italy
5: Borja Valero (Fiorentina), Franco Brienza (Palermo), Alejandro Gómez (Catania), Marek Hamšík (Napoli)
4: Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus), Antonio Candreva (Lazio), Antonio Cassano (Inter), Alessio Cerci (Torino), Iván Piris & Francesco Totti (Roma)

Spain
7: Cesc Fábregas (Barcelona)
5: Andrés Iniesta & Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
4: Beñat (Real Betis), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Pedro (Barcelona)
3: Adrián Colunga (Getafe), Mesut Özil  & Ángel Di María (Real Madrid), Juanfran & Diego Costa (Atlético de Madrid), Ibai (Athletic Club), Jonas  (Valencia), Jordi Alba (Barcelona), Juan Carlos (Real Betis), N'Sue (Mallorca), Omar Ramos (Real Valladolid)

Per nation*:
4: Germany, France, Spain
2: Argentina
*) players with at least 5 assists.

Memory Lane: Bundesliga 1972/73.

8,18 Berti Vogts (Borussia M'gladbach)
8,15 Bernd Franke (Eintracht Braunschweig)
8,12 Franz Beckenbauer (Bayern Munich)
8,07 Günter Bernard (Werder Bremen)
8,04 Rolf Rüssmann (Schalke 04)
7,97 Gerhard Heinze (Stuttgart)
7,94 Norbert Nigbur (Schalke 04)
7,87 Hans-Josef Kapellmann (Köln)
7,85 Uwe Kliemann (Eintracht Frankfurt)
7,83 Dietmar Linders (MSV Duisburg)
7,82 Bernhard Cullmann (Köln)
7,79 Sepp Maier (Bayern Munich)
7,79 Werner Scholz (Bochum)
7,78 Klaus Fichtel (Schalke 04)
7,75 Paul Breitner (Bayern Munich)
7,74 Dr. Peter Kunter (Eintracht Frankfurt)
7,74 Gerhard Welz (Köln)
7,72 Ludwig Müller (Hertha Berlin)
7,71 Horst-Dieter Höttges (Werder Bremen)
7,71 Herbert Wimmer (Borussia M'gladbach)
7,67 Jürgen Grabowski (Eintracht Frankfurt)

Highest paid managers & coaches.

15,3 m. €: Mourinho (Real Madrid) : 56% wins in league & CL
13,5 m: Ancelotti (PSG) : 58%
10,0 m: Lippi (Guangzhou Evergrande)
9,4 m: Ferguson (Man United) : 78%
9,3 m: Wenger (Arsenal) : 44%
8,3 m: Hiddink (Anzhi)
7,8 m: Capello (Russia)
7,0 m: Vilanova (Barcelona) : 89%
5,9 m: Camacho (China)
5,9 m: Mancini (Man City) : 44%
5,3 m: Rijkaard (Saudi Arabia)
5,2 m: Heynckes (Bayern Munich) : 78%
4,5 m: Villas-Boas (Tottenham)
4,0 m: Redknapp (QPR)
3,6 m: Jorge Jesús (Benfica) : 67%
3,6 m: Moyes (Everton)
3,6 m: Pellegrini (Málaga) : 50%
3,6 m: Paulo Montuori (Qatar)
3,5 m: Abel Braga (Fluminense)
3,3 m: Spalletti (Zenit) : 50%
3,0 m: Conte (Juventus) : 63%
3,0 m: Prandelli (Italy)
3,0 m: Luxemburgo (Grêmio)
3,0 m: Muricy Ramalho (Santos)
3,0 m: Tite (Corinthians)
2,6 m: Hitzfeld (Switzerland)
2,5 m: Löw (Germany)
2,5 m: O'Neill (Sunderland)
2,5 m: Hodgson (England)

Today 21 years ago: Sampdoria 2, Red Star Belgrade 0.

1-0 7' Mancini, 2-0 75' Vialli. Att: 33.000.
Sampdoria: Pagliuca x — Mannini 7,00,  I. Bonetti 6,25, Pari 7,25, Vierchowod 6,50, Lanna 6,50 — Katanec 6,75, Lombardo 7,00, Toninho Cerezo 6,25 (85' Invernizzi) — Vialli 7,00, Mancini 7,00. — coach: Boskov. = average: 6,75 [superiour]
Crvena Zvezda: Milojevic 5,25 — Radinovic 5,75, Vasilijevic 5,75, Nedeljkovic 6,00, Najdoski 6,25 — Stosic 6,75, Jugovic 6,50, Mihajlovic 6,00, Ivic 5,00 (68' Jovanovic) — Pancev 4,50, Ratkovic 6,00. — coach: Popovic. = average: 5,80 [mediocre]

Bundesliga: top rated players.

8,25 Franck Ribéry (Bayern München)
7,85 Kevin Trapp (Eintracht Frankfurt)
7,77 René Adler (Hamburger SV)
7,65 Aaron Hunt (Werder Bremen)
7,64 Thomas Müller (Bayern München)
7,50 Sebastian Rode (Eintracht Frankfurt)
7,45 Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund)
7,38 Diego Benaglio (Wolfsburg)
7,37 Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern München)
7,33 Toni Kroos (Bayern München)
7,31 Fabian Giefer (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
7,27 Pirmin Schwegler & Alexander Meier (Eintracht Frankfurt),
7,25 Jakub Blaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund), Luíz Gustavo (Bayern München)
7,21 Xherdan Shaqiri (Bayern München)
7,19 Oliver Baumann (Freiburg)
7,17 Philipp Lahm (Bayern München)
7,15 Roman Weidenfeller (Borussia Dortmund), Raphael Schäfer (Nürnberg)
7,12 Mario Mandzukic (Bayern München)
7,11 Ilkay Gündogan (Borussia Dortmund)
7,04 Gonzalo Castro (Bayer Leverkusen), Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund), Tim Klose (Nürnberg), Manuel Neuer (Bayern München)
7,00 Jefferson Farfán (Schalke 04), Zlatko Junuzovic (Werder Bremen), Bernd Leno & Philipp Wollscheid (Bayer Leverkusen)

Player ratings Parma 1, Inter 0.

1-0 74' N. Sansone. Att: 15.966.
Parma: Mirante 6,80 - Rosi 6,50 (73' Benalouane), Zaccardo 6,30, Paletta 6,30, Gobbi 6,30 - Marchionni 6,70, Valdés 6,20, Acquah 6,00, Biabiany 7,20 - Amauri 6,20, N. Sansone 7,00 (76' Belfodil). - coach: Donadoni 7,00. = average: 6,50 [very good]
Inter: Handanovic 6,30 - Ranocchia 6,30, Samuel 6,00, Juan Jesús 4,60 (85' Duncan), J. Zanetti 5,60 - Guarín 5,60, Cambiasso 5,50 (86' Livaja), R. Álvarez 5,00 (72' Coutinho), Nagatomo 5,70 - D. Milito 5,00, Palacio 5,00. - coach: Stramaccioni 5,30. = average: 5,51 [poor]

Photo: Biabiany.

Memory Lane: Argentine League 1975.

6,95 Ubaldo "Pato" Fillol (-photo-, River Plate)
6,80 Norberto "Beto" Alonso (River Plate)
6,66 Roberto Perfumo (River Plate)
6,65 José Luis Pavoni (Newell's)
6,64 Hugo Orlando Gatti (Unión Santa Fe)
6,56 Carlos Buttice (Atlanta)
6,54 Alberto Tarantini (Boca)
6,44 Carlos "Maestro" Della Savia (Gimnasia La Plata)
6,38 Mario Alberto Kempes (Rosario Central)
6,37 René Houseman (Huracán), Oscar Alberto Ortiz (San Lorenzo)
6,36 Juan José "J. J." López (River Plate), Horacio Magalhaes (Temperley)
6,33 Leopoldo Luque (Unión Santa Fe)
6,32 Héctor "Gringo" Scotta (San Lorenzo)
6,31 Miguel Brindisi (Huracán), Rubén Suñé (Unión Santa Fe)
6,28 Marcelo "Mandrake" Trobbiani (Boca)

Ligue 1: top rated players.

6,42 Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille)
6,33 Rémy Cabella (Montpellier)
6,30 Steed Malbranque (Lyon)
6,27 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris-SG)
6,20 Simon Pouplin (Sochaux)
6,14 Jérémy Clément (Saint-Etienne)
6,08 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Saint-Etienne)
6,00 Rémy Vercoutre (Lyon), Kossi Agassa (Reims)
5,89 Fabien Lemoine (Saint-Etienne), Romain Alessandrini (Rennes)
5,86 Stéphane Ruffier (Saint-Etienne)
5,83 Steve Mandanda (Marseille), Aurélien Chedjou (Lille)
5,82 Benoît Trémoulinas (Bordeaux)
5,79 Carlos Gilberto Gil (Valenciennes)
5,78 Mamadou Sakho (Paris-SG)
5,77 Yoan Gouffran (Bordeaux)

Today 9 years ago: Ajax 0, Milan 1.

0-1 52' Shevchenko. Att: 50.210.
Ajax: Lobont 6,00 - Yakubu 5,67, Heitinga 6,17, Escudé 5,83 - De Jong 6,17, Obodai 6,17 (55' Wamberto 5,67), Galásek 5,83, Sneijder 5,83, Maxwell 6,17 - Mitea 5,50 (77' Sikora) - Ibrahimovic 6,00 (41' Litmanen 5,33). = average: 5,87 [mediocre]
Milan: Dida 6,00 - Cafú 6,83, Laursen 6,00 (46' Pancaro 6,33), Maldini 6,50, Costacurta 6,33 - Gattuso 6,50, Pirlo 7,00, Seedorf 6,17 - Kaká 5,33 (77' Rui Costa) - F. Inzaghi 5,67 (70' Ambrosini 6,00), Shevchenko 7,00. = average: 6,28 [good]

Player ratings Betis 1, Real Madrid 0.

1-0 16' Beñat. Att: 45.000.
Betis: Adrián 7,10 - Ángel 6,50 (75' Nacho), Dorado 6,70, Amaya 6,70, Alex Martínez 6,70 -  Cañas 6,70 - Beñat 7,70, Salva Sevilla 6,70 (80' Nosa) - Agra 6,20, Rubén Castro 6,40, Juan Carlos 6,60 (63' Jorge Molina). - coach: Mel. = average: 6,73 [superiour]
Real Madrid: Casillas 6,10 - Arbeloa 5,10, Pepe 5,90, Sergio Ramos 7,00, Fábio Coentrão 5,90 - Xabi Alonso 5,90, Khedira 5,90 (46' Modric 6,10) - Di María 5,30 (63' Callejón 5,90), Özil 4,90 (46' Kaká 6,50), Cristiano Ronaldo 5,50 - Benzema 5,30. - coach: Mourinho. = average: 5,81 [mediocre]

Player ratings Chelsea 0, Man City 0.

Att: 41.792.
Chelsea: Petr Cech 6,20 - Branislav Ivanovic 6,70, Ashley Cole 6,40, César Azpilicueta 6,40, David Luíz 6,20 - Juan Mata 5,70, Eden Hazard 5,70 (71' Victor Moses 5,40), John Obi Mikel 6,10 (79' Oriol Romeu), Oscar 5,90, Ramires 5,90 - Fernando Torres 4,90. - coach: Benítez. = average: 5,96 [vulnerable]
Man City: Joe Hart 6,10 - Matija Nastasic 6,20, Vincent Kompany 6,60, Aleksandar Kolarov 6,60, Pablo Zabaleta 6,70 - Yaya Touré 6,20, Gareth Barry 5,90, David Silva 6,10, James Milner 6,20 - Sergio Agüero 5,10 (86' Mario Balotelli), Edin Dzeko 5,60 (69' Carlos Tévez). - coach: Mancini. = average: 6,12 [satisfactory]

Photo: Pablo Zabaleta.

Player ratings Levante 0, Barcelona 4.

0-1 47' Messi, 0-2 52' Messi, 0-3 45' Iniesta, 0-4 63' Cesc. Att: 24.234.
Levante: Munúa 5,20 - Lell 5,40, D. Navarro 5,20, Ballesteros 5,20, Juanfran 5,40 - Diop 6,00, Iborra 6,00 - Juanlu 5,40 (75' Míchel 5,40), El Zhar 5,20 (61' Ríos 5,70), Barkero 5,50 - Martins 5,40 (68' Ángel 6,00). - coach: Juan Ignacio Martínez. = average: 5,50 [poor]
Barcelona: Valdés 7,60 - Dani Alves (14' Montoya 6,30), Piqué 6,30, Puyol 6,50, Jordi Alba 6,30 (75' Adriano 6,00) - Xavi 6,30 (78' Thiago), Busquets 6,60, Cesc 7,00 - Iniesta 8,00, Pedro 6,50, Messi 7,80. - coach: Vilanova. = average. 6,77 [superb]

Player ratings Milan 1, Juventus 0.

1-0 31' Robinho penalty. Att: 77.023.
Milan: Amelia 6,10 - De Sciglio 6,70, Mexès 6,20 (72' Zapata), Yepes 6,70, Constant 6,60 - Montolivo 6,70, De Jong 6,70, Nocerino 6,40 - Robinho 6,60 (65' Pazzini 6,00), K. P. Boateng 6,00 (83' Flamini), El Shaarawy 7,00. - coach: Allegri 6,80. = average: 6,48 [very good]
Juventus: Buffon 6,00 - Barzagli 6,10, Bonucci 5,90, Cáceres 5,60 - Isla 4,30 (46' Padoin 5,70), Vidal 4,80, Pirlo 5,50, Marchisio 5,10, Asamoah 5,20 (72' Pogba 5,70) - Vucinic 5,10, Quagliarella 5,30 (57' Giovinco 5,60). - coach: Alessio 5,00. = average: 5,42 [feeble]

The player ratings of Saturday's matches will be published on Monday.

Capacity utilization of stadia.

98,2% England
96,5% Germany
88,0% USA
82,4% Spain
71,0% Mexico
70,3% Germany (2nd level)
66,1% France
62,4% England (2nd level)
62,2% Belgium
56,6% Norway
56,5% Ukraine
55,7% Switzerland
55,2% Scotland
53,8% Japan
53,1% Italy
50,1% Austria
48,7% Sweden
47,5% Russia
47,4% China
44,5% Poland
43,5% Portugal
40,6% Denmark
34,4% Spain (2nd level)
33,7% France (2nd level)
29,8% Brazil
28,8% Iran
24,4% Italy (2nd level)

Today 3 years ago: Barcelona 2, Inter 0.

1-0 10' Piqué, 2-0 26' Pedro. Att: 93.524.
Barcelona: Víctor Valdés 6,00 — Dani Alves 7,17, Piqué 7,00, Puyol  6,83, Abidal 6,83 (89' Maxwell) — Xavi 7,50, Busquets 6,67, Keita 6,50 — Iniesta 7,17 (95' Jonatan dos Santos), Henry 6,00, Pedro 7,33 (85' Bojan). — coach: Guardiola. = average: 6,82 [superb]
Inter: Júlio César 6,83 — Maicon 6,00, Lúcio 6,00, Samuel 5,83, Chivu  4,83 — J. Zanetti 5,83, Cambiasso 5,17 (46' Muntari 5,83), T. Motta 5,17 — Stankovic 5,50 (71' Balotelli 5,67) — D. Milito 5,50 (82' Ricardo Quaresma), Eto'o 4,83. — coach: Mourinho. = average: 5,61 [failing]

Player ratings Anzhi 2, Udinese 0.

1-0 27' Samba, 2-0 75' Eto'o. Sent off: 80' Willians. Att: apprx 17.000.
Anzhi: V. Gabulov 6,10 - Logashov 6,00, Samba 6,60 (87' Lahiyalov), João Carlos 6,10, Tagirbekov 6,00 - Shatov 6,50, Jucilei 6,20 - Carcela González 6,00 (58' Traoré 6,80), Boussoufa 6,40, Zhirkov 6,10 - Eto'o 6,80. - coach: Hiddink 6,70. = average: 6,30 [good]
Udinese: Brkic 6,50 - Heurtaux 5,60, Danilo 5,60, Domizzi 6,00 - Faraoni 5,50 (57' Basta 5,50), Pereyra 6,00, Willians 4,80, Badu 5,80, Armero 5,40 (71' Pasquale 5,80) - Fabbrini 5,80 - Di Natale 5,40. - coach: Guidolin 5,50. = average: 5,67 [failing]

Chelsea: manager payoffs 2004-12.

£20 mil. : José Mourinho (2007) : 71% wins
£13,3 mil. : André Villas Boas (2012) : 48% wins
£12,6 mil. : Luíz Felipe Scolari (2009) : 56% wins
£6 mil. : Carlo Ancelotti (2011) : 62% wins
£3 mil. : Avram Grant (2008) : 67% wins
£2,5 mil. : Roberto Di Matteo (2012) : 57% wins
£2 mil. : Claudio Ranieri (2004) : 54% wins

Total payoff: £59 milions.

Today 33 years ago: top rated players Serie A & B:

Total rating points in Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport-Stadio, Tuttosport & Guerin Sportivo.

Serie A
162 points: Castellini (Napoli)
161: Giordano (Lazio), Graziani (Torino)
160: Mastropasqua (Bologna)
159: Corti (Cagliari)
158: Bachlechner (Bologna), Brugnera (Cagliari)
157: Albertosi (Milan), Di Somma (Avellino), Casagrande (Cagliari)
155: Collovati (Milan)
154: F. Baresi & Buriani (Milan), Antognoni (Fiorentina)
153: Viola (Lazio)
152: Pulici (Ascoli)
151: Romano (Avellino), G. Baresi & Beccalossi (Inter), Manfredonia & Montesi (Lazio), Tesser (Napoli), Nicolini (Catanzaro)
150: Ferrario (Napoli), Pasinato (Inter)
149: Rossi (Perugia)

Serie B
120: Ciappi (Pisa)
119: Vavassori (Atalanta), Nicoletti (Como)
118: Zanone (Vicenza), Chierico (Pisa), Borgo (Pistoiese), Vecchi (Como), Petrovic (Taranto)
117: Mancini & Lombardo (Como)

Photo: Giuseppe and Franco Baresi.

Player ratings AIK Stockholm 1, Napoli 2.

0-1  19' Dzemaili, 1-1 35' Danielsson, 1-2 94' Cavani penalty. Sent off: 85' Aronica. Att: 28.552.
AIK: Turina 5,80 - Lorentzon 5,60, P. Karlsson 5,30, Backman 5,20, N-E. Johansson 5,60 - Lundberg 5,80, Danielsson 6,50, Moro 5,80, Quaison 5,60 (76' Karikari) - Bangura 5,80, Borges 5,50. - coach: Alm 5,50. = average: 5,71 [disappointing]
Napoli: Rosati 5,20 - Gamberini 6,00, Aronica 4,50, Britos 5,80, Mesto 5,20 (64' Zúñiga 5,80) - Behrami 6,20, Donadel 5,50 (62' Inler 6,10), Dzemaili 6,20 (72' Hamsik 5,80), Dossena 5,80 - Vargas 6,00, Cavani 6,90. - coach: Mazzarri 6,20. = average: 5,77 [mediocre]

N. B. : The very last match at the Råsunda Stadium.

Average ratings: Man City in the Champions League.

6,44 Hart (rated 5 times)
6,30 Balotelli (2)
6,17 Silva (3)
6,12 Y. Touré (5)
6,08 Agüero (4)
5,90 Barry (3)
5,75 Javi García (4)
5,73 Tévez (3)
5,70 Zabaleta (4)
5,64 Dzeko (5)
5,60 Nastasic (4)
5,58 Clichy (4)
5,48 Kolarov (4)
5,44 Kompany (5)
5,42 Nasri (5)
5,25 Maicon (2)

Player ratings Man City 1, Real Madrid 1.

0-1 10' Benzema, 1-1 73' Agüero penalty. Sent off: 73' Arbeloa. Att: 45.740.
Man City: Joe Hart 5,90 - Vincent Kompany 5,70, Matija Nastasic 5,90, Pablo Zabaleta 5,70, Maicon 5,20 - David Silva 6,10, Yaya Touré 5,90, Samir Nasri 5,10 (60' Carlos Tévez 6,10), Aleksandar Kolarov 5,20 (46' Javi García 6,40) - Edin Dzeko 5,20, Sergio Agüero 6,90 (88' James Milner). - coach: Mancini. = average: 5,79 [mediocre]
Real Madrid: Iker Casillas 6,60 - Pepe 6,40, Sergio Ramos 6,40, Álvaro Arbeloa 5,70, Fábio Coentrão 6,10 - Xabi Alonso 6,40, Ángel Di María 6,10 (90' Raúl Albiol), Luka Modric 6,90 (68' José Callejón 5,90), Sami Khedira 6,90, Cristiano Ronaldo 6,70 - Karim Benzema 6,70 (75' Raphael Varane 6,10). - coach: Mourinho. = average: 6,38 [strong]

Player ratings Anderlecht 1, Milan 3.

0-1 2' El Shaarawi, 0-2 25' Mexes, 1-2 32' De Sutter, 1-3 45' Pato. Att: 19.803.
Anderlecht: Proto 5,50 - Gillet 5,40, Kouyaté 5,00, Nuytinck 4,60, Deschacht 5,20 - Biglia 5,80, Kljestan 5,80 - Bruno 5,20 (64' Yakovenko 5,60), Praet 5,70 (73' De Sutter 6,30), Jovanovic 6,00 (75' Fernando Canesin) - Mbokani 5,70. - coach: Van der Brom 5,20. = average: 5,52 [poor]
Milan: Amelia 6,50 - De Sciglio 6,50, Mexès 6,70 (78' Zapata), Yepes 6,00, Constant 5,70 (72' Emanuelson) - Montolivo 6,20, De Jong 6,20, Nocerino 6,00 - K. P. Boateng 5,40, Bojan 5,00 (67' Pato 6,30), El Shaarawi 7,20. - coach: Allegri 6,20. = average: 6,14 [satisfactory]

Player ratings Galatasaray 1, Man United 0.

1-0 53' Burak Yılmaz. Att: 50.278.
Galatasaray: Fernando Muslera 6,10 - Emmanuel Eboué 6,00, Albert Riera 5,80, Dany Nounkeu 6,10, Semih Kaya 6,10 - Nourredine Amrabat 6,90 (81' Emre Çolak), Hamit Altıntop 6,90, Selçuk İnan 6,10, Felipe Melo 6,10 - Burak Yılmaz 6,90 (91' Umut Bulut), Johan Elmander 5,10 (63' Engin Baytar 5,30). - coach: Terim. = average: 6,12 [satisfactory]
Man United: Anders Lindegaard 6,10 - Rafael 5,90, Alexander Büttner 6,40, Phil Jones 5,60, Michael Carrick 6,40 - Nick Powell 5,90 (74' Federico Macheda), Anderson 5,90 (74' Ashley Young), Darren Fletcher 5,90, Tom Cleverley 6,40 - Danny Welbeck 6,10 (85' Joshua King), Javier Hernández 5,70. - coach: Ferguson. = average: 6,03 [acceptable]

Player ratings Spartak 0, Barcelona 3.

0-1 16' Dani Alves, 0-2 27' Messi, 0-3 39' Messi. Att: 67.325.
Spartak: Dykan 6,40 - Makeev 5,20, Insaurralde 5,20, Suchy 5,90, D. Kombarov 5,70 - Rafael Carioca 5,00 (75' Bryzgalov 5,70), Källström 5,70 - K. Kombarov 5,80 (63' Welliton 6,00), Jurado 5,40, Ari 5,20 - Emenike 5,40 (64' Ananidze 5,80). - coach: Emery. = average: 5,60 [failing]
Barcelona: Valdés 6,30 - Dani Alves 7,00, Piqué 6,70, Mascherano 6,60, Jordi Alba 6,30 (87' Montoya) - Busquets 6,50, Xavi 7,10 (81' Song), Cesc 6,30 - Pedro 6,40 (85' Deulofeu), Messi 7,50, Iniesta 6,80. - coach: Vilanova. = average: 6,68 [excellent]

Player ratings Valencia 1, Bayern Munich 1.

1-0 79' Feghouli, 1-1 82' T. Müller. Sent off: Barragán. Att: 35.407.
Valencia: Guaita 6,80 - Barragán 4,40, Ricardo Costa 6,60, Rami 6,80, Cissokho 6,60 - Tino Costa 6,60, Parejo 5,80 (75' Jonas 6,00), Ever Banega 6,60 (82' Albelda), Feghouli 7,60, Guardado 5,70 (85' Valdez) - Soldado 6,30. - coach: Pellegrino. = average: 6,32 [good]
Bayern: Neuer 6,80 - Lahm 6,80, Dante 6,40, Badstuber 6,00, Alaba 6,80 - Javi Martínez 5,20, Schweinsteiger 6,00, T. Müller 6,50, Kroos 6,00 (66' Shaqiri 6,20), Ribéry 5,30 (81' Mario Gómez) - C. Pizarro 5,70 (66' Mandzukic). - coach: Heynckes. = average: 6,14 [satisfactory]

Player ratings: Juventus 3, Chelsea 0.

1-0 38' Quagliarella, 2-0 61' Vidal, 3-0 91' Giovinco. Att: 39.670.
Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 7,00 - Leonardo Bonucci 6,90, Giorgio Chiellini 7,20, Andrea Barzagli 6,50, Stephan Lichtsteiner 6,50 (68' Martín Cáceres), Claudio Marchisio 6,50, Kwadwo Asamoah 6,80, Arturo Vidal 7,40, Andrea Pirlo 7,00 - Mirko Vucinic 6,20 (83' Sebastian Giovinco 6,50), Fabio Quagliarella 6,90 (89' Paul Pogba). - coach: Alessio 7,50. = average: 6,78 [superb]
Chelsea: Petr Cech 6,20 - Ashley Cole 5,60, Gary Cahill 5,30, David Luíz 5,00, Branislav Ivanovic 5,40 - Juan Mata 5,50, John Obi Mikel 5,00 (71' Fernando Torres), Oscar 6,50, César Azpilicueta 5,00 (60' Victor Moses 5,50), Ramires 5,70 - Eden Hazard 5,50. - coach: Di Matteo 5,00. = average: 5,52 [poor]

Memory Lane: Barcelona 1993/94.

Including La Liga, Champions League and Copa del Rey. Ratings: El Mundo Deportivo.

2,61 Sergi
2,58 Ferrer
2,55 Stoichkov
2,54 M. Laudrup
2,53 Zubizarreta
2,41 R. Koeman
2,34 Nadal
2,32 Guardiola
2,30 Bakero
2,29 Amor
2,17 Iván
2,15 Romário
2,12 Juan Carlos
2,05 Goikoetxea
1,86 J. Salinas
1,68 Begiristain
1,67 Quique.

Memory Lane: Serie A 1993/94.

Ratings: La Stampa.

6,91 Gullit (Sampdoria)
6,58 Tacconi (Genoa)
6,46 Peruzzi (Juventus)
6,44 Ferrara (Napoli), Fusi (Torino)
6,43 Marchegiani (Lazio), Seno (Foggia)
6,42 Thern (Napoli)
6,40 Turci (Cremonese), Conte (Juventus)

Referees
6,53 Pairetto
6,33 Collina
6,31 Rodomonti

Today 7 years ago: Roma 1, Juventus 4.

0-1 45' Nedvěd, 0-2 56' Ibrahimovic, 0-3, 0-4 58', 61' Trezeguet, 1-4 66' Totti penalty. Sent off: 62' Thuram. Att: 68.816 (1.610.310 euro).
Roma: Doni 5,33 — Panucci 4,67, Kuffour 5,17, Mexès 5,33, Cufré 5,17 (78' Álvarez) — Perrotta 5,33, Dacourt 5,67 (75' Tommasi 6,33), De Rossi 5,50 (60' Nonda 5,17), Taddei 5,67 — Totti 6,33 — Montella 5,67. = average: 5,49 [poor]
 Juventus: Abbiati 6,50 — Zambrotta 6,83, Thuram 6,33, F. Cannavaro 6,83, Chiellini 6,17 — Camoranesi 6,67, Emerson 7,17, Vieira 6,17, Nedvěd 6,83 (91' Mutu) — Ibrahimovic 7,50 (81' Del Piero), Trezeguet 7,17 (64' R. Kovac 6,17). = average: 6,70 [superiour].

Memory Lane: Holland in the 2010 World Cup.

Minimum four rated appearances. Ratings: Gazzetta dello Sport-Kicker-Corriere dello Sport-Corriere della Sera-La Repubblica.

6,82 Sneijder (rated 7 times)
6,63 Robben (5)
6,44 Van Bommel (7)
6,43 Stekelenburg (7)
6,34 Kuyt (7)
6,31 VAN MARWIJK
6,20 Van Bronckhorst (7)
6,05 N. de Jong (6)
6,00 Mathijsen (6)
5,98 Van der Wiel 
5,97 Elia (5)
5,92 Heitinga (7)
5,84 Van der Vaart (5)
5,61 Van Persie (7)

Player ratings Arsenal 5, Tottenham 2.

0-1 10' Adebayor, 1-1 24' Mertesacker, 2-1 42' Podolski, 3-1 45' Giroud, 4-1 60' Cazorla, 4-2 71' Bale, 5-2 91' Walcott. Sent off: 18' Adebayor. Att: 60.111.
Arsenal: Wojciech Szczesny 6,00 - Per Mertesacker 6,20, Bacary Sagna 6,40, Thomas Vermaelen 6,40, Laurent Koscielny 6,30 - Lukas Podolski 6,80 (80' André Santos), Jack Wilshere 6,70 (71' Aaron Ramsey 5,90), Theo Walcott 7,50, Mikel Arteta 6,50, Santiago Cazorla 7,40, Olivier Giroud 7,30 (86' Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain). - coach: Wenger. = average: 6,62 [excellent]
Tottenham: Hugo Lloris 6,30 - William Gallas 5,20, Kyle Naughton 4,70 (46' Clint Dempsey 5,30), Jan Vertonghen 5,80, Kyle Walker 5,20 (46' Michael Dawson 5,70), Tom Huddlestone 5,20 (71' Thomas Carroll 5,70), Gareth Bale 6,10, Sandro 5,70, Aaron Lennon 5,70, Jermain Defoe 5,30, Emmanuel Adebayor 4,60. - coach: Villas Boas. = average: 5,46 [poor]

Season ratings Barcelona.

Including all competitions. 

6,99 Messi (rated 18 times)
6,69 Iniesta (11)
6,60 Xavi (18)
6,54 Tello (9)
6,50 Montoya (6)
6,28 Jordi Alba (14)
6,22 Puyol (5)
6,21 Pedro (17), Villa (12)
6,20 Busquets (14)
6,17 Fàbregas (15)
6,14 Adriano (11)
6,11 Piqué (9)
6,03 Valdés (18)
5,92 Mascherano (15)
5,90 Song (10)
5,88 Dani Alves (12), Bartra (4)
5,83 Alexis (14)

Today 7 years ago: Real Madrid 0, Barcelona 3.

0-1 15' Eto'o, 0-2 59' Ronaldinho, 0-3 77' Ronaldinho. Att: 80.000.
Real Madrid: Casillas 6,50 — Michel Salgado 4,50, Sergio Ramos 4,00, Helguera 3,50, Roberto Carlos 3,50 — Beckham 3,50, Pablo García 4,00 (66' Júlio Baptista 4,00), Zidane 3,00, Raúl 4,50 (58' Guti 4,00) — Robinho 4,00, Ronaldo 3,00. = average: 4,00.
Barcelona: Víctor Valdés 6,00 — Oleguer 6,50, Rafa Márquez 7,00, Puyol 7,00, Van Bronckhorst 7,00 — Xavi 8,00, Edmilson 7,50, Deco 7,50 — Ronaldinho 8,50, Messi 8,00 (69' Iniesta 6,50), Eto'o 8,00. = 7,29.


Ratings: Don Balón - El Mundo.

Denmark: average ratings in Euros & World Cups 1998-2012.

At least five rated appearances. Ratings: Kicker.

7,60 B. Laudrup (rated 5 times)
7,30 Høgh (5)
7,25 Agger (6)
7,20 Rieper (5)
7,17 Laursen (9)
7,14 Tøfting (7)
7,10 M. Laudrup (5)
6,94 Schmeichel (8)
6,83 Bendtner (6)
6,77 Tomasson (13)
6,75 Grønkjær (12), Gravesen (8), A. Nielsen & N. Jensen (6)
6,73 Rommedahl (11)
6,70 Kjær (5)
6,67 C. Poulsen (6)
6,64 Colding (7)
6,56 Heintze (9)
6,55 T. Sørensen & R. Henriksen (11)
6,50 Helveg (13), S. Poulsen (6)
6,32 Martin Jørgensen (14)
6,17 Sand (12)
6,08 Schjønberg & Jacobsen (6)

Player ratings Inter 2, Cagliari 2.

1-0 10' Palacio, 1-1 43' Sau, 1-2 66' Sau, 2-2 83' og Astori. Att: 51.671..
Inter: Handanovic 6,50 - Ranocchia 5,50, Samuel 6,20, Juan Jesús 5,30 (73' Coutinho 6,20) - J. Zanetti 5,20, Gargano 5,00, Cambiasso 5,50, Nagatomo 6,50 - Palacio 6,30, D. Milito 4,50, Cassano 6,80 (82' R. Álvarez). - coach: Stramaccioni 5,60. = average: 5,79 [mediocre]
Cagliari: Agazzi 7,30 - F. Pisano 5,70, Rossettini 6,00, Astori 5,00, Avelar 6,40 - Ekdal 6,20, Conti 6,50, Nainggolan 6,50 - Cossu 7,00 - Sau 7,50 (74' Ibarbo), Nené 6,50 (82' Pinilla 6,30). - coach: Pulga 6,30. = average: 6,41 [strong]

Photo: Marco Sau.

Sweden: average ratings in World Cups & Euros 2000-12.

Minimum 5 rated appearances. Ratings: Kicker.

7,15 Isaksson (rated 13 times)
7,06 Wilhelmsson (9)
7,00 Jakobsson (8), Mjällby (7)
6,90 Ljungberg (15)
6,83 H. Larsson (18)
6,74 Mellberg (21)
6,67 Linderoth (12)
6,65 A. Svensson (13)
6,64 Hedman (7)
6,58 Ibrahimović (13)
6,50 Allbäck (6)
6,43 M. Nilsson (7)
6,40 Källström (10), D. Andersson (5)
6,36 Edman (7)
6,18 Lučić (11)
6,17 Alexandersson (12)
 

Memory Lane: Brazil in the 1998 World Cup.

Ratings: Kicker. Minimum three rated appearances.

7,43 Dunga & Rivaldo
7,17 Cafu
7,08 César Sampaio
7,00 Taffarel, Júnior Baiano & Roberto Carlos
6,86 Ronaldo & Leonardo
6,83 Aldair
6,50 Denílson
6,36 Bebeto

Average ratings: German national team 2012.

Including all matches.

7,25 Reus
7,09 Neuer
6,73 Khedira
6,62 Özil
6,60 Hummels
6,56 J. Boateng
6,55 Lahm
6,50 Höwedes, Klose, M. Gómez & T. Müller
6,38 Badstuber
6,33 Kroos
6,25 Schürrle
6,21 Schweinsteiger
6,12 Götze
6,08 Mertesacker
5,83 Podolski
5,62 Schmelzer

Today 5 years ago: Scotland 1, Italy 2.

0-1 70 sec. Luca Toni, 1-1 65' Barry Ferguson, 1-2 92' Panucci. Att: 51.301.
Skottland: S. Gordon 5,67 — Hutton 6,17, Weir 5,50, McManus 5,67, Naysmith 5,83 — Hartley 5,83 — Brown 6,00 (74' K. Miller 6,00), B. Ferguson 7,00, Fletcher 6,33 — McCulloch 6,17 — McFadden 5,50 (92' Boyd).  - coach: McLeish. = average: 5,97 [acceptable]
Italien: Buffon 6,17 — Panucci 7,17, F. Cannavaro 6,50, Barzagli 6,83, Zambrotta 6,50 — Gattuso 6,83 (87' De Rossi), Pirlo 7,17, Ambrosini 7,00 — Camoranesi 6,50 (83' Chiellini) — Toni 6,83, Di Natale 6,67 (68' Iaquinta 6,00). - coach: Donadoni. = average: 6,68 [excellent]

Player ratings West Bromwich 2, Chelsea 1.

1-0 10' Long, 1-1 39' Hazard, 2-1 50' Odemwingie. Att: 25.933.
West Bromwich: Boaz Myhill 7,20 - Jonas Olsson 7,20, Billy Jones 5,80, Liam Ridgewell 6,50, Gabriel Tamas 6,40 - Youssuf Mulumbu 7,00, Zoltán Gera 5,80 (70' Chris Brunt), Claudio Yacob 6,10, Peter Odemwingie 6,90, James Morrison 7,30 (70' Graham Dorrans) - Shane Long 7,50 (81' Markus Rosenberg). - coach: Clarke. = average: 6,70 [excellent]
Chelsea: Petr Cech 6,20 - Ryan Bertrand 5,60, César Azpilicueta 6,20, Gary Cahill 5,80, David Luíz 4,80 - Oriol Romeu 5,30 (63' Oscar 5,80), John Obi Mikel 6,30 (81' Ramires), Victor Moses 5,80, Daniel Sturridge 5,20, Eden Hazard 6,10 - Fernando Torres 4,40 (63' Juan Mata 6,10). - coach: Di Matteo. = average: 5,66 [disappointing]

Player ratings Juventus 0, Lazio 0.

Att: 38.357.
Juventus: Buffon x - Barzagli 6,50, Bonucci 6,50, Chiellini 6,50 - Isla 5,70 (68' Pepe), Vidal 7,00, Pogba 6,20 (83' Bentner), Marchisio 6,20, Asamoah 5,70 - Quagliarella 5,50 (66' Matri 5,80), Giovinco 5,50. - coach: Alessio 6,00. = average: 6,10 [satisfactory] 
Lazio: Marchetti 8,00 - Konko 6,50, Biava 6,00, Dias (20' Ciani 6,50), Radu 6,30 - Candreva 5,30, Brocchi 5,80 (57' Ederson 5,70), Ledesma 6,30, González 5,70 - Hernanes 5,90 - Klose 5,80 (81' Kozak). - coach: Petkovic 6,00. = average: 6,15 [satisfactory]