30 September, 2012

Average attendances Argentina.

Apertura 2011 & Clausura 2012 championships.

41.234 Boca Juniors
31.259 Newell's Old Boys
30.388 Racing Club
28.136 Colón Santa Fe
27.674 San Lorenzo
27.292 Belgrano
20.279 Independiente
19.961 Estudiantes
19.069 Unión Santa Fe
18.067 Vélez Sársfield
17.859 Tigre
13.590 San Martín
12.571 Atlético Rafaela
11.404 Banfield
11.117 Lanús
10.129 Godoy Cruz
10.103 All Boys
9457 Olimpo
6284 Argentinos Juniors
3543 Arsenal de Sarandí


Tabla de público del campeonato argentino, Apertura 2011 y Clausura 2012.

European attendance trends over 20 years, part 1.

Average attendance 2010-12 vs 1990-92. In bold, clubs having won the European Cup/Champions League during the period.  Photo: a Roda-Twente match at Parkstad Limburg Stadion.

+316% Lokomotiv Moscow
+294% Twente
+232% Roda
+208% Malmö FF
+195% Utrecht
+142% Vitesse
+141% Ajax
+140% Mönchengladbach
+134% AIK Stockholm
+132% Hamburger SV
+128% Lille
+127% IFK Göteborg
+125% Rennes
+119% Djurgården
+115% Köln
+112% Feyenoord
+110% Chelsea
+107% Werder Bremen
+102% Bayern Munich
+99% Dortmund, Leverkusen
+94% Brøndby
+85% Lyon, Celtic
+81% GAIS Göteborg
+76% Paris-SG
+75% Arsenal
+72% Montpellier, Spartak Moscow, OB Odense
+71% Man United
+67% Man City
+66% Saint-Etienne
+60% Bordeaux
+57% IFK Norrköping
+53% Groningen
+50% Marseille
+49% Dinamo Moscow
+44% Everton
+41% Aston Villa
+38% CSKA Moscow
+37% Nürnberg
+36% PSV Eindhoven, Örebro
+34% Kaiserslautern
+24% Rangers
+23% Liverpool, Tottenham
+13% Hibernian
+4% AaB Ålborg, Hearts

+1% Inter
-15% Napoli
-18% Dundee United
-19% Lazio
-26% Roma, Fiorentina
-29% Parma
-32% Aberdeen
-34% Milan
-37% Juventus

Player ratings Arsenal 1, Chelsea 2.

0-1 20' Fernando Torres, 1-1 42' Gervinho, 1-2 53' Mata. Att: 60.101.
Arsenal: Vito Mannone 5,40 - Laurent Koscielny 5,00, Thomas Vermaelen 5,90, Kieran Gibbs 6,00, Carl Jenkinson 6,10 - Aaron Ramsey 5,80 (67' Theo Walcott 5,30), Vassiriki Abou Diaby (17' Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 5,40), Mikel Arteta 6,20, Santiago Cazorla 6,20 - Lukas Podolski 5,60 (67' Olivier Giroud 5,10), Gervinho 6,00. - coach: Wenger. = average: 5,69.
Chelsea: Petr Cech 7,00 - Branislav Ivanovic 6,70, Ashley Cole 6,10, John Terry 6,40, David Luíz 6,20 (81' Gary Cahill) - John Obi Mikel 6,00, Oscar 6,40 (73' Victor Moses 6,00), Ramires 6,30 - Fernando Torres 6,80, Juan Mata 7,00 (85' Ryan Bertrand), Eden Hazard 6,40. - coach: Di Matteo. = average: 6,44.

Player ratings Juventus 4, Roma 1.

1-0 11' Pirlo freekick, 2-0 16' Vidal penalty, 3-0 19' Matri, 3-1 69' Osvaldo penalty, 4-1 90' Giovinco. Att: 38.327.
Juventus: Buffon 6,20 - Barzagli 7,00, Bonucci 6,20, Chiellini 6,80 - Cáceres 6,30, Vidal 6,80, Pirlo 7,10, Marchisio 7,20 (77' Asamoah), De Ceglie 6,40 (84' Pogba) - Matri 6,80 (76' Giovinco), Vucinic 6,50. - coach: Carrera 7,00. = average: 6,66 [excellent]
Roma: Stekelenburg 5,70 - Taddei 5,00, Burdisso 4,90, Castán 5,00, Balzaretti 5,10 (79' Marquinhos) - De Rossi 5,30, Tachtsidis 4,90 (64' Perrotta), Florenzi 6,30 - Lamela 5,30, Osvaldo 5,80, Totti 5,10 (63' Destro 6,10). - coach: Zeman 4,40. = average: 5,38 [lame]

Player ratings Sevilla 2, Barcelona 3.

1-0 26' Trochowski, 2-0 48' Negredo, 2-1 53' Cesc Fàbregas, 2-2 89' Cesc Fàbregas, 2-3 93' Villa. Sent-off: 72' Medel, 89' coach Michel. Att: 45.000.
Sevilla: Palop 6,70 - Cicinho 5,50, Botía 6,10, Spahic 6,70, Fernando Navarro 6,70 - Maduro 6,40, Jesús Navas 6,50, Medel 6,50, Rakitic 6,40 (76' Kondogbia), Trochowski 6,60 (38' Manu del Moral 5,90) - Negredo 7,10 (80' Luna). - coach: Michel. = average: 6,42 [strong]
Barcelona: Valdés 5,90 - Dani Alves 5,80 (79' Villa 6,90), Mascherano 6,40, Song 5,30, Jordi Alba 6,10 - Xavi 6,10, Busquets 6,40 (76' Thiago), Cesc Fàbregas 6,70 - Alexis 5,10 (70' Tello 6,10), Messi 6,70, Pedro 6,10. - coach: Vilanova. = average: 6,12 [satisfactory]

As: El crack: Fàbregas, El dandy: Rakitic, El duro: Busquets, ¡Vaya día!: Alexis.

28 September, 2012

Average ratings Arsenal.

Premiership and Champions League.

7,05 Cazorla
6,62 Vermaelen
6,52 Arteta
6,47 Podolski
6,43 Gibbs
6,38 Diaby
6,35 Oxlade-Chamberlain
6,33 Mertesacker
6,30 Gervinho
6,28 Ramsey
6,15 Jenkinson
6,00 Mannone
5,92 Giroud
5,85 Walcott
5,75 Szczesny

Average ratings Bayern Munich.

Bundesliga matches only.

8,12 Schweinsteiger
8,00 T. Müller
7,87 Kroos
7,60 Lahm
7,50 Mandzukic
7,25 Luíz Gustavo
7,20 Neuer
7,17 Shaqiri
7,00 Robben
6,90 Badstuber & J. Boateng
6,80 Dante

27 September, 2012

World Cup: all time top scorers.

Active players in bold text.

     14 goals:
Ronaldo (Brazil), Miroslav Klose & Gerd Müller (Germany)
     13 goals:
Just Fontaine (France)
     12 goals:
Pelé (Brazil)
     11 goals:
Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany), Sándor Kocsis (Hungary)
     10 goals:
Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina), Gary Lineker (England), Helmut Rahn (Germany), Teófilo Cubillas (Peru), Grzegorz Lato (Poland)
     9 goals:
Ademir, Jairzinho & Vavá (Brazil), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge & Uwe Seeler (Germany), Roberto Baggio, Paolo Rossi & Christian Vieri (Italy), Eusébio (Portugal)
     8 goals: 

Diego Maradona & Guillermo Stábile (Argentina), Leônidas & Rivaldo (Brazil), Rudi Völler (Germany), David Villa (Spain), Oscar Míguez  (Uruguay)
     7 goals:
Careca (Brazil), Oldřich Nejedlý (Czechoslovakia), Hans Schäfer (Germany),  Lajos Tichy (Hungary), Johnny Rep (Holland), Andrzej Szarmach (Poland)
     6 goals:
Mario Kempes (Argentina), Erich Probst (Austria), Bebeto & Rivelino (Brazil), Hristo Stoichkov  (Bulgaria), Davor Šuker (Croatia), Thierry Henry (France), Helmut Haller, Lothar Matthäus & Max Morlock (Germany), György Sárosi & Gyula Zsengellér (Hungary), Salvatore Schillaci (Italy), Dennis Bergkamp & Rob Rensenbrink (Holland), Zbigniew Boniek (Poland),  Oleg Salenko (Russia), Josef Hügi (Switzerland), Diego Forlán (Uruguay)
     5 goals:
Hans Krankl (Austria), Marc Wilmots (Belgium), Garrincha, Romário & Zico (Brazil), Roger Milla (Cameroon), Tomáš Skuhravý (Czechoslovakia), Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark),  Geoff Hurst (England),  Michel Platini & Zinédine Zidane (France), Franz Beckenbauer, Thomas Müller & Lukas Podolski (Germany), Alessandro Altobelli & Silvio Piola (Italy), Johan Neeskens & Wesley Sneijder (Holland), Peter McParland (Northern Ireland), Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union), Estanislao Basora, Emilio Butragueño, Raúl González, Fernando Hierro & Fernando Morientes (Spain), Kennet Andersson & Henrik Larsson (Sweden), Landon Donovan (USA), Pedro Cea & Juan Alberto Schiaffino (Uruguay), Dražan Jerković (Yugoslavia).

Player ratings Napoli 3, Lazio 0.

1-0 19' Cavani, 2-0 31' Cavani, 3-0 64' Cavani. Att: 34.433.
Napoli: De Sanctis 6,50 - Campagnaro 6,40, P. Cannavaro 7,10, Gamberini 6,50 (77' Aronica) - Maggio 6,40, Behrami 7,30, Inler 6,20, Zúñiga 6,20 - Hamsik 7,10 (83' Edu Vargas) - Cavani 8,10, Pandev 6,50 (69' Insigne 6,50). - coach: Mazzarri 7,50. = average: 6,73 [superiour]
Lazio: Marchetti 5,10 - Konko 5,10, Ciani 4,90, Dias 5,00, Cavanda 5,10 (57' Ederson 5,20) - Candreva 5,50, Hernanes 4,90, Ledesma 5,20 (77' Cana), Mauri 4,90 (58' Floccari 5,60), Lulic 5,40 - Klose 5,80. - coach: Petkovic 5,00. = average: 5,21 [decrepit]

26 September, 2012

Player ratings Fiorentina 0, Juventus 0.

Att: 38.440.
Fiorentina: Viviano x - Roncaglia 6,60, Gonzalo 6,50, Tomovic 6,20, Cuadrado 6,50 - Rômulo 6,00 (91' Migliaccio), D. Pizarro 6,50, Borja Valero 6,60, Pasqual 6,80 - Jovetic 6,10 (87' Toni), Ljajic 5,60 (76' Mati Fernández).- coach: Montella 7,00. = average: 6,34 [good]
Juventus: Buffon 6,00 - Barzagli 6,10, Bonucci 5,90, Chiellini 6,00, Lichtsteiner 5,40 - Vidal 5,60, Pirlo 5,50 (68' Pogba 6,20), Giaccherini 5,30 (73' Marchisio), Asamoah 6,40 - Giovinco 5,00, Quagliarella 5,00 (58' Vucinic 5,60). - coach: Carrera 5,80. = average: 5,69 [failing]

25 September, 2012

Serie A: top rated players.

7,25 Osvaldo (Roma)
6,88 Asamoah (Juventus)
6,75 Vucinic (Juventus), Candreva (Lazio), Consigli (Atalanta)
6,67 Borriello (Genoa), Gilardino (Bologna), Maresca (Sampdoria), Brighi (Torino)
6,62 Bergessio (Catania), Borja Valero & Jovetic (Fiorentina), Kucka (Genoa), Marchetti (Lazio)
6,50 Romero & Maxi López (Sampdoria), Quinteros (Parma), A. D. Gómez (Catania), Florenzi (Roma), Gillet (Torino), Pegolo (Siena), Konko (Lazio)

Average ratings Real Madrid.

In all competitions.

6,45 Xabi Alonso
6,41 Di María & Cristiano Ronaldo
6,40 Essien
6,37 Pepe
6,32 Marcelo
6,20 Khedira
6,18 Modric
6,09 Benzema
6,00 Özil
5,99 Casillas & Sergio Ramos
5,94 Higuaín
5,90 Arbeloa
5,75 Lass*
5,70 Fábio Coentrão
5,62 Callejón
5,20 Albiol


*) Now in Anzhi.

South American league titles.

Argentina:
34: River Plate -photo-
30: Boca Juniors
16: Independiente, Racing
13: San Lorenzo
10: Alumni
8: Vélez Sársfield
6: Estudiantes
5: Huracán, Newell's Old Boys, Lomas Athletic
4: Rosario Central
3: Belgrano Athletic, Argentinos Juniors

Brazil:
8: Palmeiras, Santos
6: São Paulo
5: Corinthians, Flamengo
4: Vasco da Gama
3: Fluminense, Internacional
2: Bahia, Botafogo, Cruzeiro, Grêmio



Uruguay:
37: Peñarol -photo-
33: Nacional
4: Defensor Sporting
3: Danubio
1: Bella Vista, Central Español, Progreso

Colombia:
13: Millonarios, América de Cali
11: Atlético Nacional
8: Deportivo Cali
7: Junior Barranquilla, Santa Fe
5: Independiente Medellín
4: Once Caldas

Chile:
29: Colo-Colo
16: Universidad de Chile
10: Universidad Católica
8: Cobreloa
6: Unión Española
4: Audax Italiano, Magallanes, Everton
3: Santiago Wanderers

Paraguay:
39: Olimpia
29: Cerro Porteño
15: Libertad
10: Guaraní
8: Nacional
2: Sol de América, Sportivo Luqueño

Peru:
25: Universitario
22: Alianza Lima
15: Sporting Cristal
6: Sport Boys
4: Deportivo Municipal
3: Universidad San Martín



Ecuador:
13: Barcelona -photo-, El Nacional
10: Emelec, LDU Quito
5: Deportivo Quito
1: Deportivo Cuenca, Olmedo, Everest

Bolivia:
17: Bolívar
9: The Strongest
5: Jorge Wilstermann, Blooming
4: Oriente Petrolero
2: San José

Venezuela:
11: Caracas FC
7: Deportivo Táchira, Unión
6: Dos Caminos
5: Deportivo Italia, Portuguesa
4: Centro Atlético, Deportivo Galicia, Deportivo Portugués, Marítimo.

Player ratings Rayo Vallecano 0, Real Madrid 2.

0-1 12' Benzema, 0-2 68' Cristiano Ronaldo penalty. Sent-off: 91' Casado. Att: 9747.
Rayo Vallecano: Rubén 6,20 - Tito 5,80 (75' Trashorras), Labaka 5,80, Amat 5,00, Casado 5,80 - Javi Fuego 5,80, José Carlos 5,60 (79' Nicki Bille), Lass 5,70 - ''Chori'' Domínguez 5,70 (66' Piti 5,40) - Delibasic 5,20, Léo 6,20. - coach: Jémez. = average: 5,68 [failing]
Real Madrid: Casillas 6,40 - Arbeloa 5,50, Pepe 6,20, Sergio Ramos 6,20, Marcelo 6,80 - Essien 6,40, Xabi Alonso 6,70 - Di María 7,30 (75' Khedira), Modric 5,40 (62' Özil 6,30), Cristiano Ronaldo 6,30 - Benzema 6,40 (69' Higuaín 5,80). - coach: Mourinho. = average: 6,28 [solid]

As: El crack: Di María, El dandy: José Carlos, El duro: Lass, ¡Vaya día!: Arbeloa.

24 September, 2012

African league titles.

Morocco:
12: Wydad Casablanca -photo- , FAR Rabat
10: Raja Casablanca
4: Maghreb Fez, KAC Kenitra
2: Kawkab Marrakech, Hassania Agadir

Algeria:
14: JS Kabylie
7: MC Alger
6: CR Belouizdad
5: USM Alger, ES Setif
4: MC Oran



Tunisia:
24: Espérance Sportive de Tunis -photo-
12: Club Africain
9: Étoile Sportive du Sahel
7: Club Sportif Sfaxien
4: Stade Tunisien, Club Athlétique Bizertin, Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif, Italia de Tunis

Nigeria:
6: Enugu Rangers, Enyimba FC
5: Shooting Stars FC, Heartland FC, Enugu Rangers
2: Bendel Insurance, Julius Berger, Dolphins FC


Egypt:
36: Al Ahly -photo-
11: Zamalek
3: Ismaily
1: Al Olympi, Ghazl El Mahalla, Al Mokawloon Al Arab, Tersana

South Africa:
5: Mamelodi Sundowns
3: Orlando Pirates, Supersport United
2: Kaizer Chiefs
1: Manning Rangers, Santos

Cameroon:
11: Coton Sport FC
10: Canon Yaoundé
5: Tonnerre Kalara Club, Oryx Douala, US Douala
4: Racing Bafoussam
3: Caïman Douala

Senegal:
11: ASC Diaraf Dakar
10: ASC Jeanne d'Arc Dakar
5: AS Douanes Dakar
4: SONACOS Diourbel
3: ASFA Dakar, US Gorée, ASEC Ndiambour, UCST Port Autonome (Dakar)

Ethiopia:
25: Saint-George SA
11: Mechal
5: Cotton FC
3: Asmara
3: EEPCO, Tele SC Asmara

Sudan:
26: Al-Hilal Club Omdurman
18: Al-Merreikh SC Omdurman
1: Burri SC Khartoum, Al-Hilal SC Port Sudan, Al-Mourada SC Omdurman

Ivory Coast:
24: ASEC Mimosas
17: Africa Sports
5: Stade d'Abidjan
3: Stella Club d'Adjamé
2: Onze Frères de Bassam

Today 19 years ago: top rated players, Serie A.

Average ratings after three league rounds:

7,17 Asprilla (Parma)
7,00 Gullit (Sampdoria)
6,83 Gatta (Lecce)
6,75 Boban (Milan), Marocchi (Juventus)
6,67 Dely Valdés (Cagliari), Ruotolo (Genoa)
6,50 Silenzi (Torino)

Ligue 1. top rated players.

7,00 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris-SG)
6,80 Alain Traoré (Lorient)
6,67 Steve Mandanda (Marseille)
6,50 Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille), Marco Verratti (Paris-SG)
6,33 Kossi Agassa & Grzegorz Krychowiak (Reims), André-Pierre Gignac (Marseille), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Saint-Etienne)
6,25 Rémy Vercoutre (Lyon), Fabien Lemoine (Saint-Etienne)
6,20 Salvatore Sirigu (Paris-SG)1. Aurélien Chedjou (Lille)
6,17 Nicolas Nkoulou & Rod Fanni (Marseille), Mickaël Landreau (Lille)
6,00 Mamadou Sakho (Paris-SG), Jeremie Aliadière (Lorient)

Player ratings Udinese 2, Milan 1.

1-0 40' Ranégie, 1-1 54' El Sharaawy, 2-1 68' Di Natale penaty. Att: 22.976.
Udinese: Brkic 6,50 - Benatia 6,60, Danilo 6,40, Coda 6,00, Faraoni 5,70 (62' Badu 6,30) - Pereyra 6,80, Pinzi 6,50, Allan 6,00, Pasquale 6,20 - Ranégie 7,30, Di Natale 6,40 (88' Fabbrini). - coach: Guidolin 6,80. = average: 6,39 [strong]
Milan: Abbiati 5,40 - Abate 5,10, Zapata 5,10, Mexès 5,20, Mesbah 5,10 - Montolivo 5,00, Ambrosini 5,40 (53' K. P. Boateng 4,60), Nocerino 5,10 (80' Bojan), Emanuelson 5,60 (69' Acerbi 6,00) - Pazzini 5,20, El Shaarawy 6,60. - coach: Allegri 5,20. = average: 5,34 [lame]

Player ratings Man City 1, Arsenal 1.

1-0 40' Lescott, 1-1 82' Koscielny. Att: 47.318.
Man City: Joe Hart 6,00 - Pablo Zabaleta 5,80, Joleon Lescott 5,60, Vincent Kompany 6,00, Gaël Clichy 5,50 - Yaya Touré 6,00, Scott Sinclair 5,30 (46' Jack Rodwell 5,60), Javi García 5,30, David Silva 6,10 - Edin Dzeko 6,10 (68' Carlos Tévez 5,50), Sergio Agüero 5,60 (86' Mario Balotelli). - coach: Mancini. = average: 5,72 [disappointing]
Arsenal: Vito Mannone 5,60 - Kieran Gibbs 6,00, Laurent Koscielny 6,00, Per Mertesacker 6,50, Carl Jenkinson 6,00 - Aaron Ramsey 6,30, Vassiriki Abou Diaby 5,80 (72' Olivier Giroud 6,00), Mikel Arteta 6,70, Santiago Cazorla 7,50 - Lukas Podolski 5,50 (72' Theo Walcott 5,60), Gervinho 5,30 (91' Francis Coquelin). - coach: Wenger. = average: 6,06 [satisfactory]

Player ratings Liverpool 1, Man United 2.

1-0 46' Gerrard, 1-1 51' Rafael, 1-2 81' Van Persie penalty. Sent-off: 38' Shelvey. Att: 44.263.
Liverpool: José Reina 6,00 - Glen Johnson 6,60, Martin Skrtel 6,20, Martin Kelly 6,10, Daniel Agger 6,10 (80' Jamie Carragher) - Steven Gerrard 6,80, Raheem Sterling 6,70 (66' Jordan Henderson 5,70), Jonjo Shelvey 4,00, Joe Allen 6,40 - Luis Suárez 6,40, Fabio Borini 5,40 (46' Suso 6,60). - coach: Rodgers. = average: 6,08 [acceptable]
Man United: Anders Lindegaard 6,60 - Jonny Evans 5,90, Rio Ferdinand 6,20, Rafael 6,70 (89' Danny Welbeck), Patrice Evra 5,70 - Nani 4,80 (46' Paul Scholes 6,40), Michael Carrick 5,80, Shinji Kagawa 5,90 (81' Javier Hernández), Antonio Valencia 6,10, Ryan Giggs 6,00 - Robin van Persie 6,20. - coach: Ferguson. = average: 6,02 [acceptable]

23 September, 2012

Player ratings Chelsea 1, Stoke City 0.

1-0 85' A. Cole. Att: 41.112.
Chelsea: Petr Cech 6,00 - Branislav Ivanovic 6,00, Ashley Cole 6,70, Gary Cahill 6,20, David Luíz 6,00 - Ramires 6,20, John Obi Mikel 6,00 (81' Frank Lampard), Oscar 6,70 - Fernando Torres 5,30, Juan Mata 6,60 (89' John Terry), Eden Hazard 5,70 (62' Victor Moses 6,30). - coach: Di Matteo. = average: 6,14 [satisfactory]
Stoke City: Asmir Begovic 6,50 - Ryan Shawcross 6,40, Robert Huth 6,10, Marc Wilson 6,00, Geoff Cameron 6,00 - Michael Kightly 5,70 (72' Matthew Etherington 5,80), Glenn Whelan 5,70, Charlie Adam 5,20 (64' Michael Owen 5,40), Steven N'Zonzi 5,60 - Peter Crouch 5,90 (75' Kenwyne Jones), Jonathan Walters 6,00. - coach: Pulis. = average: 5,87 [mediocre]

Player ratings Juventus 2, Chievo 0.

1-0 63' Quagliarella, 2-0 68' Quagliarella. Att: 38.136.
Juventus: Buffon 6,00 - Lúcio 6,50, Bonucci 6,50, Chiellini 6,30 - Isla 5,50 (52' Vidal 6,50), Giaccherini 6,90, Pogba 5,90, Marchisio 6,20 (73' Lichtsteiner), K. Asamoah 7,00 - Vucinic 6,20, Quagliarella 7,80 (80' Bendtner). - coach: Carrera 6,80. = average: 6,44 [strong].
Chievo: Sorrentino 7,50 - N. Frey 5,30, Dainelli 6,20 (73' Sardo), César 5,70, Jokic 5,30 - Vacek 6,00, L. Rigoni 5,80, Hetemaj 5,50 (62' Cruzado 5,70) - M. Rigoni 5,50 - Thereau 5,00 (70' Moscardelli 5,70), Pellissier 5,20. - coach: Di Carlo 5,70. = average: 5,72 [disappointing]


Le pagelle di Juventus-Chievo sulla stampa sportiva.



Player ratings Bastia 0, Paris St Germain 4.

0-1 6' Ménez, 0-2 40' Ibrahimovic, 0-3 72' Matuidi, 0-4 90' Ibrahimovic. Att: 16.054.
Bastia : Novaes 5,70 – Choplin 4,90, Angoula 4,90 (68' Palmieri 5,00), Marchal 4,90, Sans 4,70, Harek 5,30 – Cahuzac 5,30 (68' Thauvin 6,00), Rothen 6,10, Yatabare 5,30 – Modeste 4,90 (81' Maoulida), Khazri 6,20. - coach: Hantz. = average: 5,32 [lame]
PSG : Sirigu 7,40 – Van der Wiel 6,00, Thiago Silva 7,00, Sakho 6,80, Armand 6,00 – Verratti 6,80 (75' Bodmer), Chantôme 6,20, Matuidi 6,80 – Nenê 6,80 – Ménez 6,60 (73' Gameiro), Ibrahimovic 7,70. - coach: Ancelotti. = average: 6,74 [superiour]

Player ratings Barcelona 2, Granada 0.

1-0 87' Xavi, 2-0 92' og Borja Gómez. Att: 65.834.
Barcelona: Valdés 6,80 - Dani Alves 6,20, Song 6,30, Mascherano 6,20, Adriano 6,00 (73' Tello 6,30) - Busquets 6,00, Thiago Alcântara 5,40 (53' Xavi 7,60), Fàbregas 6,10 - Alexis 5,80, Messi 6,50, Villa 5,20 (53' Pedro 6,00). - coach: Vilanova. = average: 6,17 [satisfactory]
Granada: Toño 8,00 - Nyom 6,60, Íñigo López 6,80, Borja Gómez 6,40, Siqueira 6,80 - Iriney 6,30, Mikel Rico 6,50, Orellana 6,00, Torje 5,40 (66' Juanma Ortiz 6,00) - Brahimi 6,30 (75' Jaime 6,00), Floro Flores 5,80 (58' El Arabi 5,80). - coach: Anquela. = average: 6,34 [good]

As: El crack: Toño, El dandy: Xavi, El duro: F. Flores, ¡Vaya día!: Fàbregas.

22 September, 2012

2014 World Cup: probable winners.

Percentual probability based on odds from 15 bookmakers.

19,58% Brazil
14,74% Spain
13,76% Argentina
9,73% Germany
4,80% Holland
4,53% Italy
4,32% England
3,47% Uruguay
3,24% Portugal
3,09% France
2,01% Belgium
1,97% Chile
1,77% Mexico
1,41% Colombia
1,29% Russia
1,08% USA
0,94% Paraguay
0,93% Croatia
0,84% Ivory Coast
0,82% Ghana
0,73% Serbia
0,58% Turkey
0,57% Czech Republic
0,56% Sweden
0,55% Ecuador
0,53% Japan
0,49% Denmark
0,45% Ukraine
0,44% Switzerland
0,39% Cameroon
0,38% Australia

Average ratings Barcelona.

Including all competitions. 

6,84 Messi
6,76 Iniesta
6,70 Tello
6,66 Xavi
6,55 Montoya
6,30 Villa
6,27 Pedro
6,18 Piqué
6,12 Mascherano & Jordi Alba
6,10 Puyol & Song
6,07 Valdés
6,05 Busquets
5,96 Adriano
5,88 Dani Alves
5,84 Fàbregas
5,80 Alexis


Las notas del Barcelona. Incluye todas las competiciones de la temporada.

25 years average attendances: AIK Stockholm & Djurgården.

1986: 5438 - 5862
1987: Djurgården in 2nd division
1988: 5087 -  6034 - biggest difference Djurgården
1989: 4059 -  3275 - lowest
1990: 5014 - 4113
1991: 6492 - 4402
1992: 5210 - 4169
1993: Djurgården in 2nd division
1994: Djurgården in 2nd division
1995: 6933 - 6466
1996: 6065 - 3898
1997: Djurgården in 2nd division
1998: Djurgården in 2nd division
1999: 13.521 - 9173
2000: Djurgården in 2nd division
2001: 15.496 - 12.502
2002: 16.551 - 14.246
2003: 17.274 - 16.083
2004: 13.881 - 12.322
2005: AIK in 2nd division
2006: 21.434 - 13.358 - highest - biggest difference AIK
2007: 20.465 - 14.148
2008: 15.535 - 10.169
2009: 17.436 - 9435
2010: 11.925 - 7656
2011: 13.865 - 8671
2012: 13.415 - 10.119

Average 1986-2012: 11.755 - 8805.

Today 13 years ago: Barcelona 4, Fiorentina 2.

Champions League, group stage.

1-0 6' Figo, 2-0 10' Luis Enrique, 2-1 50' Amoroso, 3-1 68' Rivaldo penalty, 4-1 70' Rivaldo, 4-2 79' Chiesa. Att: 90.000.
Barcelona: Hesp 6,25 — R. de Boer 6,50, Reiziger 6,50, Bogarde 6,25, Sergi 6,50 — Luis Enrique 7,25, Guardiola 6,75 (80' Xavi), Cocu 6,25 (75' Zenden) — Figo 7,50, Kluivert 6,00 (60' Dani 5,75), Rivaldo 7,25. — coach: Van Gaal. = average: 6,56.
Fiorentina: Toldo 6,50 — Padalino 5,00 — Adani 5,75, Repka 5,25, Heinrich 4,75 — Di Livio 5,25, Cois 5,25, Rui Costa 5,00, Amoroso 4,75 (55' Chiesa 5,75) — Mijatovic 4,50 (86' Balbo), Batistuta 5,50 (76' Amor). — coach: Trapattoni. = average: 5,27.

21 September, 2012

FC Copenhagen-Brøndby: 20 years average attendances.

1993/94: 9060 - 7166 - lowest
1995: 8715 - 10.124
1996: 9436 - 11.046
1997: 8717 - 12.084 - biggest difference Brøndby
1998: 11.679 - 11.468
1999: 12.165 - 10.224
2000: 12.341 - 11.024
2001: 17.302 - 13.352
2002: 14.784 - 15.168
2003: 22.009 - 14.734
2004: 20.449 - 17.525
2005: 21.543 - 18.204 - highest
2006: 21.552 - 16.136
2007: 23.792 - 13.944 - biggest difference FC Copenhagen
2008: 19.455 - 16.069
2009: 20.038 - 16.908
2010: 19.338 - 14.349
2011: 17.325 - 12.849
2012: 15.540 - 12.600

Average 1993-2012: 16.065 - 13.420

Player ratings Tottenham 0, Lazio 0.

Tottenham: Lloris 6,00 - Walker 6,10, Vertonghen 6,20, Caulker 6,20, Naughton 6,10 - Dembelé 6,30 (94' Mason), Sandro 5,80 - Lennon 6,50 (82' Townsend), Dempsey 6,30 (76' Sigurdsson), Bale 5,80 - Defoe 5,30. - coach: Villas Boas 6,10. = average: 6,05 [acceptable]
Lazio: Marchetti 6,20 - Cavanda 6,60, Biava 6,30, André Dias 6,50, Lulic 5,50 - González 6,30, Onazi 5,80 (81' Zárate), C. Ledesma 6,20, Hernanes 5,30 (94' Ciani), Mauri 6,00 (92' Ederson) - Klose 5,70. - coach: Petkovic 6,50 . = average: 6,04 [acceptable]

Player ratings Napoli 4, AIK Stockholm 0.

1-0 6' Vargas, 2-0 46' Vargas, 3-0 71' Vargas, 4-0 91' Džemaili. Att: 16.560 (358.855 euro).
Napoli: Rosati 6,60 - Gamberini 6,20, Federico Fernández 6,00, Aronica 6,20 - Mesto 6,20, Behrami 6,30, Donadel 6,00 (55' Džemaili 6,40), Dossena 6,30 - El Kaddouri 5,30 (46' Hamšík 4,80) - Insigne 6,60, Edu Vargas 7,80 (82' Zúñiga). - coach: Frustalupi 6,60. = average: 6,21 [solid]
AIK: Turina 5,40 - Lorentzon 5,60, Karlsson 5,00, Majstorovic 4,90, Johansson 5,20 - Lalawélé 6,00, Borges 6,10, Danielsson 5,70 (83' Lundberg), Mutumba 6,00 (71' Quaison 5,70) - Karikari 5,50 (78' Goitom), Bangura 5,80. - coach: Alm 5,20. = average: 5,58 [failing]



Ratings: Gazzetta dello Sport - Corriere dello Sport - Corriere della Sera - La Repubblica - La Stampa - Tuttosport.

20 September, 2012

Player ratings Man United 1, Galatasaray 0.

1-0 7' Carrick. Att: 74.653.
Man United: De Gea 6,60 - Rafael 5,40, Vidic 6,00, Evans 6,20, Evra 5,40 - Valencia 6,00, Carrick 6,50, Scholes 5,70 (78' Fletcher), Nani 5,20 - Kagawa 6,00 (85' Welbeck), Van Persie 5,00 (81' ''Chicharito'' Hernández). - coach: Ferguson. = average: 5,82 [mediocre]
Galatasaray: Muslera 6,90 - Eboué 6,30, Nounkeu 6,20, Semih Kaya 6,00, Hakan Balta 5,60 - Hamit Altintop 6,50, Felipe Melo 6,00 (79' Aydin), Selçuk İnan 6,30, Amrabat 5,60 (62' Emre Çolak 6,00) - Burak Yılmaz 5,20, Umut Bulut (15' Elmander 5,20). - coach: Terim. = average: 5,98 [acceptable]

Player ratings Celtic 0, Benfica 0.

Att: 57.759.
Celtic: Forster 5,70 - Matthews 6,30, Lustig 5,80 (63' Rogne 6,00), K. Wilson 6,40, Izaguirre 5,40 (66' Hooper 5,80) - Forrest 6,30, Brown 6,40, Wanyama 6,30, Mulgrew 6,20 - Commons 6,50, Miku 5,30. - coach: Lennon. = average: 6,03 [acceptable]
Benfica: Artur 5,80 - André Almeida 5,80, Jardel 6,30, Garay 6,30, Melgarejo 5,80 - Enzo Pérez 6,10, Matic 5,60 - Salvio 5,90, Aimar 6,40 (63' Cardozo 5,80), Gaitán 5,70 (82' Nolito) - Rodrigo 5,70 (70' Bruno César 6,00). - coach: Jorge Jesus. = average: 5,94 [vulnerable]

Player ratings Bayern Munich 2, Valencia 1.

1-0 38' Schweinsteiger, 2-0 76' Kroos, 2-1 91' Valdez. Att: 68.000.
Bayern: Neuer 6,30 - Lahm 6,50, J. Boateng 6,30, Dante 6,80, Badstuber 6,90 - Javi Martínez 6,30 (69' Luíz Gustavo 6,30), Schweinsteiger 7,00, Robben 6,70 - Kroos 7,30, Ribéry 6,60 (46' T. Müller 6,40), C. Pizarro 5,80 (63' Mandzukic 5,50). - coach: Heynckes. = average: 6,48 [strong]
Valencia: Diego Alves 7,00 - João Pereira 5,70, Ricardo Costa 6,20, Rami 5,00, Cissokho 5,90 - Feghouli 5,00, Parejo 5,30, Tino Costa 5,80, Guardado 5,50 (71' Jonathan Viera 5,90), Jonas 5,00 (63' Valdez 6,20) - Soldado 5,80 (88' Barragán). - coach: Pellegrino. = average: 5,72 [disappointing]

 As: El crack: Ribéry, El dandy: Kroos, El duro: Rami, ¡Vaya día!: Jonas.

Player ratings Barcelona 3, Spartak Moscow 2.

1-0 13' Tello, 1-1 29' og Dani Alves, 1-2 59' Rômulo, 2-2 72' Messi, 3-2 80' Messi. Att: 73.580.
Barcelona: Víctor Valdés 5,90 - Dani Alves 4,80 (63' Alexis 6,60), Piqué (12' Song 5,90), Mascherano 5,60, Adriano 5,90 - Xavi 6,70, Busquets 6,40, Fàbregas 5,60 - Pedro 6,20, Messi 7,20, Tello 7,20 (74' Villa 5,90). - coach: Vilanova. = average: 6,15 [satisfactory]
Spartak: Dykan 6,10 - Kirill Kombarov 5,00 (46' Makeev 6,20), Insaurralde 6,10, Suchy 6,20, Dmitri Kombarov 6,10 - Källström 5,90 (77' Jurado), Rafael Carioca 6,10 - McGeady 5,80, Rômulo 6,60, Ari 6,40 (83' Dzyuba) - Emenike 6,90. - coach: Emery. = average: 6,12 [satisfactory]
 

As: El crack: Messi, El dandy: Tello, El duro: Källström, ¡Vaya día!: Alves.

Player ratings Chelsea 2, Juventus 2.

1-0 31' Oscar, 2-0 33' Oscar, 2-1 38' Vidal, 2-2 80' Quagliarella. Att: 40.918.
Chelsea: Cech 6,00 - Ivanovic 6,00, David Luíz 6,10, Terry 5,60, A. Cole 6,40 - Mikel 6,00, Lampard 6,20 - Ramires 6,00 (69’ Bertrand 5,80), Oscar 7,60 (74’ Mata 5,80), Hazard 6,60 - Fernando Torres 5,60. - coach: Di Matteo 6,20. = average: 6,13 [satisfactory]
Juventus: Buffon 6,40 - Barzagli 6,70, Bonucci 5,90, Chiellini 6,70 - Lichtsteiner 5,70 (77’ Isla), Vidal 7,30, Pirlo 5,50, Marchisio 6,70, Asamoah 5,90 - Giovinco 5,10 (74’ Quagliarella 7,20), Vučinić 5,70 (88’ Matri). - coach: Carrera 6,90. = average: 6,23 [solid]

19 September, 2012

Player ratings Málaga 3, Zenit 0.

1-0 3' Isco, 2-0 13' Saviola, 3-0 76' Isco. Att: 30.000.
Málaga: Caballero 6,60 - Gámez 6,60, Demichelis 6,30, Weligton 6,00, Monreal 6,00 - Eliseu 6,30, Portillo 6,20 (46' Iturra 6,30), Camacho 7,00, Isco 7,30 - Joaquín 6,80 (84' Duda), Saviola 6,50 (61' Santa Cruz 6,00). - coach: Pellegrini. = average: 6,45 [strong]
Zenit: Malafeev 6,30 - Anyukov 5,00, Bruno Alves 4,80, Lombaerts 5,10, Lukovic 4,60 (40' Bystrov 6,00) - Shirokov 5,70 (86' Lumb), Denisov 5,70, Fayzulin 5,80, Zyryanov 5,90 (74' Đorđević 5,40) - Hulk 6,00, Kerzhakov 5,50. - coach: Spalletti. = average: 5,52 [poor]

As: El crack: Isco, El dandy: Joaquín, El duro: Anyukov, ¡Vaya día!: Lukovic.


Málaga-Zenit: las notas de la prensa internacional.

Average ratings Paris SG 4, Dinamo Kiev 1.

1-0 19' Ibrahimovic penalty, 2-0 29' Thiago Silva, 3-0 32' Alex, 3-1 87' Miguel Veloso, 4-1 91' Pastore. Att: 42.536.
Paris-SG: Sirigu 5,70 - Jallet 6,80, Alex 6,70, Thiago Silva 6,80 (81' Camara), Maxwell 5,80 - Chantôme 6,60, Verratti 7,50, Matuidi 6,80 - Pastore 6,50 - Ibrahimovic 6,50 (73' Lavezzi), Ménez 6,40 (77' Nenê). - coach: Ancelotti. = average: 6,55 [very good]
D. Kiev: Koval 4,90 - Danilo Silva 5,00, Mikhalik 4,20, Khacheridi 4,90, Taiwo 5,40 - Garmash 5,00 (53' Vukojevic 5,50), Miguel Veloso 6,10 - Yarmolenko 5,80, Kranjcar 5,50 (77' Gusev), Raffael 5,10 - Ideye Brown 5,00. - coach: Semin. = average: 5,20 [decrepit]


Paris St Germain-Dinamo Kiev : les notes de la presse internationale.

Average ratings Montpellier 1, Arsenal 2.

1-0 9' Belhanda penalty, 1-1 16' Podolski, 1-2 18' Gervinho. Att: 27.700.
Montpellier: Jourdren 6,20 - Bocaly 6,20, Bédimo 6,00, Yanga-Mbiwa 6,30, Hílton 6,20 - Estrada 6,00 (78' Herrera 5,80), Saihi 6,00, Mounier 5,80 (68' Ali-Fana 6,00), Belhanda 6,50 - Cabella 6,70, Camara 5,50 (78' Stambouli). - coach: Girard. = average: 6,09 [acceptable]
Arsenal: Mannone 6,50 - Jenkinson 6,30, Gibbs 6,30, Vermaelen 6,20, Mertesacker 6,00 - Diaby 6,30, Cazorla 6,20 (89' Coquelin), Arteta 6,00 - Gervinho 6,70, Giroud 6,20 (76' Ramsey), Podolski 6,80 (89' Walcott). - coach: Bould. = average: 6,32 [good]

Player ratings Milan 0, Anderlecht 0.

Att: 26.263.
Milan: Abbiati 6,20 - De Sciglio 6,10, Mexès 5,60, Bonera 6,30 (74' Yepes), Antonini 5,10 - Flamini 5,30, De Jong 4,80, Nocerino 5,30 - K. P. Boateng 4,90 (60' El Shaarawy 6,00), Emanuelson 5,80 (78' Constant) - Pazzini 5,00. - coach: Allegri 5,00. = average: 5,53 [poor]
Anderlecht: Proto 6,60 - Gillet 6,40, Wasilewski 6,10, Nuytinck 6,20, Deschacht 6,10 - Bruno 6,00 (78' Juhasz), Biglia 6,50, Kouyaté 6,00 (78' Praet), Kljestan 6,10 - Kanu 5,90 (89' Yakovenko) - Mbokani 6,00. - coach: Van den Brom 6,70. = average: 6,17 [satisfactory]

Player ratings Real Madrid 3, Man City 2.

0-1 68' Dzeko, 1-1 77' Marcelo, 1-2 86' Kolarov, 2-2 87' Benzema, 3-2 90' Cristiano Ronaldo. Att: 70.381.
Real Madrid: Casillas 5,60 - Arbeloa 6,10, Varane 6,00, Pepe 6,00, Marcelo 7,10 - Khedira 5,80 (72' Modric 6,00), Xabi Alonso 7,00, Essien 6,40 (65' Özil 6,10), Di María 6,70 - Cristiano Ronaldo 7,30, Higuaín 5,80 (72' Benzema 6,90). - coach: Mourinho 7,30. = average: 6,34 [good]
Man City: Hart 6,50 - Clichy 5,60, Kompany 5,00, Nastasic 5,70, Maicon 5,30 (73' Zabaleta 5,10) - Y. Touré 7,40, Barry 6,20, Javi García 5,90, Nasri 5,20 (36' Kolarov 6,00) - Silva 6,20 (62' Dzeko 6,90), Tévez 5,40. - coach: Mancini 6,30. = average: 5,89 [mediocre]

As: El crack: Marcelo, El dandy: Touré, El duro: Varane, ¡Vaya día!: Kompany.


Real Madrid-Manchester City: las notas de la prensa internacional.

18 September, 2012

Champions League 2012/13: probable winners.

Based on the odds of 20 bookmakers.

24,60% Barcelona
16,80% Real Madrid
10,08% Man United
8,08% Man City
6,80% Bayern Munich
5,50% Chelsea
4,58% Juventus
4,37% Paris St Germain
3,86% Arsenal
2,64% Bor. Dortmund
2,32% Milan
1,33% Zenit
1,10% FC Porto
1,06% Valencia
0,78% Schalke
0,67% Shakhtar
0,76% Málaga
0,64% Benfica
0,42% Galatasaray, Braga & Dinamo Kiev
0,40% Lille
0,39% Montpellier
0,37% Ajax
0,32% Spartak
0,29% Olympiakos
0,26% Anderlecht
0,21% Celtic
0,15% Dinamo Zagreb
0,14% BATE Borisov
0,11% Cluj
0,09% Nordsjaelland

Serie A: top rated players.

7,25 Osvaldo (Roma)
7,17 Jovetic (Fiorentina), Hernanes (Lazio)
6,83 Klose (Lazio), Hamsík (Napoli), Diamanti (Bologna)
6,75 Gilardino (Bologna)
6,67 Bergessio (Catania), Maxi López (Sampdoria), Maggio (Napoli), Kucka & Jankovic (Genoa), Marchetti & Candreva (Lazio), Borja Valero (Fiorentina), Brighi (Torino)

Italian survey on football support.

Osservatorio nazionale in collaboration with Coop (Associazione Nazionale cooperative di consumatori).

Do you have a favourite football team?
September 2012: 42,9% yes
September 2011: 45,3%
September 2010: 52,2%
September 2009: 55,6%

Which team do you support?
28,5% Juventus (-0,7% in one year)
15,8% Milan (-0,2%)
14,5% Inter (-4,1%)
13,2% Napoli (+4,2%)
7,3% Roma (+0,8%)
2,6% Fiorentina (-0,9%)
17,6% Other team (+0,8%)

CL goal average (per position).

Defenders:
0,200 goals/match: Ivanovic (-photo- , Chelsea)
0,136 Piqué (Barcelona)
0,120 Alex (PSG)
0,114 Van Buyten (Bayern)
0,103 Squillaci (Arsenal)
0,094 Terry (Chelsea)
0,091 Rolando (FC Porto)
0,080 Ricardo Costa (Valencia)
0,078 Dani Alves (Barcelona), Maicon (Man City)
0,077 Mertesacker (Arsenal)
0,074 Lúcio (Juventus), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)

Midfielders:
0,365 Kaká (Real Madrid)
0,323 Ribéry (Bayern)
0,294 Semak (Zenit)
0,286 Lucho González (FC Porto)
0,250 Lampard (Chelsea)
0,242 T. Müller (Bayern)
0,233 Robben (Bayern)
0,219 Fàbregas (Barcelona)
0,217 Giggs (Man United)
0,197 Scholes (Man United)
0,184 Walcott (Arsenal)
0,175 Rosický (Arsenal)
0,167 Jurado (Spartak)
0,164 Essien (Real Madrid)
0,152 Nasri (Man City)
0,147 N. De Jong (Milan)
0,143 Aimar (Benfica)

Strikers:
0,750 Messi (Barcelona), Soldado (Valencia)
0,649 M. Gómez (Bayern)
0,605 Benzema (Real Madrid)
0,475 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
0,433 Villa (Barcelona)
0,421 Cardozo (Benfica)
0,394 Rooney (Man United)
0,383 Van Persie (Man United)
0,382 Pedro (Barcelona)
0,333 Saviola (Málaga)
0,326 Ibrahimovic (PSG)
0,314 Fernando Torres (Chelsea)
0,308 Bendtner (Juventus)
0,300 Agüero (Man City)

Champions League goals in carreer.

In bold text, players younger than 27 years. 

51: Messi (Barcelona)
38: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
28: Ibrahimovic (PSG), Giggs (Man United)
27: Kaká (Real Madrid)
26: Benzema (Real Madrid), Rooney (Man United)
24: M. Gómez (Bayern), Scholes (Man United)
22: Lampard (Chelsea)
18: Van Persie (Man United)
17: C. Pizarro (Bayern)
15: Saviola (Málaga)
14: Lucho González (FC Porto), Robben (Bayern), Fàbregas (Barcelona)
13: Villa & Pedro (Barcelona)
12: Soldado (Valencia)
11: Essien (Real Madrid), Fernando Torres (Chelsea)
10: Rosický (Arsenal), Ribéry (Bayern)
9: Xavi & Iniesta (Barcelona)
8: Vucinic & Bendtner (Juventus), Chamakh (Arsenal), Terry (Chelsea), Farfán (Schalke), Robinho (Milan), T. Müller (Bayern), Cardozo (Benfica)
7: Walcott (Arsenal), Pirlo (Juventus), Santa Cruz (Málaga), Hulk (Zenit), Babel (Ajax), Higuaín (Real Madrid), Luíz Adriano & Eduardo (Shakhtar), Schweinsteiger (Bayern), Kalou (Lille)
6: Alex (PSG), Agüero & Tévez (Man City), Ivanovic (Chelsea), Lúcio (Juventus), Piqué (Barcelona)