Average ratings Bayern Munich.

7,19 Ribéry
6,92 Robben
6,75 Lahm
6,55 Schweinsteiger
6,54 Alaba, Kroos
6,50 Neuer
6,36 J. Boateng
6,31 Dante
6,27 Mandzukic
6,24 T. Müller
6,21 Götze
6,17 Javi Martínez
6,12 Contento
6,00 Van Buyten
5,79 Rafinha

Average ratings Real Madrid.

6,86 Cristiano Ronaldo
6,59 Di María
6,45 Diego López, Isco
6,44 Bale
6,42 Modric, Jesé
6,37 Benzema
6,36 Casillas
6,08 Casemiro
6,03 Pepe, Illaramendi
6,02 Arbeloa, Marcelo, Carvajal
5,99 Khedira
5,95 Varane
5,93 Sergio Ramos
5,80 Fábio Coentrão

Player ratings Bayer Leverkusen 0, Man United 5.

0-1 22' Antonio Valencia r  (Wayne Rooney), 0-2 30' og Emir Spahić, 0-3 65' Jonny Evans r (Wayne Rooney), 0-4 77' Chris Smalling r (Wayne Rooney), 0-5 88' Nani r (Ryan Giggs). Att: 29.412.
Leverkusen: Bernd Leno 5,80 - Emir Spahić 4,90, Ömer Toprak 5,00, Giulio Donati 5,10, Stefan Reinartz 4,60 (70' Jens Hegeler), Simon Rolfes 4,80, Lars Bender 5,80 (81' Dominik Kohr), Emre Can 4,60, Gonzalo Castro 4,90, Heung-Min Son 5,10 (70' Eren Derdiyok), Stefan Kießling 4,80. - coach: Sami Hyypiä. = average: 5,04 [hopeless]
Man United: De Gea 6,30 - Patrice Evra 6,70 (70' Alexander Büttner), Phil Jones 6,50, Rio Ferdinand 6,20, Jonny Evans 6,70, Chris Smalling 6,90, Ryan Giggs 6,90, Nani 6,80, Antonio Valencia 7,00 (80' Anderson), Shinji Kagawa 6,80, Wayne Rooney 7,50 (80' Ashley Young). - coach: David Moyes. = average: 6,75 [superiour]

Player ratings Ajax 2, Barcelona 1.

1-0 19' Thulani Serero r (Ricardo van Rhijn), 2-0 42'Danny Hoesen l, 2-1 49' Xavi penalty (Neymar). Sent off: 48' Joël Veltman. Att: 53.000.
Ajax: Jasper Cillessen 6,40 - Ricardo van Rhijn 6,20, Niklas Moisander 6,30, Joël Veltman 5,50, Nicolai Boilesen 6,60 (34' Christian Poulsen 6,30), Daley Blind 7,10, Davy Klaassen 6,80, Lasse Schøne 6,40 (51' Stefano Denswil 6,40), Thulani Serero 7,10, Viktor Fischer 6,90, Danny Hoesen 7,20 (84' Lerin Duarte). - coach: Frank de Boer. = average: 6,55 [very good]
Barcelona: Pinto 5,70 - Martín Montoya 5,10, Piqué 5,10, Puyol 5,40 (68' Patric), Cesc Fàbregas 5,30 (82' Adama Traoré), Xavi 6,10 (74' Sergi Roberto), Iniesta 5,90, Javier Mascherano 5,10, Alex Song 4,30, Pedro 5,30, Neymar 6,00. - coach: Gerardo Martino. = average: 5,39 [feeble]

Player ratings Borussia Dortmund 3, Napoli 1.

1-0 10' Marco Reus penalty (Robert Lewandowski), 2-0 60' Jakub Błaszczykowski r (Marco Reus), 2-1 71' Lorenzo Insigne l (Gonzalo Higuaí­n), 3-1 78' Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang r (Robert Lewandowski). Att: 65.829.
Dortmund: Roman Weidenfeller 6,80 - Kevin Großkreutz 5,80, Sven Bender 6,00, Sokratis Papastathopoulos 6,20, Erik Durm 5,90, Nuri Şahin 6,20, Sebastian Kehl 5,50, Jakub Błaszczykowski 6,80 (68' Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 6,60), Henrikh Mkhitaryan 7,00, Marco Reus 7,00 (80' Łukasz Piszczek), Robert Lewandowski 6,70 (89' Julian Schieber). - coach: Jürgen Klopp. = average: 6,38 [strong]
Napoli: Pepe Reina 7,60 - Christian Maggio 5,40, Federico Fernández 5,10, Raúl Albiol 5,30, Blerim Dzemaili 4,90 (62' Gökhan Inler 6,00), Pablo Armero 5,30, Valon Behrami 6,40, José Callejón 5,40 (66' Lorenzo Insigne 6,50), Dries Mertens 5,30, Goran Pandev 5,30 (76' Duván Zapata), Gonzalo Higuaí­n 5,80. - coach: Rafael Benítez. = average: 5,72 [disappointing]

Average points in the last three seasons.

82,4% Pep Guardiola
80,4% Jupp Heynckes
79,2% José Mourinho
78,1% Sir Alex Ferguson
76,8% Antonio Conte

Player ratings Man City 6, Tottenham 0.

1-0 1' Jesús Navas, 2-0 34' Álvaro Negredo, 3-0 41' Kun Agüero (Jesús Navas), 4-0 50' Kun Agüero (Yaya Touré), 5-0 55' Álvaro Negredo (Fernandinho), 6-0 90' Jesús Navas (James Milner). Att: 47.228.
Man City: Costel Pantilimon 6,10 - Gaël Clichy 6,40, Martín Demichelis 6,10, Matija Nastasić 6,10 (46' Joleon Lescott 6,10), Pablo Zabaleta 6,60, Samir Nasri 7,70 (77' James Milner), Jesús Navas 7,60, Fernandinho 6,80, Yaya Touré 6,80, Álvaro Negredo 7,40, Kun Agüero 8,70 (69' Javi García 6,10). - coach: Manuel Pellegrini. = average: 6,81 [superb]
Tottenham: Hugo Lloris 4,50 - Kyle Walker 4,80, Younes Kaboul 4,30, Jan Vertonghen 4,60, Michael Dawson 4,10, Aaron Lennon 4,70, Paulinho 4,30 (61' Moussa Dembélé 5,50), Erik Lamela 4,70, Lewis Holtby 5,10 (46' Emmanuel Adebayor 5,40), Sandro 5,30, Soldado 4,90 (61' Gylfi Sigurðsson 5,10). - coach: André Villas-Boas. = average: 4,81 [outrageous]

Player ratings Arsenal 2, Southampton 0.

1-0 22' Olivier Giroud, 2-0 86' Olivier Giroud penalty. Att: 60.007.
Arsenal: Wojciech Szczęsny 6,00 - Bacary Sagna 6,30, Per Mertesacker 6,80, Laurent Koscielny 6,20, Kieran Gibbs 6,00, Mikel Arteta 5,70 (74' Tomáš Rosický), Jack Wilshere 6,40, Mesut Özil 6,20 (81' Nacho Monreal), Aaron Ramsey 6,40, Santi Cazorla 5,90 (70' Theo Walcott 6,00), Olivier Giroud 7,00. - coach: Arsène Wenger. = average: 6,24 [solid]
Southampton: Artur Boruc 4,00 - Nathaniel Clyne 5,80, José Fonte 5,00, Luke Shaw 6,00 (46' Steven Davis 5,50), Jos Hooiveld 5,50, Morgan Schneiderlin 6,00, Victor Wanyama 6,10, James Ward-Prowse 5,50, Rickie Lambert 5,50, Jay Rodriguez 6,00, Adam Lallana 5,40 (53' Pablo Osvaldo 5,30). - coach: Mauricio Pochettino. = average: 5,51 [poor]

Player ratings Borussia Dortmund 0, Bayern Munich 3.

0-1 66' Mario Götze (Thomas Müller), 0-2 85' Arjen Robben (Thiago), 0-3 87'  Thomas Müller (Philipp Lahm). Att: 80.645.

Dortmund: Roman Weidenfeller 5,80 - Manuel Friedrich 5,50, Sokratis Papastathopoulos 6,40, Erik Durm 5,70, Sven Bender 6,40 (79' Łukasz Piszczek), Henrikh Mkhitaryan 5,00 (71' Jonas Hofmann), Jakub Błaszczykowski 5,60 (71' Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang), Nuri Şahin 5,80, Kevin Großkreutz 6,20, Robert Lewandowski 6,20, Marco Reus 6,30, - coach: Jürgen Klopp. = average: 5,90 [vulnerable]

Bayern: Manuel Neuer 7,00 - Dante 6,00, Rafinha 5,60 (79' Daniel van Buyten), Jérôme Boateng 5,50 (64' Thiago 6,50), Philipp Lahm 6,50, David Alaba 6,20, Javi Martínez 6,00, Toni Kroos 6,20, Mario Mandžukić 5,60 (56' Mario Götze 7,10), Arjen Robben 7,00, Thomas Müller 6,70. - coach: Pep Guardiola. = average: 6,30 [good]

Player ratings Romania 1, Greece 1.

0-1 23' Kostas Mitroglou (Giorgios Karagounis), 1-1 55' og Vasilios Torosidis. Att: 49.793 (Stadionul Naţional).
Romania: Ciprian Tătăruşanu 6,00 - Dorin Goian 5,80, Vlad Chiricheş 6,30, Răzvan Raţ 5,50 (26' Iasmin Latovlevici 6,00), Alexandru Măţel 5,00, Gabriel Torje 5,20 (56' Marius Niculae 5,50), Cristian Tănase 5,20, Alexandru Maxim 5,40, Ovidiu Hoban 6,20, Bogdan Stancu 5,50 (86' Gheorghe Grozav), Ciprian Marica 5,00. - coach: Victor Piţurcă. = average: 5,58 [failing] 
Greece: Orestis Karnezis 6,00 - Vasilios Torosidis 5,80 (72' Loukas Vyntra), Sokratis Papastathopoulos 6,80, Ioannis Maniatis 6,00, José Holebas 7,20, Alexandros Tziolis 6,30, Dimitrios Siovas 6,60 (80' Kostas Manolas), Giorgios Karagounis 6,80 (73' Andreas Samaris), Georgios Samaras 6,20, Dimitrios Salpingidis 5,20, Kostas Mitroglou 6,20. - coach: Fernando Santos. = average: 6,28 [good]

Sports journalist Bengt Grive was born in 1921, so he had actually seen most of the great Swedish players in his professional life. Grive wrote in his book Glitter och Stänk (1989):

"Kurre Hamrin was a dribbler and opportunist but his big 'number' was the nutmeg. But there is no way he could compare to i Torbjörn and his feints. He didn't have the Göteborgers action range his shot was not remarkable in comparison. Gunnar Gren was techincally at the same level as Nilsson, but slower: Gren's footwork was somewhat heavy. Gunnar Nordahl easily beats Torbjörn in terms of shooting power, but hardly in anything else.  Ralf Edström was better in acrobacy, but not on the floor. His vision was a excellent as Torbjörn's, but he lacked pace. Nacka Skoglund's dribbling ability was more spectacular and he was as quick, but his shot was clearly inferiour and his defensive work was not impressive."

Player ratings Croatia 2, Iceland 0.

1-0 27' Mario Mandžukić (Ivan Perišić), 2-0 47' Darijo Srna (Mateo Kovačić). Sent off: 84' Mario Mandžukić. Att: 22.612 (Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb).
Croatia: Stipe Pletikosa 6,70 - Darijo Srna 7,40, Josip Šimunić 6,90, Vedran Ćorluka 7,00, Ivan Rakitić 6,70, Danijel Pranjić 7,20, Ivan Perišić 6,70, Luka Modrić 7,00 (89' Dejan Lovren), Mateo Kovačić 6,90 (74' Ante Rebić 5,90), Ivica Olić 6,70 (80' Nikica Jelavić), Mario Mandžukić 6,40. - coach: Niko Kovač. = average: 6,79 [superb]
Iceland: Hannes Halldórsson 6,70 - Ragnar Sigurðsson 5,40, Birkir Sævarsson 5,60, Ari Skúlason 5,30, Gylfi Sigurðsson 5,60, Aron Gunnarsson 5,20 (72' Emil Hallfreðsson), Birkir Bjarnason 4,70, Kári Árnason 5,70, Jóhann Guðmundsson 5,40, Eiður Guðjohnsen 4,50 (64' Rúrik Gíslason), Alfreð Finnbogason 5,10. - coach: Lars Lagerbäck. = average: 5,38 [feeble]

Number of World Cups, 1950-2014.

In bold text, nations having played at least one semifinal.

1) Brazil : 17
2) Italy, (West) Germany : 16
4) England, Argentina, Mexico : 14
7) Spain : 13
8) France : 12
9) Uruguay : 11
10) Soviet Union/Russia, Yugoslavia/Serbia : 10
12) Sweden, Belgium, South Korea : 9
15) Holland, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, Scotland, Chile, USA : 8
21) Hungary, Bulgaria, Paraguay, Cameroon : 7
25) Portugal, Austria, Poland : 6
28) Colombia, Nigeria, Japan : 5
31) Romania, Denmark, Croatia, Morocco, Australia, Tunisia, Iran, Algeria, Costa Rica, Saudi Arabia : 4
41) Northern Ireland, Greece, Peru, Honduras, South Africa, Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Ghana : 3
49) Turkey, Norway, Slovenia, Bolivia, North Korea, El Salvador, New Zealand : 2
56) Wales, Israel, East Germany, Ireland, Ukraine, Slovakia, Bosnia, India*, Zaïre, Haïti, Kuwait, Iraq, Canada, UAE, Egypt, Jamaica, Senegal, China, Trinidad & Tobago, Angola, Togo : 1

*) India qualified but withdrew in 1950.

Player ratings France 3, Ukraine 0.

1-0 22' Mamadou Sakho, 2-0 34' Karim Benzema (Matthieu Valbuena), 3-0 72' Mamadou Sakho (Franck Ribéry). Sent off: 47' Evgen Khacheridi. Att: 77.068.
France: Hugo Lloris 6,20 - Mathieu Debuchy 6,60 (78' Bacary Sagna), Raphaël Varane 6,70, Mamadou Sakho 7,90, Patrice Evra 6,40, Paul Pogba 7,00, Yohan Cabaye 7,30, Blaise Matuidi 6,90, Matthieu Valbuena 6,90, Karim Benzema 6,60 (82' Olivier Giroud), Franck Ribéry 6,70. - coach: Didier Deschamps. = average: 6,84 [superb]
Ukraine: Andriy Pyatov 6,20 - Vitaliy Mandzyuk 5,10, Evgen Khacheridi 4,30, Yaroslav Rakitskiy 5,60, Vyacheslav Shevchuk 5,30 - Ruslan Rotan 5,70, Edmar 5,20, Andriy Yarmolenko 5,70, Roman Bezus 5,60 (64' Oleg Gusev 5,50), Evgen Konoplyanka 5,30, Roman Zozulya 5,00 (76' Evgen Seleznev). - coach: Mikhail Fomenko. = average: 5,38 [feeble]

Player ratings England 0, Germany 1.

0-1 39' Per Mertesacker (Toni Kroos). Att: 85.934.
England: Joe Hart 6,50 - Kyle Walker 5,70, Chris Smalling 5,70, Phil Jagielka 5,60, Ashley Cole 5,90 (53' Kieran Gibbs 5,70), Steven Gerrard 6,00 (56' Jordan Henderson 5,60), Tom Cleverley 5,10 (64' Jack Wilshere 5,60), Andros Townsend 6,60, Wayne Rooney 6,00 (71' Ross Barkley 6,00), Adam Lallana 6,10 (76' Rickie Lambert), Daniel Sturridge 5,50. - coach: Roy Hodgson. = average: 5,84 [mediocre]
Germany: Roman Weidenfeller 6,00 - Heiko Westermann 6,30 (67' Julian Draxler), Per Mertesacker 7,50, Jérôme Boateng 6,50 (46' Mats Hummels - 65' Benedikt Höwedes), Marcel Schmelzer 5,80 (46' Marcell Jansen 5,90), Sven Bender 6,10, Lars Bender 5,80, Mario Götze 6,70, Toni Kroos 6,70, Marco Reus 6,00 (82' André Schürrle), Max Kruse 5,40 (56' Sidney Sam 6,10). - coach: Joachim Löw. = average: 6,22 [solid]

Player ratings Sweden 2, Portugal 3.

0-1 50' Cristiano Ronaldo (João Moutinho), 1-1 68' Zlatan Ibrahimović (Kim Källström), 2-1 72' Zlatan Ibrahimović freekick, 2-2 77' Cristiano Ronaldo (Hugo Almeida), 2-3 79' Cristiano Ronaldo (João Moutinho).Att : 49.766 (Friends Arena, Solna).
Sweden: Andreas Isaksson 5,60 - Mikael Lustig 5,00, Per Nilsson 5,00, Mikael Antonsson 5,10, Martin Olsson 5,40 - Sebastian Larsson 5,70 (90' Alexander Gerndt), Rasmus Elm 5,00 (46' Anders Svensson 5,70), Kim Källström 6,10, Alexander Kačaniklić 4,70 (82' Jimmy Durmaz) - Zlatan Ibrahimović 7,70, Johan Elmander 5,90. - coach: Erik Hamrén 5,50. = average: 5,58 [failing]
Portugal: Rui Patrício 6,10 - João Pereira 6,30, Pepe 6,10, Bruno Alves 6,00, Fábio Coentrão 6,10 (52' Antunes 5,90) - Raul Meireles 5,70 (73' William Carvalho), Miguel Veloso 6,30, João Moutinho 6,80, Nani 5,80,  Hugo Almeida 6,40 (82' Ricardo Costa) - Cristiano Ronaldo 8,80. - coach: Paulo Bento 6,40. = average: 6,40 [strong]

Memory Lane: Real Madrid 1983/84.

La Liga, UEFA Cup and Copa del Rey matches. 

3,54 Stielike
3,48 Butragueño
3,46 Miguel Ángel
3,43 Chendo
3,35 Martín Vázquez
3,10 Juan José, San José
3,04 Juanito
2,98 Camacho
2,88 Sanchís
2,85 Salguero
2,79 Bernardo
2,77 Pineda
2,75 Gallego
2,71 Ángel
2,70 Lozano
2,69 Bonet
2,63 Metgod
2,43 Santillana
2,25 Isidro

Player ratings Italy 2, Nigeria 2.

1-0 12' Giuseppe Rossi, 1-1 35' Chinedu Dike, 1-2 40' Shola Ameobi, 2-2 47' Emanuele Giaccherini. Att: 15.267 (Craven Cottage).
Italy: Sirigu 6,20 - Maggio 5,70, Ranocchia 5,70, Ogbonna 5,50, Pasqual 5,50, Candreva 6,10 (65' Cerci), Thiago Motta 5,60 (53' Parolo 5,50), Montolivo 6,10 (53' Pirlo 6,40), Giaccherini 6,80 (75' Poli), G. Rossi 6,70 (53' Diamanti 6,40), Balotelli 6,30. - coach: Prandelli 6,20. = average: 6,04 [acceptable]
Nigeria: Ejide 6,40 (65' Enyeama 6,40) - Kwambe 5,80, Oboabona 5,50, Egwuekwe 5,60, Francis 6,10, Onazi 6,30, Obi Mikel 6,20, Oduamadi 5,60 (46' Ogu 6,10), Ameobi 6,80 (65' Emenike), Moses 6,80 (75' Ideye), Dike 6,40 (65' Musa 6,00). - coach:  Keshi 6,30. = average: 6,14 [satisfactory]

Player ratings Portugal 1, Sweden 0.

1-0 82' Cristiano Ronaldo (Miguel Veloso). Att: 61.467 (Estádio da Luz).
Portugal: Rui Patrício 6,30 - João Pereira 6,30, Pepe 6,00, Bruno Alves 5,90, Fábio Coentrão 5,90, João Moutinho 5,70, Miguel Veloso 6,50, Raúl Meireles 6,50 (78' Josué), Nani 5,80,     Hélder Postiga 5,20 (66' Hugo Almeida 5,40), Cristiano Ronaldo 7,00. - coach: Paulo Bento. = average: 6,04 [acceptable]
Sweden: Andreas Isaksson 6,20 - Mikael Lustig 6,00, Per Nilsson 6,10, Mikael Antonsson 6,20, Martin Olsson 5,50, Sebastian Larsson 6,00, Rasmus Elm 6,00 (72' Pontus Wernbloom), Kim Källström 6,20 (78' Anders Svensson), Alexander Kačaniklić 5,20, Johan Elmander 6,00 (88' Alexander Gerndt), Zlatan Ibrahimović 5,60. - coach: Erik Hamrén. = average: 5,91 [vulnerable]

Europe's Under 21 topscorers.

1. Lasogga (Hamburg) : 8 goals
2. Berardi (Sassuolo), Castaignos (Twente) : 6
4. Aboubakar (Lorient), Drmic (Nürnberg), Gehrt (Den Haag), Jorginho (Verona), Lukaku (Everton), Musa (CSKA Moscow), Piazón (Vitesse), Promes (Twente), Volland (Hoffenheim), Zivkovic (Groningen) : 5
14. Isco (Real Madrid), Kadlec (Frankfurt), Kostic (Groningen), Kwesi (Twente), Neymar (Barcelona), Pogba (Juventus), Son (Leverkusen) : 4

Memory Lane: Monaco 2003/04.

League matches only. Ratings: France Football. 

3,56 Giuly

3,50 Squillaci

3,47 Bernardi

3,44 Roma

3,43 Rothen

3,42 Rodriguez

3,23 Evra

3,23 Zikos

3,21 Morientes

Memory Lane: Serie A 2004/05.

6,54 Verón (Inter)
6,47 Pagliuca (Bologna), Émerson (Juventus)
6,45 Cambiasso (Inter)
6,44 Corini (Palermo)
6,43 Camoranesi (Juventus)
6,41 Toni (Palermo)
6,40 C. Lucarelli (Livorno)
6,39 Chiesa (Siena), Shevchenko (Milan)
6,36 Ibrahimovic (Juventus)
6,34 F. Cannavaro (Juventus),
6,33 Antonioli (Sampdoria), Storari (Messina),
6,31 Castellazzi (Brescia), Nedved (Juventus), Pizarro (Udinese), Amoroso (Bologna)
6,29 Flachi (Sampdoria), Zola (Cagliari)
6,28 Iaquinta (Udinese), Totti (Roma)
6,27 Castellini (Sampdoria), Falcone (Sampdoria), 
6,26 Adriano (Inter), Vucinic (Lecce)
6,25 Palombo (Sampdoria), Gilardino (Parma)
6,23 Iezzo (Cagliari),
6,22 Buffon (Juventus), Kaká (Milan), Miccoli (Fiorentina), Brienza (Palermo)
6,21 Lupatelli (Fiorentina), Toldo (Inter), Zampagna (Messina), Grosso (Palermo), M. Esposito (Cagliari)
6,20 Liverani (Lazio), Zauli (Palermo), Vieri (Inter)
6,19 Nesta (Milan), Mozart (Reggina)
6,18 Tonetto (Sampdoria), Bernardini (Atalanta), D'Agostino (Messina), Montella (Roma), C. Zanetti (Inter)
6,17 Sicignano (Lecce), 
6,16 De Sanctis (Udinese), Dida (Milan), Taibi (Atalanta), Di Biagio (Brescia), Coppola (Messina) 
6,15 Peruzzi (Lazio), Gamberini (Bologna),  Di Michele (Udinese)
6,14 Frey (Parma), Gattuso & Pirlo (Milan), Volpi (Sampdoria)
6,13 Marchionni (Brescia), Marcolini (Atalanta), Morfeo (Parma)
6,12 Barzagli & Barone (Palermo), Giacomazzi (Lecce), Belucci (Bologna), Maresca (Fiorentina)
6,11 Thuram (Juventus)
6,10 Materazzi (Inter), Cassetti (Lecce), Caracciolo (Brescia), Di Natale (Udinese)
6,09 Paredes (Reggina)
6,08 Córdoba (Inter), Serginho (Milan), Torrisi (Bologna), Pinzi (Udinese), Zanchetta (Chievo), Ledesma (Lecce),
6,07 Sala (Atalanta), Semioli (Chievo), Rocchi (Lazio)
6,06 Maldini (Milan), Zalayeta (Juventus)
6,05 Cafú (Milan),  Vidigal (Livorno), Donati (Messina), Simplício (Parma), Ujfalusi (Fiorentina), G. Colucci (Reggina)
6,04 Marchegiani & Baronio (Chievo), Pisano & Kutuzov (Sampdoria), J. Zanetti (Inter), Mauri (Udinese), Zebina & Del Piero (Juventus), I. Colucci (Bologna)
6,03 Ambrosini (Milan), Jankulovski (Udinese)
6,02 Martínez (Brescia), Cipriani (Bologna), Bazzani (Sampdoria/Lazio), Parisi (Messina), Sensini (Udinese), Milanetto (Brescia)
6,01 Guardalben (Palermo), Oddo (Lazio), Vigiani & Protti (Livorno)
6,00 C. Zenoni (Sampdoria), Passoni (Livorno), Mutarelli (Palermo)
5,99 Natali (Atalanta), Dalla Bona (Lecce), Bonazzoli (Reggina)
5,98 Biava (Palermo), De Rosa (Reggina), Argilli (Siena), Giampà (Messina), Giannichedda (Lazio), Blasi (Juventus)
5,97 Felipe (Udinese), Pinardi (Lecce), Langella (Cagliari), Vergassola (Siena), Martins (Inter), Bozhinov (Lecce/Fiorentina)
5,96 Zaccardo (Palermo), Edusei (Sampdoria)
5,95 Pavarini & Tedesco (Reggina), Chiellini (Fiorentina), Siviglia (Lazio), Cossato & Pellissier (Chievo), Diana (Sampdoria), Bresciano (Parma)
5,94 D'Anna & Lanna (Chievo), Valdés (Lecce), Kröldrup (Udinese),  Pavan (Sampdoria), Di Canio (Lazio), Di Napoli (Messina), Brighi (Chievo), Pazzini (Fiorentina)
5,93 Zanchi (Messina), Zauri (Lazio), Budel, Suazo & Gobbi (Cagliari), Perrotta (Roma)
5,92 F. Couto & Pandev (Lazio), Pazienza (Udinese), Panucci (Roma), Zoro (Messina), Vargas (Livorno), Zé Maria (Inter) 
5,91 Moro (Chievo), Stovini (Lecce), Iliev (Messina)
5,90 Bonera (Parma), Mandelli (Chievo), A. Filippini (Lazio), Zagorakis (Bologna), Portanova (Siena),
5,89 Zambrotta (Juventus), Conti (Cagliari), Seedorf (Milan)
5,88 Balestri (Reggina), Bega (Cagliari), Juárez & Tare (Bologna), M. González (Palermo), Grauso (Livorno)
5,87 Amelia & Pfertzel (Livorno), Bertotti (Udinese), Pecchia (Siena), Morrone (Palermo), Stankevicius (Brescia), Rossini (Sampdoria), Mesto (Reggina)
5,86 Balleri (Livorno), I. Franceschini (Reggina), Jörgensen & Obodo (Fiorentina), Di Donato (Siena), Sussi (Bologna)
5,85 T.A. Flo (Siena)
5,84 Mihajlovic (Inter), Abeijón (Cagliari), Cassano (Roma)
5,83 Favalli (Milan), Eremenko (Lecce), E. Filippini (Lazio), Crespo (Milan)
5,82 Bolaño (Parma), Dabo (Lazio), Stankovic (Inter), Tiribocchi (Chievo)
5,81 Galante (Livorno), Viali (Fiorentina), Zamboni (Reggina), Taddei (Siena), Dacourt (Roma)
5,80 Belleri (Udinese), Dellas (Roma), Doni (Sampdoria), Falsini (Siena), Montolivo (Atalanta), Ariatti (Fiorentina), Santana (Palermo)
5,79 Loviso & Locatelli (Bologna), Bianchi (Cagliari), Budan (Atalanta)
5,78 Doga (Livorno), Nakamura (Reggina), Amoruso (Messina)
5,77 Agostini (Cagliari), Zoboli (Brescia), Aquilani (Roma), Yanagisawa (Messina)
5,76 Rezaei (Messina), Mannini (Brescia), Mingazzini (Atalanta)
5,75 A. Lucarelli & Ruotolo (Livorno), Maccarone (Siena), Borriello (Reggina), De Rossi & Mancini (Roma),
5,74 Donadel (Fiorentina), Giallombardo (Livorno), Nervo (Bologna)
5,73 Cannarsa (Reggina), Rivalta (Atalanta), D. Zenoni (Udinese)
5,72 Contini (Parma), Dainelli & Delli Carri (Fiorentina)
5,71 Melara (Livorno), Bjelanovic (Lecce)
5,70 Cufré (Roma)
5,69 Potenza (Chievo), Fantini (Fiorentina)
5,68 Malagò (Chievo), Gasbarroni (Sampdoria)
5,67 Rullo (Lecce), Grella (Parma)
5,66 Bovo (Parma), Nakata (Fiorentina)
5,65 Aronica (Messina), Dallamano (Brescia), Grandoni (Livorno), D. Franceschini & Amauri (Chievo)
5,64 Lazzari (Atalanta)
5,63 P. Cannavaro (Parma)
5,62 López (Cagliari), Sculli (Brescia)
5,61 Ferrari (Roma), Loria (Cagliari)
5,60 Domizzi (Brescia)
5,59 Bellini (Atalanta), Mexès (Roma)
5,58 Luciano (Chievo)
5,55 Maltagliati (Cagliari), Mareco (Brescia), Fava (Udinese)
5,54 Tomasson (Milan)
5,50 Cirillo (Siena), Diamoutene & Konan (Lecce)
5,46 Giunti (Bologna)
5,42 César (Lazio)
5,41 Del Nero (Brescia)

Average ratings Milan.

6,39 N. de Jong
6,10 El Shaarawy
6,05 Kaká
5,93 Abbiati, Poli
5,86 Montolivo
5,85 Abate
5,82 Gabriel
5,75 Muntari
5,72 Mexès, Birsa, Balotelli
5,66 Zapata, Emanuelson
5,58 Robinho
5,46 Niang
5,38 Zaccardo
5,33 Constant
5,27 Matri
5,15 Nocerino

Player ratings Juventus 3, Napoli 0.

1-0 1' Llorente (Carlos Tévez), 2-0 74' Andrea Pirlo freekick, 3-0 80' Paul Pogba. Semt off: 82' Angelo Ogbonna. Att: 36.969.
Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 6,90 - Angelo Ogbonna 5,60, Andrea Barzagli 6,70, Leonardo Bonucci 6,50, Mauricio Isla 6,50, Paul Pogba 7,40, Andrea Pirlo 7,70, Kwadwo Asamoah 6,30, Arturo Vidal 6,60, Carlos Tévez 7,00 (83' Federico Peluso), Llorente 6,60 (88' Fabio Quagliarella). - coach: Antonio Conte 7,80. = average: 6,71 [superiour]
Napoli: Pepe Reina 6,60 - Christian Maggio 5,30, Federico Fernández 5,50, Raúl Albiol 5,60, Marek Hamšík 5,40, Lorenzo Insigne 6,50, Pablo Armero 5,30, Valon Behrami 5,70, Gökhan Inler 5,50 (80' Duván Zapata), José Callejón 5,10 (72' Dries Mertens), Gonzalo Higuaí­n 5,70. - coach: Rafael Benítez. = average: 5,65 [failing]

Player ratings Man United 1, Arsenal 0.

1-0 27' Robin van Persie (Wayne Rooney). Att: 75.138.
Man United: De Gea 6,10 - Chris Smalling 6,20, Jonny Evans 6,20, Nemanja Vidić 6,20 (46' Tom Cleverley 5,80), Patrice Evra 6,10, Phil Jones 6,90, Michael Carrick 6,40, Antonio Valencia 6,30, Wayne Rooney 7,10, Shinji Kagawa 5,60 (78' Ryan Giggs), Robin van Persie 6,80 (85' Marouane Fellaini). - coach: David Moyes. = average: 6,31 [good]
Arsenal: Wojciech Szczęsny 6,10 - Bacary Sagna 6,50, Laurent Koscielny 6,00, Thomas Vermaelen 6,00, Kieran Gibbs 6,10, Mikel Arteta 6,00 (83' Serge Gnabry), Mathieu Flamini 5,80 (61' Jack Wilshere 6,00), Santi Cazorla 5,50 (78' Nicklas Bendtner), Aaron Ramsey 6,10, Mesut Özil 5,40, Olivier Giroud 5,60. - coach: Arsène Wenger. = average: 5,92 [vulnerable]

Average ratings Real Madrid.

6,85 Cristiano Ronaldo
6,82 Xabi Alonso
6,60 Di María
6,45 Diego López
6,42 Modric
6,37 Bale
6,32 Benzema, Casillas
6,30 Isco
6,03 Marcelo
5,99 Pepe, Khedira
5,96 Sergio Ramos
5,95 Varane
5,92 Illaramendi
5,89 Carvajal
5,82 Arbeloa
5,80 Fábio Coentrão

Galliani's best and worst Milan signings, 1986-2013.

According to Gazzetta dello Sport. 

The best:
Marco van Basten
Ruud Gullit
Andriy Shevchenko
Kaká

The worst:
Ricardo Oliveira
Christophe Dugarry
Michael Reiziger
Winston Bogarde

All time top 50 Torino players.

According to Guerin Sportivo. Foreigners in bold text.

1. Valentino Mazzola
2. Paolo Pulici
3. Giorgio Ferrini
4. Luigi Meroni
5. Virgilio Maroso
6. Adolofo Baloncieri
7. Claudio Sala
8. Guglielmo Gabetti
9. Francesco Graziani
10. Renato Zaccarelli
11. Ezio Loik
12. Romeo Menti
13. Luciano Castellini
14. Julio Libonatti
15. Júnior
16. Franco Ossola
17. Eraldo Pecci
18. Giuseppe Grezar
19. Eusebio Castigliano
20. Giuseppe Dossena
21. Gino Rossetti
22. Lido Vieri
23. Aldo Ballarini
24. Aldo Agroppi
25. Mario Rigamonti
26. Antonio Janni
27. Valerio Bacigalupo
28. Pietro Ferraris II
29. Roberto Rosato
30. Roberto Cravero
31. Roberto Salvadori
32. Enzo Bearzot
33. Walter Casagrande
34. Danilo Martelli
35. Denis Law
36. Angelo Cereser
37. Gianluigi Lentini
38. Vittorio Caporale
39. Pasquale Bruno
40. Beniamino Santos
41. Patrizio Sala
42. Fabrizio Poletti
43. Abedi Pelé
44. Giovan Battista Moschino
45. Nestor Combín
46. Vincenzo Scifo
47. Giuseppe Virgili
48. Ruggiero Rizzitelli
49. Nello Santin
50. Roberto Mozzini

Player ratings Borussia Dortmund 0, Arsenal 1.

0-1 62' Aaron Ramsey (Olivier Giroud). Att: 65.829.
Dortmund: Roman Weidenfeller 5,90 - Kevin Großkreutz 6,20, Sokratis Papastathopoulos 6,20, Neven Subotić 5,40, Marcel Schmelzer 5,90, Nuri Şahin 5,70, Sven Bender 6,10 (74' Jonas Hofmann 5,60), Jakub Błaszczykowski 6,20 (74' Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 5,70), Henrikh Mkhitaryan 6,10, Marco Reus 6,70 (86' Julian Schieber), Robert Lewandowski 6,10. - coach: Jürgen Klopp. = average: 5,98 [acceptable]
Arsenal: Wojciech Szczęsny 6,60 - Bacary Sagna 6,00, Per Mertesacker 7,20, Laurent Koscielny 6,60, Kieran Gibbs 5,80, Aaron Ramsey 7,00, Mikel Arteta 5,70, Santi Cazorla 5,90 (75' Nacho Monreal 5,90), Mesut Özil 6,20, Tomáš Rosický 6,40 (90' Thomas Vermaelen), Olivier Giroud 6,40 (90' Nicklas Bendtner). - coach: Arsène Wenger. = average: 6,31 [good]

Player ratings Barcelona 3, Milan 1.

1-0 30' Lionel Messi penalty (Neymar), 2-0 40' Busquets (Xavi), 2-1 45 og Piqué, 3-1 83' Lionel Messi (Cesc Fàbregas). Att: 80.517.
Barcelona: Victor Valdés 6,00 - Dani Alves 6,20,  Piqué 6,10, Javier Mascherano 6,40, Adriano 6,40, Xavi 6,60 (88' Alex Song), Busquets 6,90, Iniesta 6,40 (78' Cesc Fàbregas 6,50), Alexis Sánchez 6,00, Lionel Messi 7,50, Neymar 7,00 (86' Pedro). - coach: Gerardo Martino 6,90. = average: 6,50 [very good]
Milan: Christian Abbiati 6,70 - Ignazio Abate 5,30, Cristián Zapata 5,30, Philippe Mexès 5,80, Urby Emanuelson 5,40, Andrea Poli 5,50 (74' Valter Birsa), Sulley Ali Muntari 5,40, Nigel de Jong 6,00, Riccardo Montolivo 5,80, Kaká 6,40 (84' Alessandro Matri), Robinho 4,90 (46' Mario Balotelli 6,10). - coach: Massimiliano Allegri 5,10. = average: 5,72 [disappointing]

Average ratings Bayern Munich.

7,13 Ribéry
6,84 Robben
6,83 Lahm
6,62 Kroos
6,57 Alaba
6,55 Schweinsteiger
6,47 Neuer
6,40 J. Boateng
6,38 Mandzukic
6,34 Dante
6,15 T. Müller
6,14 Götze
6,12 Contento
6,00 Van Buyten
5,78 Rafinha

Player ratings Juventus 2, Real Madrid 2.

2-0 42' Arturo Vidal penalty (Paul Pogba), 1-1 52' Cristiano Ronaldo (Karim Benzema), 1-2 60' Gareth Bale (Cristiano Ronaldo), 2-2 65' Llorente (Martín Cáceres). Att: 40.696.
Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 6,00 - Martín Cáceres 5,60, Andrea Barzagli 6,20, Leonardo Bonucci 6,20, Paul Pogba 6,70, Claudio Marchisio 6,20, Andrea Pirlo 6,40, Kwadwo Asamoah 5,80, Arturo Vidal 6,60, Carlos Tévez 6,00 (82' Fabio Quagliarella), Llorente 6,70 (88' Sebastian Giovinco). - coach: Antonio Conte 6,70. = average: 6,22 [solid]
Real Madrid: Iker Casillas 7,00 - Raphaël Varane 5,00, Pepe 5,90, Sergio Ramos 5,80, Marcelo 5,70, Sami Khedira 5,60, Gareth Bale 6,50 (75' Ángel Di María), Xabi Alonso 6,00 (71' Illarramendi), Luka Modrić 5,90, Cristiano Ronaldo 7,20, Karim Benzema 5,90 (81' Jesé Rodríguez). - coach:  Carlo Ancelotti 6,20. = average: 6,05 [acceptable]

European Cup ranking, 1970-1999.

1. West Germany : 8983 UEFA points/season
2. Italy : 8630
3. England : 8270
4. Spain : 7783
5. Holland : 6457
6. France : 6027
7. Belgium : 5910
8. Portugal : 5360
9. Yugoslavia : 5110
10. Scotland : 4543
11. Czechoslovakia : 4265
12. Austria : 3720
13. Greece : 3650
14. Romania : 3637
15. Switzerland : 3413
16. Hungary : 3377
17. Sweden : 3340
18. Poland : 3167
19. Turkey : 2713
20. Denmark : 2630
21. Bulgaria : 2593
22. Wales : 2437
23. Norway : 1940
24. Finland : 1483
25. Ireland : 943
26. Northern Ireland : 850

Average ratings Atlético de Madrid.

7,16 Diego Costa
6,72 Raúl García
6,60 Koke
6,59 Miranda
6,55 Filipe Luis
6,53 Arda Turan
6,48 Villa
6,43 Mario Suárez
6,39 Tiago Mendes
6,37 Juanfran
6,34 Godín, Gabi
6,32 Courtois
6,03 Cebolla Rodríguez
5,92 Adrián

Player ratings Arsenal 2, Liverpool 0.

1-0 19' Santi Cazorla, 2-0 59' Aaron Ramsey (Mesut Özil). Att: 60.042.
Arsenal: Wojciech Szczęsny 6,60 - Bacary Sagna 6,50, Per Mertesacker 6,50, Laurent Koscielny 6,00, Kieran Gibbs 6,00 (78' Thomas Vermaelen), Tomáš Rosický 6,30 (72' Nacho Monreal), Mikel Arteta 6,50, Mesut Özil 5,90, Aaron Ramsey 7,00, Santi Cazorla 7,10 (84' Carl Jenkinson), Olivier Giroud 5,90. - coach: Arsène Wenger. = average: 6,39 [strong]
LFC: Simon Mignolet 6,40 - Kolo Touré 5,20, Mamadou Sakho 6,00, Aly Cissokho 4,60 (46' Coutinho 5,40), Martin Škrtel 6,00, Jon Flanagan 5,10 (68' Victor Moses), Steven Gerrard 5,20, Jordan Henderson 5,70, Lucas Leiva 5,60, Luis Suárez 5,90, Daniel Sturridge 5,80. - coach: Brendan Rodgers. = average: 5,58 [failing]

Brazil: average ratings in World Cup matches, 2002-2010.

7,36 Marcos, Rivaldo (7)
7,10 Maicon (5)
7,00 Juan (9), Dida (5)
6,97 Gilberto Silva (15)
6,90 Robinho (5)
6,83 Edmílson (6)
6,80 Ronaldinho Gaúcho (10)
6,79 Ronaldo (12)
6,70 Júlio César (5)
6,68 Lúcio (17)
6,61 Kaká (9)
6,45 Cafu (11)
6,33 Roque Júnior (6)
6,30 Roberto Carlos (10)
6,10 Michel Bastos, Luís Fabiano (5)

Average ratings Paris Saint Germain.

6,78 Ibrahimovic
6,64 Thiago Motta
6,48 Verratti
6,44 Cavani
6,39 Maxwell
6,33 Van der Wiel
6,32 Thiago Silva
6,17 Matuidi, Rabiot
6,13 Digne
6,10 Marquinhos
6,00 Sirigu, Lavezzi, Camara
5,99 Alex Costa
5,71 Lucas
5,62 Pastore
5,38 Ménez
5,18 Jallet

Player ratings Barcelona 1, Espanyol 0.

1-0 68' Alexis Sánchez (Neymar). Att: 79.977.
Barcelona: Victor Valdés 6,60 - Martín Montoya 6,30, Piqué 6,00, Dani Alves 5,20, Xavi 5,70, Iniesta 5,70 (86' Cesc Fàbregas), Javier Mascherano 6,20 (89' Bartra), Busquets 5,80, Alexis Sánchez 6,80 (83' Pedro), Lionel Messi 5,30, Neymar 7,10. - coach: Gerardo Martino. = average: 6,06 [satisfactory]
Espanyol: Kiko Casilla 6,80 - Raúl Rodríguez 6,00, Sidnei 5,40, Héctor Moreno 5,90, Fuentes 5,70, Víctor Sánchez 6,60, David López 6,00, Abraham 5,80 (83' Manuel Lanza), Gabriel Torje 5,80, Thievy Bifouma 5,40 (62' Jhon Córdoba 5,70), Sergio García 6,10. - coach: Javier Aguirre. = average: 5,93 [vulnerable]