Player ratings Napoli 2, Juventus 0.

1-0 37' José Callejón r. (Lorenzo Insigne), 2-0 81' Dries Mertens r. Att: 46.134.
Napoli: Pepe Reina 6,00 - Henrique 6,90, Federico Fernández 6,80, Faouzi Ghoulam 6,80, Raúl Albiol 6,60, Jorginho 6,50, Marek Hamšík 6,10 (79' Dries Mertens 7,00), Lorenzo Insigne 7,00, Gökhan Inler 6,30, José Callejón 7,40 (89' Blerim Dzemaili), Gonzalo Higuaín 6,20 (73' Goran Pandev 6,30). - coach: Rafael Benítez 7,20. = average: 6,61 [excellent]
Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 7,20 - Giorgio Chiellini 5,60, Martín Cáceres 5,50, Leonardo Bonucci 6,20, Stephan Lichtsteiner 5,60, Paul Pogba 5,20 (61' Claudio Marchisio 5,40), Andrea Pirlo 5,00, Kwadwo Asamoah 4,90 (53' Mauricio Isla 5,90), Arturo Vidal 5,00, Llorente 4,80, Pablo Osvaldo 5,00 (69' Mirko Vučinić 5,70). - coach: Antonio Conte 5,00. = average: 5,50 [poor]

Player ratings Liverpool 4, Tottenham 0.

1-0 2' Younes Kaboul penalty, 2-0 25' Luis Suárez l., 3-0 55' Coutinho r. (Jon Flanagan), 4-0 76' Jordan Henderson freekick. Att: 44.762.
Liverpool: Simon Mignolet 6,40 - Glen Johnson 6,40, Daniel Agger 6,50, Martin Škrtel 6,60, Jon Flanagan 6,20, Steven Gerrard 6,80 (70' Lucas Leiva 5,90), Coutinho 7,00 (63' Joe Allen 5,90), Jordan Henderson 6,70, Raheem Sterling 7,10 (83' Victor Moses), Luis Suárez 7,20, Daniel Sturridge 6,60. - coach: Brendan Rodgers. = average: 6,56 [excellent]
Tottenham: Hugo Lloris 6,20 - Danny Rose 5,20, Younes Kaboul 4,90, Jan Vertonghen 5,30 (24' Michael Dawson 5,00), Kyle Naughton 5,40, Aaron Lennon 5,00 (60' Andros Townsend 5,20), Gylfi Sigurðsson 5,40, Christian Eriksen 5,80, Nabil Bentaleb 5,60 (60' Moussa Dembélé 5,40), Soldado 5,40, Nacer Chadli 5,50. - coach: Tim Sherwood. = average: 5,38 [feeble]

Changes in average attendance 2014.

Clubs that played in the highest division both in 2012/13 and 2013/14.

+113,6% OGC Nice
+108,5% OFI Iraklio
+84,0% Brøndby
+82,8% KA Gent
+49,6% Bursaspor
+46,0% Estoril Praia
+36,4% Paços de Ferreira
+31,4% Aberdeen
+29,5% Midtjylland
+29,0% Saint-Étienne
+27,5% Rio Ave
+26,1% Sporting Portugal
+23,9% Bastia
+23,5% Fiorentina
+23,4% Gençlerbirliği
+22,0% Gaziantepspor
+21,2% Académica de Coimbra

Average ratings Chelsea 2013/14.

Premiership, Champions League and FA Cup.

6,34 Terry
6,33 Čech
6,32 Hazard
6,27 Cahill
6,24 Azpilicueta
6,14 Ivanovic
6,13 Ramires
6,11 Matic
6,10 Schürrle
6,09 Oscar
6,05 Willian
5,96 A. Cole
5,91 Fernando Torres
5,86 Mata
5,85 Lampard
5,83 David Luíz
5,82 Eto'o
5,75 Mikel
5,68 Ba

Average ratings Man City 2013/14.

Premiership, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup final. 

6,71 Agüero
6,65 Silva
6,35 Negredo
6,26 Y. Touré
6,22 Fernandinho, Nasri
6,21 Kompany
6,14 Jesús Navas
6,13 Zabaleta
6,08 Kolarov, Džeko
6,05 Milner
6,01 Pantilimon
5,95 Nastasic
5,89 Hart
5,85 Javi García
5,82 Clichy
5,79 Demichelis
5,61 Lescott
5,52 Richards

Player ratings Arsenal 1, Man City 1.

0-1 18' David Silva r., 1-1 53' Mathieu Flamini l. (Lukas Podolski). Att: 60.060.
Arsenal: Wojciech Szczęsny 5,90 - Bacary Sagna 6,10, Per Mertesacker 6,10, Thomas Vermaelen 6,30, Kieran Gibbs 5,50, Tomáš Rosický 7,00, Mikel Arteta 6,10, Santi Cazorla 6,90, Mathieu Flamini 7,10, Lukas Podolski 6,20 (79' Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain), Olivier Giroud 5,10 (85' Yaya Sanogo). - coach: Arsène Wenger. = average: 6,21 [solid]
Man City: Joe Hart 6,10 - Vincent Kompany 6,50, Pablo Zabaleta 6,30, Gaël Clichy 5,80, Martín Demichelis 6,00, Samir Nasri 6,00 (81' Javi García), Jesús Navas 6,50 (64' James Milner 6,00), David Silva 7,10, Fernandinho 6,50, Yaya Touré 6,30, Edin Džeko 5,90 (85' Álvaro Negredo). - coach: Manuel Pellegrini. = average: 6,25 [solid]

Player ratings Espanyol 0, Barcelona 1.

0-1 76' Lionel Messi penalty. Sent off: 82' Kiko Casilla. Att: 31.666.
Espanyol: Kiko Casilla 5,10 - Héctor Moreno 6,20 (48' Sidnei 6,10), Fuentes 6,00, Diego Colotto 5,90, Víctor Sánchez 6,60, David López 6,40, Javi López 6,20, Simão 5,40 (77' Jhon Córdoba), Christian Stuani 5,50, Sergio García  6,50, Pizzi 5,90 (64' Álex). - coach: Javier Aguirre. = average: 5,98 [acceptable]
Barcelona: Pinto 5,90 - Piqué 7,00, Jordi Alba 6,40, Dani Alves 6,00, Cesc Fàbregas 6,00 (88' Sergi Roberto), Xavi 6,10, Javier Mascherano 6,40, Busquets 6,00, Pedro 5,70 (77' Iniesta), Lionel Messi 6,50, Neymar 5,50 (80' Alexis Sánchez). - coach: Gerardo Martino. = average: 6,14 [satisfactory]

Matches between the South American giants, 1990-99.

Argentina : 5 8 4 20-19 = 52,94%
Brazil : 7 8 6 30-24 = 52,38%
Uruguay : 2 6 4 6-13 = 41,67%

Scored goals:
1,43 Brazil
1,18 Argentina
0,50 Uruguay

Conceded goals:
1,08 Uruguay
1,12 Argentina
1,14 Brazil

Altogether 25 matches with 56 goals (2,24 per match).

Matches between the South American giants, 1980-89.

Brazil : 7 5 3 15-9 = 63,33%
Uruguay : 5 2 6 9-9 = 46,15%
Argentina : 3 5 6 6-12 = 39,29%

Scored goals:
1,00 Brazil
0,69 Uruguay
0,43 Argentina

Conceded goals:
0,60 Brazil
0,69 Uruguay
0,86 Argentina

Altogether 21 matches with 30 goals (1,43 per match).

Matches between the South American giants, 1950-59.

Argentina : 10 6 5 37-23 = 61,90%
Brazil : 8 4 8 29-31 = 50,00%
Uruguay : 7 4 12 31-43 = 39,13%

Scored goals:
1,76 Argentina
1,45 Brazil
1,35 Uruguay

Conceded goals:
1,10 Argentina
1,55 Brazil
1,87 Uruguay

Altogether 28 matches with 96 goals (3,43 per match).

Matches between the South American giants, 1970-79.

Brazil : 11 4 1 30-16 = 87,50%
Argentina : 8 7 9 33-29 = 47,92%
Uruguay : 2 3 11 15-33 = 21,88%

Scored goals:
1,88 Brazil
1,38 Argentina
0,94 Uruguay

Conceded goals:
1,00 Brazil
1,21 Argentina
2,06 Uruguay

Altogether 28 matches with 78 goals (2,79 per match).

Matches between the South American giants, 1960-69.

Brazil : 9 5 7 41-31 = 54,76%
Argentina : 9 3 8 38-34 = 52,50%
Uruguay : 3 4 6 9-23 = 38,46%

Scored goals:
1,95 Brazil
1,90 Argentina
0,69 Uruguay

Conceded goals:
1,48 Brazil
1,70 Argentina
1,77 Uruguay

Altogether 27 matches with 88 goals (3,26 per match).

Memory Lane: top players' market value, 1980.

Values estimated by weekly magazine Guerin Sportivo April 1980, in perspective of the opening of Italian borders. Spanish players, extremely reluctant to leave their country, not taken into consideration.

In Italics, players that eventually played in the Serie A.


1.500.000€:
Maradona (Argentinos Juniors)

1.000.000€:
Zico (Flamengo)

550.000-650.000€:
T. Francis (Nottingham Forest), Woodcock (Köln), Cunningham (Real Madrid)

500.000-600.000€:
Brady (Arsenal), Sócrates (Corinthians)

450.000-550.000€:
Kh Rummenigge (Bayern Munich), H. Müller (Stuttgart)

400.000-500.000€:
Birtles (Nottingham Forest), Dalglish (Liverpool), Keegan (HSV), Schachner (Austria Vienna), Krankl (First Vienna)

350.000-450.000€:
Stapleton (Arsenal), Ward (Brighton), Regis (West Bromwich), Coppell (Man United), K. Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf), Kaltz (HSV), Platini (St-Etienne), Prohaska (Austria Vienna), Simonsen (Barcelona)

300.000-400.000€:
Case (Liverpool), Mariner (Ipswich), D. Müller (Köln), Breitner (Bayern Munich), Stielike (Real Madrid), Gomes (FC Porto)

250.000-350.000€:
R. Kennedy & Johnson (Liverpool), Thijssen (Ipswich), Wallace (Coventry), Williams (Southampton), Neumann (Köln), Kempe (Duisburg), Dell'Haye (M'gladbach), Hartwig (HSV), Abramczik (Schalke 04), Bonhof (Valencia), Carpegiani (Flamengo), Falcão (Internacional), Ischia (Vélez)

200.000-300.000€:
McDermott (Liverpool), McQueen (Man United), Ritchie (Morton), Schuster (Köln), Nickel (M'gladbach), Hrubesch (HSV), D. Hoeness (Bayern Munich), Sigurvinsson (Standard de Liège), Vandenbergh (Lierse), Van der Elst (Anderlecht), Ceulemans (Brugge), Pécout (FC Nantes), Tahamata (Ajax), Kist (AZ '67), Pétursson (Feyenoord), Morena (Rayo Vallecano), D. Bertoni (Sevilla), Dirceu (Atlético de Madrid), Reinaldo & Jordão (Benfica), Sulser (Grasshoppers), Júlio César (Flamengo), Jorge Mendonça (Vasco da Gama), Nílton Batata (Santos), Toninho Cerezo (Atlético Mineiro), Passarella & R. Díaz (River Plate)

150.000-250.000€:
Somner (St Mirren), McAdam (Partick Thistle), McCluskey (Celtic), Hannes (M'gladbach), Fischer (Schalke 04), Voordeckers (Standard de Liège), Van der Eycken (Brugge), Elkjær (Lokeren), Rep, Zimako & Rocheteau (St-Etienne), Alves (Paris SG), Krol, La Ling, Arnesen & Lerby (Ajax), R. van der Kerkhof, W. van der Kerkhof & Brandts (PSV), Zenon & Careca (Guarani), Pita (Santos), Edinho (Fluminense), Randazzo (Boca Juniors), Beto Alonso (River Plate), Bochini (Independiente), Gallego (Newell's Old Boys), Reinaldi (Talleres Córdoba), J. Olsen (Næstved)

100.000-200.000€:
Deyna (Man City), Edström (Standard de Liège), Christophe (Monaco), Stopyra (Sochaux), Wildschut (PSV), Vermeulen (Roda), Ponte (Grasshoppers), Zé Sérgio (São Paulo), Fortunato (Estudiantes), Bravo (Talleres Córdoba)

100.000-150.000€:
H. Jensen (Ajax), Thychosen (M'gladbach)

Season stats Real Madrid 2000-2013.

1999/2000 : #6 : 16-14-8 - Toshack-Del Bosque. - Raúl 17, Morientes 12, Guti 6. - 59.316
2000/01: #1 : 24-8-6 - Del Bosque. - Raúl 24, Guti 14, Figo 9. - 64.475
2001/02: #3 : 19-9-10 - Del Bosque. - Morientes 18, Raúl 14, Zidane & Figo 7. - 63.645
2002/03: #1 : 22-12-4 - Del Bosque. - Ronaldo 23, Raúl 16, Figo 10. - 69.232
2003/04: #4 : 21-7-10 - Queiroz. - Ronaldo 24, Raúl 11, Figo 9. - 69.203
2004/05: #2 : 25-5-8 - Camacho-García Remón-Luxemburgo. - Ronaldo 21, Owen 13, Zidane. - 71.934
2005/06 : #2 : 20-10-8 - Luxemburgo-López Caro. - Ronaldo 14, Zidane 9, Robinho & J. Baptista 8. - 71.544
2006/07 : #1 : 23-7-8 - Capello. - Van Nistelrooy 25, Reyes & Robinho 6. - 71.526
2007/08 : #1 : 27-4-7 - Schuster. - Raúl 18, Van Nistelrooy 16, Robinho 11. - 76.234
2008/09: #2 : 25-3-10 - Schuster-Ramos. - Higuaín 22, Raúl 18, Huntelaar 8. - 71.947
2009/10: #2 : 31-6-1 - Pellegrini. - Higuaín 27, C. Ronaldo 26, Kaká 8. - 74.921
2010/11: #2 : 29-5-4 - Mourinho. - C. Ronaldo 40, Benzema 15, Higuaín 10. - 71.289
2011/12: #1 : 32-4-2 - Mourinho. - C. Ronaldo 46, Higuaín 22, Benzema 21. - 74.564
2012/13: #2 : 26-7-5 - Mourinho - C. Ronaldo 34, Higuaín 16, Benzema 11. - 69.988.

Season - position - wins/draws/lost record - coach - topscorers - average attendance.

Player ratings Sevilla 2, Real Madrid 1.

0-1 15' Cristiano Ronaldo freekick, 1-1 19' Carlos Bacca r. (Reyes), 2-1 72' Carlos Bacca r. (Ivan Rakitić). Att: 38.100.
Sevilla:     Beto 7,20 - Federico Fazio 6,50, Alberto Moreno 5,80, Nicolás Pareja 6,50, Coke 5,80, Marko Marin 5,50 (71' Vitolo), Ivan Rakitić 7,20, Iborra 5,80, Reyes 6,50 (76' Fernando Navarro), Stéphane Mbia 6,50, Carlos Bacca 7,50 (83' Kevin Gameiro). - coach: Unai Emery. = average: 6,44 [strong]
Real Madrid: Diego López 5,10 - Raphaël Varane 5,80, Pepe 5,80, Marcelo 5,50, Dani Carvajal 5,20, Gareth Bale 5,80, Xabi Alonso 5,10, Luka Modrić 6,10 (90' Morata), Illarramendi 6,10 (67' Isco 5,80), Cristiano Ronaldo 5,80, Karim Benzema 6,10. - coach: Carlo Ancelotti. = average: 5,67 [disappointing]

Player ratings Man United 0, Man City 3.

0-1 1' Edin Džeko r., 0-2 56' Edin Džeko r. (Samir Nasri), 0-3 90' Yaya Touré r. (James Milner). Att: 75.203.
Man United: De Gea 6,20 - Rafael 5,60, Patrice Evra 5,50, Phil Jones 5,60, Rio Ferdinand 5,00, Mata 5,40, Michael Carrick 5,40, Tom Cleverley 5,30 (46' Shinji Kagawa 5,40), Marouane Fellaini 4,50 (67' Antonio Valencia 5,60), Wayne Rooney 5,90, Danny Welbeck 6,20 (76' Javier Hernández). - coach: David Moyes. = average: 5,51 [poor]
Man City: Joe Hart 6,60 - Vincent Kompany 6,80, Pablo Zabaleta 6,30, Gaël Clichy 6,50, Martín Demichelis 6,50, Samir Nasri 6,80 (74' James Milner 6,00), Jesús Navas 6,60 (68' Javi García 6,00), David Silva 7,10, Fernandinho 6,80, Yaya Touré 6,70, Edin Džeko 7,30 (79' Álvaro Negredo). - coach: Manuel Pellegrini. = average: 6,62 [excellent]

Average points in international matches, 2010-2014.

Matches vs San Marino, Malta, Faroe Islands, Liechtenstein, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg and Andorra not considered. Among African countries, only matches vs Ghana, Morocco, Egypt, Côte d'Ivoire, South Africa, Cameroon and Tunisia included. 

Spain : 39 9 7 = 77,27%
Holland : 29 9 7  = 74,44%
Argentina : 32 12 8 = 73,08%
Germany : 31 9 9 = 72,45%
Brazil : 32 11 9 = 72,12%
England : 24 14 6 = 70,45%
Greece : 20 15 7 = 65,48%
Colombia : 19 9 8 = 65,28%
Croatia : 20 11 9 = 63,75% 
Portugal : 20 13 9 = 63,10%
Sweden : 22 5 12 = 62,82%
Russia : 16 14 7 = 62,16%
Uruguay : 25 15 13 = 61,32% 
Switzerland : 15 12 8 = 60,00%
Belgium : 16 11 9 = 59,72%
France : 23 13 14 = 59,00%
Mexico : 25 15 16 = 58,04%
USA : 23 12 16 = 56,86%
Ukraine : 17 10 12 = 56,41%
Chile : 21 12 15 = 56,25%
Turkey : 18 5 14 = 55,41%
Italy : 17 22 12 = 54,90%
Bosnia-Hercegovina : 15 6 12 = 54,55% 
China : 9 8 7 = 54,17%
Egypt : 8 2 7 = 52,94%
Japan : 16 9 14 = 52,56%
Poland : 15 18 13 = 52,17%
Norway : 18 5 17 = 51,25%
Morocco : 2 6 2 = 50,00%
Ireland : 14 13 14 = 50,00% 
Denmark : 16 8 16 = 50,00%
Ecuador : 14 13 14 = 50,00%
Hungary : 11 7 11 = 50,00%
Scotland : 12 6 13 = 48,39%
Australia : 9 7 10 = 48,08% 
Paraguay : 15 18 17 = 48,00%
Slovenia : 12 6 14 = 46,88%
Serbia : 15 10 18 = 46,51%
Montenegro : 9 8 11 = 46,43%
Peru : 11 13 14 = 46,05%
Romania : 9 13 13 = 44,29% 
Ghana : 8 7 11 = 44,23%
Finland : 11 9 15 = 44,29%
Albania : 9 10 13 43,75% 
Zambia : 4 5 6 = 43,33%
Belarus : 10 10 15 = 42,86%
Venezuela : 13 14 20 = 42,55% 
Armenia : 9 3 13 = 42,00%
Georgia : 7 8 12 = 40,74%
Austria : 10 4 16 = 40,00%
Slovakia : 9 10 16 = 40,00% 
Tunisia : 3 8 7 = 38,89%
Cameroon : 3 9 9 = 35,71%
Oman : 3 6 8 = 35,29%
Nigeria : 5 4 11 = 35,00%
Wales : 9 3 18 = 35,00% 
Israel : 6 8 15 = 34,48%
Jamaica : 6 8 15 = 34,48%
Uzbekistan : 4 4 10 = 33,33%
Senegal : 4 2 9 = 33,33%
Estonia : 9 7 22 = 32,89%
Iceland :  6 6 16 = 32,14% 
New Zealand : 2 7 9 = 30,56%
Bulgaria : 5 7 17 = 29,31% 
Mali : 3 1 8 11-16 = 29,17%
Azerbaijan : 3 6 12 = 28,57%
Canada : 2 8 11 = 28,57% 
Angola : 0 8 6 = 28,57%
Bolivia : 2 13 15 = 28,33%
Algeria : 3 3 10 = 28,12%

Player ratings Real Madrid 3, Barcelona 4.

0-1 7' Iniesta l. (Lionel Messi), 1-1 20' Karim Benzema h. (Ángel Di María), 2-1 24' Karim Benzema r. (Ángel Di María), 2-2 42' Lionel Messi l., 3-2 55' Cristiano Ronaldo penalty, 3-3 65' Lionel Messi penalty, 3-4 84' Lionel Messi penalty. Sent off: 63' Sergio Ramos. Att: 85.454.
Real Madrid: Diego López 5,80 - Pepe 5,70, Sergio Ramos 5,80, Marcelo 6,10, Dani Carvajal 5,40, Gareth Bale 5,80, Xabi Alonso 5,70, Luka Modrić 6,30 (90' Morata), Ángel Di María 8,00 (85' Isco), Cristiano Ronaldo 5,70, Karim Benzema 7,50 (66' Raphaël Varane 5,90). - coach: Carlo Ancelotti. = average: 6,14 [satisfactory]
Barcelona: Víctor Valdés 6,20 - Piqué 6,70, Jordi Alba 5,90, Dani Alves 5,20, Cesc Fàbregas 6,20 (78' Alexis Sánchez), Xavi 6,30, Iniesta 7,60, Javier Mascherano 4,70, Busquets 6,00, Lionel Messi 8,40, Neymar 5,60 (68' Pedro 6,00). - coach: Gerardo Martino. = average: 6,23 [solid]

Player ratings Chelsea 6, Arsenal 0.

1-0 5' Samuel Eto'o l. (André Schürrle), 2-0 7' André Schürrle r. (Nemanja Matić), 3-0 17' Eden Hazard penalty, 4-0 42' Oscar r. (Fernando Torres), 5-0 66'     Oscar r., 6-0 71' Mohamed Salah l. (Nemanja Matić). Sent off: 16' Kieran Gibbs. Att: 41.614.

Chelsea: Petr Čech 6,40 - Branislav Ivanović 6,50, David Luiz 6,60 (72' John Mikel 6,00), Gary Cahill 6,30, John Terry 6,50, Azpilicueta 6,80, Oscar 7,30 (67' Mohamed Salah), Eden Hazard 6,90, Nemanja Matić 7,00, André Schürrle 7,50, Samuel Eto'o 6,60 (9' Fernando Torres 6,80). - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 6,71 [fantabulous]

Arsenal: Wojciech Szczęsny 5,30 - Bacary Sagna 5,70, Per Mertesacker 5,30, Laurent Koscielny 4,60 (46' Carl Jenkinson 5,80), Kieran Gibbs 5,40, Tomáš Rosický 5,60, Mikel Arteta 4,70, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 4,80 (46' Mathieu Flamini 5,60), Santi Cazorla 5,40, Lukas Podolski 5,40 (24' Thomas Vermaelen 5,30), Olivier Giroud 5,50. - coach: Arsène Wenger. = average: 5,31 [lame]    

Player ratings Napoli 2, FC Porto 2 [EL]

1-0 21' Goran Pandev l. (Gonzalo Higuaí­n), 1-1 69' Nabil Ghilas l. (Fernando), 1-2 76' Quaresma l., 2-2 90' Duván Zapata l. (Marek Hamšík). Att: 54.145.
Napoli: Pepe Reina 5,90 - Henrique 6,10, Federico Fernández 5,80, Faouzi Ghoulam 5,90, Raúl Albiol 5,30, Lorenzo Insigne 5,40, Valon Behrami 5,50, Gökhan Inler 5,60, Gonzalo Higuaí­n 6,20 (79' Duván Zapata 6,40), Dries Mertens 5,70 (84' José Callejón), Goran Pandev 6,50 (68' Marek Hamšík 5,20). - coach: Rafael Benítez 5,70. = average: 5,81 [mediocre]
FC Porto: Fabiano 6,60 - Danilo 5,50, Diego Reyes 5,60, Eliaquim Mangala 6,50, Quaresma 6,80 (81' Licá), Carlos Eduardo 5,80 (63' Josué 6,30), Ricardo Pereira 5,60, Fernando 6,50, Steven Defour 6,00, Jackson Martínez 5,90, Varela 5,20 (66' Nabil Ghilas 6,90). - coach: Luís Castro 6,80. = average: 6,09 [satisfactory]

Player ratings Man United 3, Olympiakos 0.

1-0 25' Robin van Persie penalty, 2-0 45' Robin van Persie l. (Wayne Rooney), 3-0 52' Robin van Persie freekick. Att: 74.662.
Man United: De Gea 7,10 - Rafael 5,90, Patrice Evra 5,90, Phil Jones 6,00, Rio Ferdinand 6,40, Ryan Giggs 7,00, Michael Carrick 6,20, Antonio Valencia 6,20 (77' Ashley Young), Wayne Rooney 7,10, Danny Welbeck 6,50 (82' Darren Fletcher), Robin van Persie 7,30 (90' Marouane Fellaini). - coach: David Moyes. = average: 6,51 [very good]
Olympiakos: Roberto 5,70 - José Holebas 5,30, Kostas Manolas 5,00, Marcano 5,50, Ioannis Maniatis 5,30, Delvin Ndinga 5,90, Hernán Pérez 5,10 (57' Nelson Valdez 5,70), David Fuster 6,10 (82' Nikolaos Vergos), Leandro Salino 5,20 (74' Paulo Machado), Joel Campbell 6,10, Alejandro "Chori" Domínguez 6,10. - coach: Míchel. = average: 5,58 [failing]

Player ratings Chelsea 2, Galatasaray 0.

1-0 4' Samuel Eto'o r. (Oscar), 2-0 42' Gary Cahill r. Att: 38.018.
Chelsea: Petr Čech 6,00 - Branislav Ivanović 6,20, Gary Cahill 6,70, John Terry 6,90, Azpilicueta 6,50, Ramires 6,40, Frank Lampard 6,50, Oscar 6,60 (82' André Schürrle), Eden Hazard 7,10, Willian 6,50 (90' Tomáš Kalas), Samuel Eto'o 6,70 (86' Fernando Torres). - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 6,55 [very good]
Galatasaray: Fernando Muslera 5,90 - Alex Telles 5,50, Aurelien Chedjou 5,50, Semih Kaya 4,80, Emmanuel Eboué 5,10 (77' Izet Hajrović), Felipe Melo 5,50, Selçuk İnan 5,30, Wesley Sneijder 5,30, Yekta Kurtuluş 5,50 (67' Hakan Balta 5,50), Didier Drogba 5,70, Burak Yılmaz 5,10 (54' Umut Bulut 5,30). - coach: Roberto Mancini. = average: 5,38 [feeble]

Player ratings Real Madrid 3, Schalke 1.

1-0 22' Cristiano Ronaldo r. (Gareth Bale), 1-1 31' Tim Hoogland r., 2-1 74' Cristiano Ronaldo r., 3-1 76' Morata r. (Gareth Bale). Att: 65.148.
Real Madrid: Iker Casillas 5,90 - Raphaël Varane 6,40, Sergio Ramos 6,40 (70' Dani Carvajal 6,00), Fábio Coentrão 6,00, Nacho 6,50, Xabi Alonso 6,40 (46' Casemiro 6,40), Isco 7,00, Illarramendi 6,50, Cristiano Ronaldo 7,40, Jesé Rodríguez (9' Gareth Bale 7,40), Morata 6,40. - coach: Carlo Ancelotti. = average: 6,52 [very good]
Schalke: Ralf Fährmann 6,70 - Tim Hoogland 5,60, Benedikt Höwedes 5,50 (58' Kyriakos Papadopoulos 5,30), Sead Kolasinac 4,90, Kaan Ayhan 5,60 (81' Anthony Annan), Joel Matip 5,30, Max Meyer 6,10, Julian Draxler 5,70, Roman Neustädter 5,60, Chinedu Obasi 5,60, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 5,30 (46' Ádám Szalai 5,50). - coach: Jens Keller. = average: 5,59 [failing]

Player ratings Man United 0, Liverpool 3.

0-1 34' Steven Gerrard penalty, 0-2 46' Steven Gerrard penalty, 0-3 84' Luis Suárez l.  (Daniel Sturridge). Set off: 77' Nemanja Vidić. Att: 75.225.
Man United: De Gea 6,30 -Rafael 5,00, Patrice Evra 5,30, Phil Jones 5,40, Nemanja Vidić 5,00, Mata 5,20 (87' Rio Ferdinand), Michael Carrick 5,30, Marouane Fellaini 5,00 (76' Tom Cleverley), Adnan Januzaj 5,20 (76' Danny Welbeck), Wayne Rooney 5,70, Robin van Persie 4,80.  - coach: David Moyes 5,00. = average: 5,29 [lame]
Liverpool: Simon Mignolet 6,70 - Glen Johnson 6,50, Daniel Agger 6,80, Martin Škrtel 7,10, Jon Flanagan 6,50, Steven Gerrard 7,70 (87' Lucas Leiva), Jordan Henderson 7,10, Joe Allen 6,90, Raheem Sterling 6,70 (72' Coutinho 6,10), Luis Suárez 7,20, Daniel Sturridge 7,00 (90' Iago Aspas). - coach: Brendan Rodgers. = average: 6,86 [first-class]

Player ratings Barcelona 7, Osasuna 0.

1-0 18' Lionel Messi l. (Alexis Sánchez), 2-0 22' Alexis Sánchez r. (Jordi Alba), 3-0 34' Iniesta l., 4-0 63' Lionel Messi l. (Iniesta), 5-0 78' Cristian Tello r., 6-0 88' Lionel Messi r. (Dani Alves), 7-0 90' Pedro r. (Lionel Messi). Att: 71.764.
Barcelona: Víctor Valdés 6,00 - Bartra 6,50, Jordi Alba 6,70, Dani Alves 7,00, Xavi 6,80 (61' Alex Song 6,00), Iniesta 7,80, Javier Mascherano 6,20 (82' Adriano), Busquets 6,70, Pedro 7,50, Alexis Sánchez 7,50 (77' Cristian Tello), Lionel Messi 8,30. - coach: Gerardo Martino. = average: 6,92 [first-class]
Osasuna: Andrés Fernández 5,00 - Arribas 4,50, Oier 4,50, Jordan Lotiés 4,80, Damiá 4,50, Emiliano Armenteros 5,30 (61' Lobato 4,80), Cejudo 5,30, Francisco Silva 5,30, Roberto Torres 4,80 (69' Puñal), Raoul Loé 4,80, Oriol Riera 5,50 (83' Javier Acuña). - coach: Javi Gracia. = average: 4,92 [horrid]

Messi's 369th, 370th and 371st goal for Barça, making him the club’s top scorer of all time ahead of Paulino Alcántara (369 goals).

Player ratings Milan 2, Parma 4.

0-1 9' Antonio Cassano penalty, 0-2 51' Antonio Cassano r. (Afriyie Acquah), 1-2 56' Adil Rami h. (Kaká), 2-2 76' Mario Balotelli penalty, 2-3 78' Amauri heel (Ezequiel Schelotto), 2-4 90' Jonathan Biabiany h. Sent off: 6' Christian Abbiati. Att: 39.249.
Milan: Christian Abbiati 4,80 - Philippe Mexès 4,80, Ignazio Abate 5,50, Daniele Bonera 5,80 (66' Giampaolo Pazzini 5,80), Michael Essien (8' Marco Amelia 6,00), Andrea Poli 6,20, Riccardo Montolivo 5,60, Urby Emanuelson 4,00 (53' Adil Rami 6,00), Nigel de Jong 5,10, Kaká 5,10, Mario Balotelli 5,60. - coach: Clarence Seedorf 4,80. = average: 5,41 [feeble]
Parma: Antonio Mirante 5,80 - Mattia Cassani 6,60, Cristian Molinaro 6,40, Alessandro Lucarelli 6,40, Felipe 6,30, Marco Parolo 6,40, Ezequiel Schelotto 7,00, Afriyie Acquah 6,30 (80' Gianni Munari), Marco Marchionni 5,70 (72' Joel Obi), Jonathan Biabiany 6,50, Antonio Cassano 7,50 (63' Amauri 6,70). - coach: Roberto Donadoni 6,50. = average: 6,47 [very good]

Average ratings in World Cups & Euros 2000-2012.

At least 8 rated appearances. Ratings: Kicker.

7,64 Kahn (rated 14 times)
7,56 Forlán (8)
7,50 Nesta (13)
7,44 Messi, Laursen (8)
7,42 Buffon (25)
7,41 Xavi, Van der Sar (16)
7,40 Nedved (10)
7,38 Tévez (8)
7,36 Neuer (11)
7,33 Casillas (23)
7,32 Pepe (11)
7,31 Miguel (13)
7,30 Lee Woon-Jae (10)
7,28 T. Müller, Iván Helguera (9)
7,27 Iniesta (13)
7,25 Zidane (16), Lehmann (12), Song Chong-Gug (8)
7,23 Xabi Alonso (13)
7,22 Fernando Couto, Fábio Coentrão (9)
7,18 Pirlo (19)
7,16 Gerrard (16)
7,15 Isaksson (13)
7,13 Villa (15)
7,12 Khedira (12), Zhirkov (8)
7,11 Mascherano, Tugay (9)
7,10 R. Ferdinand, Davids (10)
7,09 Robben (16), Torrado (11)
7,07 Lahm (27)
7,06 Wilhelmsson, Kingson (9), Gyan (8)
7,04 Cech (14), T. Márquez (12)
7,03 Vieira (19)
7,00 Sergio Ramos (15), S. Campbell (13), Pletikosa (12), Juan, Ujfalusi, Seitaridis, Alpay (9), Jakobsson, Óscar Pérez (8)
6,98 F. Cannavaro (21)
6,97 Barthez (19), Gilberto Silva (15)
6,96 Fàbregas, Maniche, Donovan (12)
6,94 João Moutinho (8)
6,93 Cristiano Ronaldo (23)
6,92 Rüstü (12)
6,91 Stekelenburg, Rosický (11)
6,90 Schweinsteiger (25), Ljungberg (15), Bruno Alves (10)
6,89 Puyol (22), Dellas (9)
6,88 Ricardo (17), Marchena (8)
6,86 Raúl (14), Gattuso (11)
6,85 Klose (27)
6,83 H. Larsson (18), Simunic, Özil (12)
6,82 Henry (20), Deco (14), Van Nistelrooy, R. Kovac (11)
6,81 Sneijder (18), Kim Nam-Il (8)
6,80 Ronaldinho Gaúcho (10)
6,79 Park Ji-Sung (14), Ronaldo, Van Bommel (12)
6,78 Totti (16), Boulahrouz, G. Neville, Maxi Rodríguez (9)
6,77 Tomasson (13), Cassano (11)
6,76 A. Friedrich (19), B. Schneider (17)
6,75 Ricardo Carvalho (18), Terry (16), Grønkjær, Scholes, N. Kovac (12), Jakulovski (10), Gravesen, Salcido (8)
6,74 Mellberg (21), Ballack (21)
6,73 De Rossi (15), Fernando Torres (13), Rommedahl (11)
6,72 Ribéry (16), J. Boateng (9)
6,71 N. de Jong (12)
6,70 Maldini, Desailly, Nuno Gomes, Galasek, Charisteas (10)
6,69 Lampard (13), G. Johnson, Basinas , Lee Eul-Yong (8)
6,68 Figo (19), Lúcio (17), Cocu (14)
6,67 Linderoth (12), Rui Costa, Srna (9)
6,65 A. Svensson (13)
6,64 Raul Meireles, Hamann (11)
6,62 Heinze, Ooijer, Ümit Davala, Ahn Jung-Hwan (8)
6,61 Makelele (14), Kaká (9)
6,60 Frings (21), Poborský, Koller (10)
6,59 A. Cole (22)
6,58 Ibrahimović, Capdevila (12)
6,56 Jorge Costa, Gusyev, Tymoshchuk (8)
6,55 Thuram (21), T. Sørensen, R. Henriksen (11), Lizarazu (10)
6,53 Mertesacker (19)
6,50 Podolski (24), Gallas (17), Simão (15), Costinha (14), Karagounis, Rooney (13), Petit (11), P. Müller, Grosso (10), Rui Costa, Wiltord, Barnetta (9), Fernando Meira (8)
6,46 Kuyt (12)
6,45 Cafu (11)
6,44 Linke, Grygera, Choi Jin-Cheul (9), Helveg (8)
6,42 Zambrotta (24), Perrotta (13)
6,41 Van Persie (17), Chiellini, Nuno Valente, Fatih (11)
6,40 Källström, H. Yakin (10)
6,39 Pantsil (9)
6,38 Samaras (8)
6,35 Beckham (17), Sagnol & Trezeguet (10)
6,34 Katsouranis (16)
6,33 Toni, Anyukov, Nikopolidis (9)
6,32 Metzelder (19), Panucci, Plasil (11)
6,31 J. Mensah (8)
6,30 Roberto Carlos, Lee Young-Pyo (10)
6,28 Santa Cruz (9)
6,25 J. C. Cáceres (8)
6,22 Torosidis (9)
6,19 Sand, M. Jørgensen (8)
6,18 Lučić, Baros, Hakan Sükür (11)
6,17 Pauleta (15), Alexandersson (12), Krzynowek (9)
6,15 Abidal (10)
6,12 Heskey, McBride, Osorio, D. Simic, Caniza (8)
6,06 Marchisio, Hélder Postiga, Paulo Ferreira, D. Stanković, Hakan Ünsal, Nelson Valdez, Mi. Zewlakow (8)
6,05 Del Piero (11)
6,04 Owen (14), Malouda (13)
5,95 Camoranesi (11)
5,94 Olic (9), A. Frei (8)
5,75 Van der Wiel (8)

Player ratings Málaga 0, Real Madrid 1.

0-1 23' Cristiano Ronaldo r. Att: 29.265.
Málaga: Willy Caballero 6,60 - Flávio 5,80, Antunes 5,40, Marcos Angeleri 4,70 (85' Mounir El Hamdaoui), Sergio Sánchez 6,10, Camacho 6,30, Fernando Tissone 6,00 (68' Aleksandr Yakovenko 6,00), Duda 6,80, Roque Santa Cruz 6,00, Nordin Amrabat 7,10, Samuel 5,80 (68' Portillo 6,00). - coach: Bernd Schuster. = average: 6,05 [acceptable]
Real Madrid: Diego López 6,00 - Raphaël Varane 6,40, Pepe 6,60, Marcelo 6,60, Dani Carvajal 6,60, Gareth Bale 6,80, Xabi Alonso 6,30, Luka Modrić 6,00 (90' Illarramendi), Isco 5,20 (63' Jesé Rodríguez 5,40), Cristiano Ronaldo 6,80, Karim Benzema 6,00 (32' Ángel Di María 7,10). - coach: Carlo Ancelotti. = average: 6,29 [good]

Player ratings FC Porto 1, Napoli 0 [EL]

1-0 57' Jackson Martínez l. Att: 25.520.
FC Porto: Helton 6,80 - Danilo 6,10, Maicon 6,10, Eliaquim Mangala 5,80, Alex Sandro 5,80, Quaresma 6,40, Carlos Eduardo 6,30 (67' Juan Quintero), Fernando 6,80, Steven Defour 6,30 (87' Héctor Herrera), Jackson Martínez 7,00, Varela 5,60 (72' Nabil Ghilas). - coach: Luís Castro 6,50. = average: 6,27 [good]
Napoli: Pepe Reina 7,00 - Anthony Réveillère 5,60, Henrique 5,30, Miguel Britos 5,70, Faouzi Ghoulam 5,50, Raúl Albiol 6,00, Marek Hamšík 4,90 (74' Dries Mertens), Lorenzo Insigne 5,40, Valon Behrami 6,10, José Callejón 6,00 (79' Goran Pandev), Gonzalo Higuaí­n 5,40 (83' Duván Zapata). - coach: Rafael Benítez 5,20. = average: 5,72 [disappointing]

Player ratings Juventus 1, Fiorentina 1 [EL]

1-0 3' Arturo Vidal r. (Sebastian Giovinco), 1-1 79' Mario Gómez r. (Josip Iličič). Att: 39.610.
Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 5,90 - Giorgio Chiellini 6,40, Martín Cáceres 5,70, Angelo Ogbonna 5,20, Mauricio Isla 5,90 (82' Simone Padoin), Claudio Marchisio 6,40, Andrea Pirlo 6,00, Kwadwo Asamoah 6,50, Arturo Vidal 6,80, Sebastian Giovinco 6,00 (64' Llorente 5,90), Pablo Osvaldo 5,50 (75' Paul Pogba). - coach: Antonio Conte 5,80. = average: 6,02 [acceptable]
Fiorentina: Neto 6,50 - Gonzalo Rodríguez 6,20, Facundo Roncaglia 5,50, Stefan Savić 6,10, Nenad Tomović 5,70, David Pizarro 6,20, Alberto Aquilani 5,40 (77' Juan Vargas), Mati Fernández 6,10 (51' Massimo Ambrosini 6,00), Borja Valero 6,60, Josip Iličič 6,40, Alessandro Matri 5,60 (67' Mario Gómez 7,00). - coach: Vincenzo Montella 6,50. = average: 6,10 [satisfactory]

Player ratings Paris Saint Germain 2, Bayer Leverkusen 1.

0-1 6' Sidney Sam h. (Giulio Donati), 1-1 13' Marquinhos h. (Yohan Cabaye), 2-1 53' Ezequiel Lavezzi r. (Lucas Digne). Sent off: 66' Emre Can. Att: 45.596.
PSG: Salvatore Sirigu 7,30 - Thiago Silva 6,60, Marquinhos 6,80, Lucas Digne 6,80, Christophe Jallet 5,40, Yohan Cabaye 6,40, Adrien Rabiot 6,00, Javier Pastore 6,00, Edinson Cavani 6,10 (85' Zoumana Camara), Zlatan Ibrahimović 6,30 (72' Jérémy Ménez), Ezequiel Lavezzi 6,60 (61' Lucas 6,20). - coach: Laurent Blanc. = average: 6,38 [strong]
Leverkusen: Bernd Leno 6,40 - Philipp Wollscheid 6,00, Ömer Toprak 5,90, Giulio Donati 6,20, Stefan Reinartz 5,70 (78' Maximilian Wagener), Simon Rolfes 5,90, Emre Can 5,60, Sidney Sam 6,30 (67' Julian Brandt 5,70), Andrés Guardado 5,70, Gonzalo Castro 5,60 (67' Heung-Min Son 5,30), Eren Derdiyok 6,00. - coach: Sami Hyypiä. = average: 5,87 [vulnerable]

Player ratings Barcelona 2, Man City 1.

1-0 67' Lionel Messi l. (Cesc Fàbregas), 1-1 89' Vincent Kompany r. (Edin Džeko), 2-1 90' Dani Alves r. (Iniesta). Sent off: 78' Pablo Zabaleta. Att: 85.957.
Barcelona: Víctor Valdés 6,70 - Piqué 6,30, Jordi Alba 6,00, Dani Alves 6,40, Cesc Fàbregas 6,60 (86' Sergi Roberto), Xavi 6,40, Iniesta 6,90, Javier Mascherano 6,10, Busquets 6,00, Lionel Messi 7,40, Neymar 6,00 (80' Alexis Sánchez). - coach: Gerardo Martino. = average: 6,44 [strong]
Man City: Joe Hart 6,60 - Vincent Kompany 6,70, Pablo Zabaleta 5,60, Joleon Lescott 4,70, Aleksandar Kolarov 5,70, James Milner 5,80, Samir Nasri 5,70 (75' Jesús Navas), David Silva 6,50 (72' Álvaro Negredo), Fernandinho 5,80, Yaya Touré 6,30, Kun Agüero 5,00 (46' Edin Džeko 6,50). - coach: Manuel Pellegrini. = average: 5,91 [vulnerable]

Top fifty #9s in football history.

According to Guerin Sportivo.

1. Alfredo Di Stéfano [1926]
2. Ronaldo Fenômeno [1976]
3. Gerd Müller [1945]
4. Marco van Basten [1964]
5. Lionel Messi [1987]
6. Gunnar Nordahl [1921]
7. Silvio Piola [1913]
8. Arthur Friedenreich [1892]
9. Giuseppe Meazza [1910]
10. Gabriel Batistuta [1969]
11. Johan Cruyff [1947]
12. Romário [1966]
13. Matthias Sindelar [1903]
14. Uwe Seeler [1936]
15. José Altafini [1938]
16. Paolo Rossi [1956]
17. Just Fontaine [1933]
18. Leônidas da Silva [1913]
19. Bobby Charlton [1937]
20. Ademir Marques [1922]
21. Franz "Bimbo" Binder [1911]
22. Jozef Bican [1913]
23. Pedro Petrone [1905]
24. William "Dixie" Dean [1907]
25. Arsenio Erico [1915]
26. Gary Lineker [1960]
27. Hugo Sánchez [1958]
28. Ferenc Deák [1922]
29. John Charles [1931]
30. Angelo Schiavio [1905]
31. Zlatan Ibrahimovic [1981]
32. Raymond Braine [1907]
33. Andriy Shevchenko [1976]
34. José Piendibene [1890]
35. Didier Drogba [1978]
36. Flórián Albert [1941]
37. Steve Bloomer [1874]
38. Hans Krankl [1953]
39. Robin van Persie [1983]
40. Christian Vieri [1973]
41. Ruud van Nistelrooy [1976]
42. Alan Shearer [1970]
43. Nándor Hidegkuti [1922]
44. Julio Libonatti [1901]
45. Telmo Zarra [1921]
46. George Weah [1966]
47. Edmund Cohen [1914]
48. Adolfo Pedernera [1918]
49. Włodzimierz "Włodek" Lubański [1947]
50. Luis Artime [1938]

Per birth date:
1980s : 3
1970s : 6
1960s : 5
1950s : 3
1940s : 4
1930s : 6
1920s : 6
1910s : 8
1900s : 6
1890s : 2
1880s : -
1870s : 1

Per nationality:
6 : Argentina, Brazil
5 : England
4 : Holland, Austria
3 : (West) Germany, Hungary
2 : Sweden, Uruguay

Player ratings Bayern Munich 1, Arsenal 1.

1-0 54' Bastian Schweinsteiger r. (Franck Ribéry), 1-1 57' Lukas Podolski l. Att: 68.000.
Bayern: Manuel Neuer 6,00 - Dante 6,00, Philipp Lahm 6,20, David Alaba 6,50, Thiago 6,30, Franck Ribéry 6,60 (85' Thomas Müller), Javi Martínez 6,30, Mario Götze 5,60 (59' Toni Kroos 5,90), Bastian Schweinsteiger 6,50, Mario Mandžukić 5,90, Arjen Robben 6,50. - coach: Pep Guardiola. = average: 6,19 [solid]
Arsenal: Łukasz Fabiański 6,90 - Bacary Sagna 5,60, Per Mertesacker 6,60, Thomas Vermaelen 5,60, Laurent Koscielny 6,00, Mikel Arteta 6,00 (77' Serge Gnabry), Mesut Özil 4,70 (46' Tomáš Rosický 5,90), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 6,80 (84' Mathieu Flamini), Santi Cazorla 5,90, Lukas Podolski 6,40, Olivier Giroud 5,60. - coach: Arsène Wenger. = average: 6,00 [acceptable]

Player ratings Atlético de Madrid 4, Milan 1.

1-0 3' Diego Costa l. (Koke), 1-1 27' Kaká h. (Andrea Poli), 2-1 40' Arda Turan r. (Raúl García), 3-1 71' Raúl García h. (Gabi), 4-1 85' Diego Costa r. (José Sosa). Att: 53.000.
Atlético: Thibaut Courtois 6,20 - Diego Godín 6,30, Filipe Luís 6,20, Juanfran 6,40, Miranda 6,60, Mario Suárez 6,30, Koke 6,70 (82' Diego), Raúl García 6,90 (72' José Sosa 6,00), Arda Turan 7,10 (78' Cristian Rodríguez), Gabi 6,80, Diego Costa 7,90. - coach: Diego Simeone 7,20. = average: 6,62 [excellent]
Milan: Christian Abbiati 5,00 - Adil Rami 4,60, Ignazio Abate 5,30, Daniele Bonera 5,30, Michael Essien 4,30 (69' Giampaolo Pazzini 5,40), Andrea Poli 5,80, Adel Taarabt 5,00 (46' Robinho 6,00), Urby Emanuelson 4,90, Nigel de Jong 5,50 (78' Sulley Ali Muntari), Kaká 6,20, Mario Balotelli 4,50. - coach: Clarence Seedorf 4,30. = average: 5,22 [decrepit]

Player ratings Man City 1, Wigan 2 [FA Cup]

0-1 27' Jordi Gómez penalty, 0-2 47' James Perch, 1-2 68' Samir Nasri. Att: 46.824.
Man City: Costel Pantilimon 5,90 - Micah Richards 6,00, Joleon Lescott 5,60, Gaël Clichy 5,70, Martín Demichelis 5,00, Samir Nasri 6,40, Javi García 5,70, Jesús Navas 5,70 (53' James Milner 6,20), Yaya Touré 5,20 (53' David Silva 6,40), Álvaro Negredo 5,20 (53' Edin Džeko 5,90), Kun Agüero 6,00. - coach: Manuel Pellegrini. = average: 5,78 [mediocre]
Wigan: Scott Carson 6,50 - Stephen Crainey 6,30, Emmerson Boyce 7,30, Ramis 6,60, James Perch 6,70, Josh McEachran 6,10 (66' Roger Espinoza 5,40), Chris McCann 6,40 (46' Leon Barnett 6,10), Jordi Gómez 6,60, James McArthur 6,60, Callum McManaman 6,60 (58' James McClean 5,80), Marc-Antoine Fortuné 6,50. - coach: Uwe Rösler. = average: 6,39 [strong]

Player ratings Real Madrid 3, Levante 0.

1-0 11' Cristiano Ronaldo h. (Ángel Di María), 2-0 49' Marcelo r. (Cristiano Ronaldo), 3-0 81' og Nikos Karabelas. Sent off: 64' David Navarro. Att: 74.172.
Real Madrid: Diego López 5,90 - Raphaël Varane 6,60 (68' Nacho 6,20), Sergio Ramos 6,60, Marcelo 7,60, Dani Carvajal 6,70, Gareth Bale 6,10, Xabi Alonso 6,60, Luka Modrić 6,90 (73' Isco), Ángel Di María 6,70, Cristiano Ronaldo 6,90, Karim Benzema 6,70 (83' Jesé Rodríguez). - coach: Carlo Ancelotti. = average: 6,62 [excellent]
Levante: Keylor Navas 7,20 - David Navarro 4,90, Loukas Vyntra 5,40, Juanfran 5,40, Nikos Karabelas 4,70, Pedro López 5,90, Pallardó 5,20 (68' Issam El Adoua 5,60), Sérgio Pinto 5,40 (73' Nagore), Andreas Ivanschitz 5,60, Mohamed Sissoko 5,20, Barral 5,10 (87' Ángel). - coach: Joaquín Caparrós. = average: 5,47 [poor]

Player ratings Chelsea 4, Tottenham 0.

1-0 56' Samuel Eto'o r., 2-0 60' Eden Hazard penalty (Samuel Eto'o), 3-0 88' Demba Ba r., 4-0 90' Demba Ba r. Sent off: 59' Younes Kaboul. Att: 41.598.
Chelsea: Petr Čech 6,20 - Branislav Ivanović 6,00, Gary Cahill 6,30, John Terry 6,50, Azpilicueta 6,30, Ramires 6,00, Frank Lampard 5,00 (46' Oscar 6,30), Eden Hazard 6,20, Nemanja Matić 6,60, André Schürrle 6,00 (66' Willian 6,00), Samuel Eto'o 7,20 (76' Demba Ba 7,00). - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 6,26 [good]
Tottenham: Hugo Lloris 5,40 - Kyle Walker 5,40, Younes Kaboul 5,20, Jan Vertonghen 5,00, Kyle Naughton 6,00, Michael Dawson 5,80 (72' Ezekiel Fryers 5,40), Aaron Lennon 5,40, Gylfi Sigurðsson 5,50 (61' Paulinho 6,00), Sandro 5,50, Nabil Bentaleb 5,80, Emmanuel Adebayor 5,70. - coach: Tim Sherwood. = average: 5,55 [failing]

Player ratings Valladolid 1, Barcelona 0.

1-0 16' Fausto Rossi l. Att: 22.562.
Valladolid: Diego Mariño 6,70 - Antonio Rukavina 6,90, Marc Valiente 6,30 (57' Sastre 6,30), Jesús Rueda 6,50, Stefan Mitrovič 6,30, Peña 6,50, Zakarya Bergdich 6,90 (70' Valdet Rama 6,80), Fausto Rossi 7,30, Álvaro Rubio 6,70, Javi Guerra 6,90, Manucho 6,70 (64' Óscar 6,10). - coach: Juan Martínez. = average: 6,64 [excellent]
Barcelona: Víctor Valdés 5,70 - Piqué 5,70 (71' Sergi Roberto 5,10), Adriano 5,50, Dani Alves 4,70, Cesc Fàbregas 5,30 (61' Alexis Sánchez 5,50), Xavi 5,30, Javier Mascherano 5,10, Busquets 5,10, Pedro 5,30, Lionel Messi 5,90, Neymar 4,50 (72' Cristian Tello 5,10). - coach: Gerardo Martino. = average: 5,27 [lame]

Memory Lane: La Liga 1975/76.

6,12 Neeskens (Barcelona), Pirri (Real Madrid)
5,86 Cruyff (Barcelona)
5,73 Rezza (Salamanca)
5,69 Robi (Salamanca)
5,58 Pulido (Sevilla)
5,56 Marcial (Barcelona)
5,54 Junquera (Zaragoza)
5,48 Irureta (Athletic)

Player ratings Germany 1, Chile 0.

1-0 16' Mario Götze l. (Mesut Özil). Att: 54.449 (Stuttgart).
Germany: Manuel Neuer 6,10 - Per Mertesacker 6,20, Philipp Lahm 5,60, Marcell Jansen (24'  Marcel Schmelzer 5,40), Kevin Großkreutz 5,60, Jérôme Boateng 5,70, Bastian Schweinsteiger 5,50, Mesut Özil 5,50 (89' Matthias Ginter), Toni Kroos 5,20, Mario Götze 6,40 (83' Lukas Podolski), Miroslav Klose 5,30 (46' André Schürrle 5,80). - coach: Joachim Löw. = average: 5,69 [disappointing]
Chile: Johnny Herrera 5,70 - Gonzalo Jara 5,90, Mauricio Isla 6,60, Gary Medel 6,40, Felipe Gutiérrez 6,40, Jean Beausejour 6,60 (76' Jorge Valdivia), Charles Aránguiz 6,80 (81' Fabián Orellana), Arturo Vidal 7,10 (90' Mati Fernández), Francisco Silva 5,90 (83' Marcos González), Eduardo Vargas 6,60 (87' Mauricio Pinilla), Alexis Sánchez 6,90. - coach: Jorge Sampaoli. = average: 6,45 [strong]

Average ratings in Spain-Italy matches, 2004-2014.

6,78 Xavi (5 rated appearances)
6,77 Iniesta (6)
6,71 Silva (6)
6,70 Jordi Alba (3)
6,62 Fàbregas (5)
6,59 Casillas (7)
6,52 Sergio Ramos (5)
6,49 Xabi Alonso (6)
6,44 Villa (3)
6,34 Fernando Torres (5)
6,32 Busquets (4)
6,31 Buffon (7)
6,27 Pirlo (6)
6,26 Piqué (3)
6,20 De Rossi (5)
6,15 Cassano (4)
6,10 Chiellini (4)
6,05 Di Natale (4)
6,02 Arbeloa (3)
6,01 Panucci (3)
5,94 Thiago Motta (3)
5,91 Albiol (3)
5,85 Marchisio (4)
5,74 Zambrotta (3)
5,73 Balotelli, Aquilani (3)
5,70 Barzagli (3)
5,45 Perrotta (3)

Two rated appearances: Pedro 7,00, Marchena & Camoranesi 6,40, Marcos Senna 6,35, Jesús Navas 6,30, Grosso 6,25, Montolivo 6,22, Thiago Alcântara 6,12, Cazorla, Capdevila & Ambrosini 6,10, F. Cannavaro 6,04, Javi Martínez 5,85, Maggio 5,83, Bonucci 5,75, Giaccherini 5,60, Abate 5,55, Materazzi 5,44, Toni 5,35.

Player ratings France 2, Holland 0.

1-0 82' Karim Benzema, 2-0 41' Blaise Matuidi. Att: 80.000 (Stade de France).
France: Hugo Lloris 6,00 - Raphaël Varane 6,50, Patrice Evra 5,90 (46' Lucas Digne 6,00), Mathieu Debuchy 6,60 (87' Bacary Sagna), Eliaquim Mangala 6,80, Matthieu Valbuena 6,70 (63' Franck Ribéry 5,90), Paul Pogba 6,50 (81' Olivier Giroud), Blaise Matuidi 7,00, Yohan Cabaye 6,50, Antoine Griezmann 6,10 (68' Loïc Rémy 5,90), Karim Benzema 7,00 (81' Moussa Sissoko). - coach: Didier Deschamps. = average: 6,39 [strong]
Holland: Jasper Cillessen 5,40 - Ron Vlaar 5,60, Gregory van der Wiel 5,40, Bruno Martins Indi 5,00, Daley Blind 4,90 (52' Karim Rekik 5,00), Kevin Strootman 6,50 (39' Stijn Schaars 5,20), Wesley Sneijder 5,00 (72' Davy Klaassen), Jordy Clasie 5,50, Robin van Persie 5,40, Jean-Paul Boëtius 5,00 (73' Memphis Depay), Quincy Promes 5,10. - coach: Louis van Gaal. = average: 5,31 [lame]

Player ratings England 1, Denmark 0.

1-0 82' Daniel Sturridge h. (Adam Lallana). Att: 68.573 (Wembley).
England: Joe Hart 6,20 - Ashley Cole 6,10 (46' Luke Shaw 6,20), Gary Cahill 6,30, Chris Smalling 5,80, Glen Johnson 6,10, Jordan Henderson 5,70 (77' Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain), Steven Gerrard 6,30, Jack Wilshere 6,10 (59' Adam Lallana 6,70), Raheem Sterling 6,70 (86' Andros Townsend), Daniel Sturridge 6,70 (88' James Milner), Wayne Rooney 5,70 (60' Danny Welbeck 6,40). - coach: Roy Hodgson. = average: 6,21 [solid]
Denmark: Kasper Schmeichel 7,20 - Simon Kjær 5,80 (62' Andreas Bjelland 5,80), Lars Jacobsen 5,70 (46' Jesper Juelsgård 5,90), Daniel Agger 5,80, Peter Ankersen 5,40, Emil Larsen 5,30 (46' Kasper Kusk 5,60), William Kvist 5,70, Michael Krohn-Dehli 5,80, Casper Sloth 5,40 (62' Niki Zimling 5,80), Jakob Poulsen 5,70, Nicklas Bendtner 5,40 (62' Morten Rasmussen 5,60). - coach: Morten Olsen. = average: 5,74 [disappointing]

Player ratings Spain 1, Italy 0.

1-0 63' Pedro l. (David Silva). Att: 25.000-30.000 (Vicente Calderón, Madrid).
Spain: Iker Casillas 5,80 (46' Víctor Valdés 6,00) - Sergio Ramos 6,20 (66' Raúl Albiol 5,90), Jordi Alba 6,60, Azpilicueta 6,20, Thiago 6,40, Javi Martínez 6,20, Iniesta 6,80 (66' Jesús Navas 6,30), Cesc Fàbregas 5,90 (46' David Silva 7,20), Busquets 6,00 (46' Xabi Alonso 6,20), Pedro 7,40 (82' Santi Cazorla), Diego Costa 5,50. - coach: Vicente Del Bosque 6,50. = average: 6,29 [good]
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 5,60 - Gabriel Paletta 6,70, Christian Maggio 5,10 (46' Ignazio Abate 5,70), Domenico Criscito 5,50 (46' Mattia De Sciglio 6,00), Andrea Barzagli 6,10, Thiago Motta 5,60 (62' Emanuele Giaccherini 5,30), Riccardo Montolivo 5,60, Claudio Marchisio 5,90, Antonio Candreva 5,20 (46' Andrea Pirlo 5,90), Pablo Osvaldo 5,60 (69' Mattia Destro 5,80), Alessio Cerci 6,10 (69' Ciro Immobile 5,80). - coach: Cesare Prandelli 5,70. = average: 5,74 [disappointing]

Average ratings in Spain-Italy matches, 2004-2012.

6,80 Fàbregas (4 rated appearances)
6,78 Xavi (5)
6,77 Iniesta (5)
6,72 Casillas (6)
6,61 Silva (5)
6,60 Sergio Ramos (4)
6,55 Xabi Alonso (5)
6,44 Villa (3)
6,43 Buffon (6), Busquets (3)
6,34 Fernando Torres, Pirlo (5)
6,26 Piqué (3)
6,20 De Rossi (5)
6,15 Cassano (4)
6,10 Chiellini (4)
6,05 Di Natale (4)
6,02 Arbeloa (3)
6,01 Panucci (3)
5,83 Marchisio (3)
5,74 Zambrotta (3)
5,73 Balotelli (3)
5,45 Perrotta (3)

Two rated appearances: Jordi Alba 6,75, Marchena & Camoranesi 6,40, Marcos Senna 6,35, Grosso 6,25, Montolivo 6,22, T. Motta 6,11, Cazorla, Capdevila & Ambrosini 6,10, F. Cannavaro 6,04, Albiol 5,92, Maggio 5,83, Bonucci 5,75, Materazzi 5,44, Toni 5,35.

The last six Spain-Italy matches.

28/4 2004 Italy 1, Spain 1 [friendly: Baggio's farewell to Azzurri]
 0-1 54' Fernando Torres, 1-1 56' Vieri. Att: 30.300 (Genoa, Marassi). 
Italy: Buffon 6,12 (46' Peruzzi 6,25) — Panucci 6,12, F. Cannavaro 6,38 (46' Ferrari 6,00), Materazzi 5,38, Zambrotta 5,88 — Pirlo 6,00 (77' Nervo), Perrotta 5,75  (46' Ambrosini 6,00) — Fiore 5,75 (77' Diana), R. Baggio 6,00 (88' Miccoli), Di Vaio 5,75 (66' Favalli) — Vieri 6,25 (77' Corradi). — coach: Trapattoni. = average: 5,97 [acceptable]
Spain: Casillas 6,00 (80' Cañizares) — Michel Salgado 6,00 (46' Manuel Pablo 5,75), Helguera 6,38 (66' César), Juanito 6,00, Raúl Bravo 6,12 — Albelda 6,75 (80' Baraja), Xabi Alonso 6,50 (46' Xavi 6,38) — Etxeberría 6,25, Raúl 6,00 (46' Valerón 6,12), Vicente 5,88 (46' Joaquín 6,38) — Morientes 5,88 (46' Fernando Torres 6,88). — coach: Sáez. = average: 6,20 [solid]

27/3 2008 Spain 1, Italy 0 [friendly]
1-0 78' Villa. Att: 38.500 (Elche/Elx). 
Spain: Casillas 6,00 — Sergio Ramos 6,20 (75' Arbeloa), Puyol (18' Albiol 6,00), Marchena 6,10, Capdevilla 6,00 — Senna 5,60 (59' Xabi Alonso 6,40) — Iniesta 6,30, Xavi 6,30, Fàbregas 6,10 (69' Luis García 6,25), Silva 5,90 (59' Riera 6,00) — Fernando Torres 6,40 (46' Villa 7,10). — coach: Aragonés 6,00. = average: 6,18 [solid]
Italy: Buffon 6,50 — Panucci 6,00 (69' Zambrotta 5,25), F. Cannavaro 5,70, Materazzi 5,50 (46' Barzagli 5,70), Grosso 6,30 — Pirlo 6,20 (46' Gattuso 5,50), De Rossi 6,00 — Camoranesi 6,40, Perrotta 5,40 (61' Aquilani 5,50), Di Natale 5,80 (75' Iaquinta) — Toni 5,90 (46' Borriello 5,70). — coach: Donadoni 5,50. = average: 5,83 [mediocre]

24/6 2008 Spain 0, Italy 0 (4-2 pen.) [Euro quarterfinal]  
Penalties, Spain: David Villa +, Cazorla +, Senna +, Güiza -, Fàbregas +. Italy: Grosso +, De Rossi -, Camoranesi +, Di Natale -. Ref: Fandel (Ger) 6,50. Att: 51.036 (Vienna). 
Spain: Casillas 8,00 — Sergio Ramos 6,70, Puyol 6,90, Marchena 6,70, Capdevila 6,20 — Iniesta 5,60 (60' Cazorla 6,20), Xavi 6,20 (60' Fàbregas 6,60), Senna 7,10, Silva 7,10 — Villa 6,40, Fernando Torres 5,90 (86' Güiza 5,70). — coach: Aragonés 6,33. = average: 6,52 [very good]
Italy: Buffon 6,70 — Zambrotta 6,10, Panucci 5,90, Chiellini 7,50, Grosso 6,20 — Aquilani 5,20 (108' Del Piero), De Rossi 6,10, Perrotta 5,20 (68' Camoranesi 6,40), Ambrosini 6,20 — Cassano 5,80 (74' Di Natale 5,60), Toni 4,80. — coach: Donadoni 5,17. = average: 5,98 [acceptable]

10/8 2011 Italy 1, Spain 0 [friendly]
1-0 12' Montolivo, 1-1 37' Xabi Alonso, 2-1 84' Aquilani. Att: 50.000 (Bari).
Italy: Buffon 6,17 — Maggio 5,67, Ranocchia 6,00, Chiellini 5,50, Criscito 6,83 — De Rossi 6,00 (66' Aquilani 6,50), Pirlo 6,50, Thiago Motta 5,83 (46' Marchisio 6,00) — Montolivo 6,83 — G. Rossi 6,50 (60' Pazzini 5,67), Cassano 6,50 (60' Balotelli 6,00). — coach: Prandelli 7,00. = average: 6,17 [solid]
Spain: Casillas 6,50 (46' Valdés 6,00) — Iraola 5,00 (46' Thiago Alcântara 5,83), Piqué 5,67 (45' Busquets 6,00), Albiol 5,83, Arbeloa 5,67 — Xabi Alonso 6,33, Iniesta 6,33 (46' Villa 5,83) — Silva 6,17, Martínez 5,50, Cazorla 6,00 — Fernando Torres (15' F. Llorente 5,50). — coach: Del Bosque 6,00. = average: 5,88 [vulnerable]

10/6 2012 Spain 1, Italy 1 [Euro group stage]
 0-1 60' Di Natale, 64' Fàbregas. Referee: Kassai 5,90. Att: 38.869 (Gdansk).  
Spain: Casillas 6,70 — Arbeloa 5,70, Piqué 6,20, Sergio Ramos 6,30, Jordi Alba 5,70 — Xavi 6,70, Busquets 6,20, Xabi Alonso 6,30 — Silva 6,50 (63' Jesús Navas 6,30), Fàbregas 6,80 (74' Fernando Torres 5,40), Iniesta 7,40. — coach: Del Bosque 6,10. = average: 6,32 [good]
Italy: Buffon 7,20 — Bonucci 6,20, De Rossi 7,20, Chiellini 6,60 — Maggio 6,00, Marchisio 6,40, Pirlo 7,20, Thiago Motta 6,40 (89' Nocerino), Giaccherini 5,90 — Balotelli 5,40 (56' Di Natale 7,30), Cassano 6,50 (63' Giovinco 6,30). — coach: Prandelli 7,00. = average: 6,51 [very good]

1/7/2012 Spain 4, Italy 0 [Euro final]
1-0 14' Silva, 2-0 41' Jordi Alba, 3-0 84' Fernando Torres, 4-0 88' Mata. Referee: Proença 6,00. Att: 63.170 (Kiev). 
Spain: Casillas 7,10 - Arbeloa 6,70, Piqué 6,90, Sergio Ramos 7,20, Jordi Alba 7,80 - Busquets 7,10, Xabi Alonso 7,20, Xavi 8,30 - Iniesta 8,20 (86' Mata 6,50), Silva 7,40 (59' Pedro 6,60), Fàbregas 7,70 (75' Fernando Torres 7,10). - coach: Del Bosque 7,90. = average: 7,27 [incommensurable]
Italy: Buffon 5,90 - Abate 5,40, Barzagli 5,30, Bonucci 5,30, Chiellini 4,80 (21' Balzaretti 5,80) - Marchisio 5,10, Pirlo 5,80, De Rossi 5,70, Montolivo 5,60 (56' Thiago Motta) - Cassano 5,80 (46' Di Natale 5,50), Balotelli 5,80. - coach: Prandelli 5,50. = average: 5,52 [poor]


Victories Spain: 2
Victories Italy : 1
Draws : 3
Goals : 7-3.

Average ratings: Spain 6,40 - Italy 6,00.

Average ratings Milan 2013/14.

Serie A, Champions League & Coppa Italia matches.

6,17 N. de Jong
6,06 Kaká
5,92 Abbiati
5,91 Poli
5,88 Montolivo
5,84 De Sciglio
5,82 Balotelli, Gabriel
5,81 Abate
5,80 Rami
5,75 Muntari
5,73 Honda
5,67 Mexès
5,64 Birsa
5,63 Zapata
5,58 Emanuelson
5,54 Robinho
5,46 Niang
5,38 Zaccardo
5,33 Constant
5,22 Matri
5,15 Bonera
5,10 Nocerino