30 January, 2014

Average ratings Juventus 2013/14.

In Serie A, Champions League and Coppa Italia.

6,73 Tévez
6,43 Lichtsteiner
6,41 Llorente
6,38 Pogba
6,36 Quagliarella
6,32 Pirlo
6,26 Barzagli
6,23 Vidal
6,04 Buffon
6,03 Cáceres
6,02 Giovinco
5,96 Asamoah, Vucinic
5,90 Chiellini
5,86 Bonucci
5,80 Isla
5,69 Marchisio
5,49 Ogbonna
5,44 Padoin

Europe's best youth academies.

Players currently on contract with clubs in the five big European leagues

44: Barcelona [16 in the club - 28 in other clubs]
31: Olympique Lyon [14 - 17]
28: Rennes [10 - 18]
28: Real Madrid [10 - 18]
27: Arsenal [10 - 17]
25: Man United [9 - 16]
23: Bayern Munich [7 - 16]
22: Stuttgart [7 - 15]
22: Atalanta [8 - 14]
22: Athletic Bilbao [14 - 8]

Player ratings Tottenham 1, Man City 5.

0-1 15' Kun Agüero r. (David Silva), 0-2 51' Yaya Touré penalty (Edin Džeko), 0-3 53' Edin Džeko r. (David Silva), 1-3 59' Étienne Capoue l. (Christian Eriksen), 1-4 78' Stevan Jovetić r. (Fernandinho), 1-5 89' Vincent Kompany r. Sent off: 50' Danny Rose. Att: 36.071.
Tottenham: Hugo Lloris 5,60 - Kyle Walker 5,40, Danny Rose 5,20, Vlad Chiricheş 5,40, Michael Dawson 5,20, Aaron Lennon 5,20, Moussa Dembélé 5,20 (46' Étienne Capoue 6,00), Gylfi Sigurðsson 5,00 (55' Kyle Naughton 5,40), Christian Eriksen 5,40 (83' Lewis Holtby), Nabil Bentaleb 5,20, Emmanuel Adebayor 5,20. - coach: Tim Sherwood. = average: 5,34 [lame]
Man City: Joe Hart 6,30 - Vincent Kompany 6,80, Gaël Clichy 6,50, Martín Demichelis 6,00, Pablo Zabaleta 6,30, Jesús Navas 6,60, David Silva 7,20 (80' Aleksandar Kolarov), Fernandinho 7,00, Yaya Touré 6,30 (64' Matija Nastasić 6,00), Edin Džeko 7,00, Kun Agüero 7,20 (45' Stevan Jovetić 6,50). - coach: Manuel Pellegrini. = average: 6,59 [excellent]

Player ratings Athletic Bilbao 1, Atlético de Madrid 2 [Copa del Rey]

1-0 42' Aduriz h. (Balenziaga), 1-1 55' Raúl García l. (Cebolla Rodríguez), 1-2 85' Diego Costa l. Att: 34.000.
Athletic: Iago Herrerín 6,90 - Aymeric Laporte 6,10, San José 5,50, Iraola 6,60, Balenziaga 6,80, Iturraspe 6,00, Susaeta 6,30 (73' Kike Sola), Mikel Rico 6,50 (66' Ibai 6,00), Ander Herrera 6,30 (78' Beñat), Muniain 6,30, Aduriz 6,80. - coach: Valverde. = average: 6,37 [strong]
Atlético: Thibaut Courtois 7,30 - Diego Godín 5,70, Filipe Luís (14' Emiliano Insúa 6,30), Juanfran 6,50, Miranda 6,30, Koke 6,50, Raúl García 6,80, Cebolla Rodríguez 6,50, Gabi 6,30, Adrián 5,50 (80' José Sosa), Diego Costa 6,80 (89' Toby Alderweireld). - coach: Diego Simeone. = average: 6,41 [strong]

29 January, 2014

Player ratings Liverpool 4, Everton 0.

1-0 21' Steven Gerrard h. (Luis Suárez), 2-0 33' Daniel Sturridge l. (Coutinho), 3-0 35' Daniel Sturridge l. (Kolo Touré), 4-0 50' Luis Suárez l. Att: 44.450.
LFC: Simon Mignolet 6,60 - Kolo Touré 6,00, Aly Cissokho 6,00, Martin Škrtel 6,20, Jon Flanagan 6,40 (73' Martin Kelly), Steven Gerrard 7,00, Coutinho 6,60 (79' Luis Alberto), Jordan Henderson 6,30, Raheem Sterling 7,00, Luis Suárez 7,00, Daniel Sturridge 7,00 (72' Victor Moses) - coach: Brendan Rodgers. = average: 6,55 [excellent]
Everton: Tim Howard 5,50 - Leighton Baines 5,20, Phil Jagielka 5,00, John Stones 5,20, Antolín Alcaraz 4,70, Kevin Mirallas 6,30, James McCarthy 5,20, Gareth Barry 5,20, Ross Barkley 5,30 (77' Aiden McGeady), Steven Pienaar 5,00 (46' Leon Osman 5,50), Romelu Lukaku 5,50 (25' Steven Naismith 5,20). - coach: Roberto Martínez. = average: 5,29 [lame]

28 January, 2014

Average ratings Bundesliga 2013/14.

7,81 Franck Ribéry (Bayern)
7,53 Arjen Robben (Bayern)
7,48 Sidney Sam (Leverkusen)
7,36 Marco Reus (Dortmund)
7,33 Philipp Lahm (Bayern)
7,31 Toni Kroos (Bayern)
7,28 Marc-André ter Stegen (M'Gladbach)
7,26 Marwin Hitz (Augsburg)
7,22 David Alaba (Bayern)
7,20 Max Kruse (M'Gladbach)
7,20 Bernd Leno (Leverkusen)
7,17 Mario Götze (Bayern)
7,17 Raphael Schäfer (Nürnberg)
7,15 Roman Weidenfeller (Dortmund)
7,13 Adrián Ramos (Hertha)
7,11 Raffael (M'Gladbach)
7,10 Thomas Müller (Bayern)
7,08 Robert Lewandowski (Dortmund)
7,08 Max Meyer (Schalke)
7,08 Manuel Neuer (Bayern)
7,07 Patrick Ochs (Wolfsburg)
7,07 Kevin Trapp (Frankfurt)
7,03 Jérôme Boateng (Bayern)
7,03 Mario Mandžukić (Bayern)
7,03 Kevin Volland (Hoffenheim)
7,00 Nuri Şahin (Dortmund)
6,99 Jefferson Farfán (Schalke)
6,99 Kevin Großkreutz (Dortmund)
6,97 Diego Benaglio (Wolfsburg)
6,97 Sven Ulreich (Stuttgart)
6,96 Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Dortmund)
6,94 Oliver Baumann (Freiburg)
6,94 Simon Rolfes (Leverkusen)
6,93 Daniel Baier (Augsburg)
6,93 André Hahn (Augsburg)
6,93 Ricardo Rodríguez (Wolfsburg)
6,92 Mats Hummels (Dortmund)
6,92 Timo Werner (Stuttgart)
6,89 Fabian Lustenberger (Hertha)
6,89 Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern)

27 January, 2014

Player ratings Barcelona 3, Málaga 0.

1-0 40' Piqué r. (Alexis Sánchez), 2-0 56' Pedro r. (Lionel Messi), 3-0 61' Alexis Sánchez r. (Pedro). Att: 56.355.
Barcelona: Víctor Valdés 6,60 - Piqué 7,30, Jordi Alba 6,80, Dani Alves 6,60, Cesc Fàbregas 6,60, Xavi 6,80 (78' Sergi Roberto), Javier Mascherano 6,60, Busquets 6,50, Pedro 7,10 (62' Cristian Tello 6,10), Alexis Sánchez 7,30 (87' Ibrahim Afellay), Lionel Messi 6,80. - coach: Gerardo Martino. = average: 6,76 [superb]
Málaga: Willy Caballero 7,00 - Flávio 5,20, Antunes 5,20, Marcos Angeleri 5,20, Sergio Sánchez 4,80, Camacho 5,40, Pablo Pérez 5,20 (66' Pedro Morales 5,70), Fernando Tissone 5,40 (81' Sergi Darder), Duda 6,50, Roque Santa Cruz 5,80 (26' Bartłomiej Pawłowski 5,80), Juanmi 5,00. - coach: Bernd Schuster. = average: 5,55 [poor]

26 January, 2014

Player ratings Real Madrid 2, Granada 0.

1-0 56' Cristiano Ronaldo l. (Luka Modrić), 2-0 73' Karim Benzema l. (Marcelo). Att: 73.874.
Real Madrid: Diego López 6,20 - Pepe 6,80, Sergio Ramos 6,30, Marcelo 6,50, Dani Carvajal 6,80, Gareth Bale 5,00 (46' Jesé Rodríguez 6,50), Xabi Alonso 6,80, Luka Modrić 7,10, Ángel Di María 6,80 (82' Illarramendi), Cristiano Ronaldo 7,00, Karim Benzema 6,50 (76' Isco). - coach: Carlo Ancelotti. = average: 6,52 [very good]
Granada: Roberto 7,40 - Allan Nyom 6,30, Mainz 6,00, Brayan Angulo 6,50, Jeison Murillo 5,80 (80' Alexandre Coeff), Yacine Brahimi 6,50, Recio 5,50 (69' Mickaël Pereira 6,00), Manuel Iturra 6,10, Mohammed Fatau 6,00, Youssef El-Arabi 6,00, Piti 5,20 (80' Diego Buonanotte). - coach: Lucas Alcaraz. = average: 6,11 [satisfactory]

22 January, 2014

Player ratings Roma 1, Juventus 0 [Coppa Italia]

1-0 79' Gervinho r. (Kevin Strootman). Att: 56.557.
Roma: Morgan De Sanctis 5,80 - Leandro Castán 6,10, Maicon 6,60, Mehdi Benatia 6,30, Vasilios Torosidis 6,30, Kevin Strootman 6,80, Daniele De Rossi 6,40, Alessandro Florenzi 5,70 (74' Miralem Pjanić), Radja Nainggolan 6,10, Francesco Totti 5,60 (83' Adem Ljajić), Gervinho 7,00. - coach: Rudi Garcia 6,70. = average: 6,25 [solid]
Juventus: Marco Storari 5,80 - Giorgio Chiellini 5,80 (46' Angelo Ogbonna 5,80), Federico Peluso 5,40 (81' Carlos Tévez), Andrea Barzagli 6,00, Leonardo Bonucci 5,70, Mauricio Isla 5,90, Claudio Marchisio 5,60, Andrea Pirlo 5,90, Arturo Vidal 6,00, Sebastian Giovinco 5,80 (77' Llorente), Fabio Quagliarella 5,00. - coach: Antonio Conte 5,50. = average: 5,72 [disappointing]

20 January, 2014

Player ratings Atlético de Madrid 1, Sevilla 1.

1-0 18' David Villa r, 1-1 73' Ivan Rakitić penalty. Sent off: 89' Alberto. Att: 45.000.
Atlético: Thibaut Courtois 6,00 - Diego Godín 6,00, Filipe Luís 6,50, Juanfran 5,20, Miranda 6,50, Koke 5,90 (88' José Sosa), Raúl García 6,00, Arda Turan 6,50, Gabi 6,30, David Villa 6,20 (81' Cebolla Rodríguez), Diego Costa 6,30. - coach: Diego Simeone. = average: 6,13 [satisfactory]
Sevilla: Beto 5,50 - Federico Fazio 6,30, Fernando Navarro 6,00, Daniel Carriço 6,30, Nicolás Pareja 5,70 (46' Kevin Gameiro 6,00), Coke 6,30, Alberto 6,10, Ivan Rakitić 6,80, Iborra 6,20, Carlos Bacca 6,50 (84' Reyes), Vitolo 5,60 (64' Marko Marin 6,00). - coach: Unai Emery. = average: 6,10 [satisfactory]

Player ratings Levante 1, Barcelona 1.

1-0 10' Loukas Vyntra h (Andreas Ivanschitz), 1-1 19' Piqué h (Xavi). Att: 24.063.
Levante: Keylor Navas 7,40 - David Navarro 6,50, Loukas Vyntra 6,90, Juanfran 6,70, Nikos Karabelas 6,70, Pedro López 5,90, Nabil El Zhar 5,90 (56' Ángel 5,90), Rubén García 6,10 (73' Issam El Adoua), Andreas Ivanschitz 6,70 (87' Sérgio da Silva Pinto), Pape Diop 6,70, Simão 6,20. - coach: Joaquín Caparrós. = average: 6,47 [very good]
Barcelona: Víctor Valdés 6,40 - Martín Montoya 6,50, Piqué 6,70, Jordi Alba 5,90, Cesc Fàbregas 5,30 (73' Sergi Roberto), Xavi 6,10 (84' Jean Dongou), Javier Mascherano 6,20, Busquets 5,90, Pedro 5,90 (77' Cristian Tello), Alexis Sánchez 5,10, Lionel Messi 5,60. - coach: Gerardo Martino. = average: 5,96 [acceptable]

Player ratings Chelsea 3, Man United 1.

1-0 17' Samuel Eto'o l, 2-0 45' Samuel Eto'o r (Gary Cahill), 3-0 49' Samuel Eto'o r, 3-1 78' Javier Hernández l (Phil Jones). Sent off: 90' Nemanja Vidić. Att: 41.615.
Chelsea: Petr Čech 6,60 - Branislav Ivanović 6,00, David Luiz 6,20, Gary Cahill 6,90, John Terry 6,60, Azpilicueta 6,40, Ramires 6,70, Oscar 6,10 (68' John Mikel 6,00), Eden Hazard 6,60, Willian 6,80 (85' Nemanja Matić), Samuel Eto'o 7,40 (79' Fernando Torres). - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 6,52 [very good]
Man United: De Gea 5,90 - Rafael 5,40, Patrice Evra 5,50 (52' Chris Smalling 6,00), Phil Jones 5,50, Jonny Evans 5,10, Nemanja Vidić 4,80, Michael Carrick 5,60, Ashley Young 5,00 (56' Javier Hernández 6,20), Antonio Valencia 5,10, Adnan Januzaj 6,20, Danny Welbeck 5,70. - coach: David Moyes. = average: 5,54 [poor]

19 January, 2014

Player ratings Betis 0, Real Madrid 5.

0-1 10' Cristiano Ronaldo r, 0-2 24' Gareth Bale freekick, 0-3 45' Karim Benzema r (Luka Modrić), 0-4 60' Ángel Di María l, 0-5 89' Morata l (Cristiano Ronaldo). Att: 42.421.
Betis: Stephan Andersen 5,10 - Javier Chica 4,50, Paulão 4,50, Amaya 4,80, Dídac Vilà 4,80, Javier Matilla 5,10, Salva Sevilla 5,10 (62' Juanfran 5,30), Lorenzo Reyes 5,70 (77' Caro), Leo Baptistão 5,70, Jorge Molina 5,30, Rubén Castro 5,40 (55' Álvaro Vadillo 5,50). - coach: Juan Garrido. = average: 5,14 [hopeless]
Real Madrid: Diego López x - Pepe 6,60, Sergio Ramos 6,40 (72' Nacho), Marcelo 6,60, Dani Carvajal 6,60, Gareth Bale 6,90, Xabi Alonso 6,40, Luka Modrić 7,40, Ángel Di María 7,10 (68' Illarramendi), Cristiano Ronaldo 7,10, Karim Benzema 6,90 (76' Morata). - coach: Carlo Ancelotti. = average: 6,80 [superb]

17 January, 2014

Home goals percentage 2013/14.

63% Russia First Division
62% Romania League One
61% Bulgaria Division One
61% Greece Super League
60% Austria Division 2
60% France Ligue Two
60% Portugal Division Two
60% England Conference
59% Poland Division One
59% Turkey Süper Lig
59% Czech Repuplic Division One    
59% France Ligue One    
59% Spain Primera Division
58% Slovakia Division One
58% France National
58% Serbia Division One
58% Holland Eredivisie
58% Italy Serie A
57% Spain Segunda Division
57% Slovenia Division One
57% Belgium Jupiler League
57% England Premier League
57% Switzerland Super League
57% Sweden Allsvenskan
56% Wales Division One    
56% Holland Division Two    
56% England Championship
56% Turkey Division Two
56% Denmark Division One
56% Russia Premier League
56% Austria Bundesliga
55% Italy Serie B
55% Germany Bundesliga
55% Denmark Division Two
55% Hungary Division One
55% Germany Liga 3
55% Scotland Division One
55% Croatia Division One
54% Scotland Division Two
54% England League One
54% Belgium Division Two
54% England League Two
53% Switzerland Division 2
53% Portugal Division One
53% Germany Bundesliga Two
53% Scotland Premier League
52% Cyprus Division One
51% Scotland Division Three

15 January, 2014

Italy: Average attendances Serie A - Serie B2 2013/14.

52.038 Inter
44.035 Napoli
41.737 Roma
37.671 Juventus
36.457 Milan
32.202 Fiorentina
30.630 Lazio
23.055 Sampdoria
21.062 Bologna
20.017 Verona
19.556 Genoa
16.894 Torino
14.666 Catania
14.163 Atalanta
13.215 Udinese
12.792 Parma
12.577 Sassuolo
11.326 Livorno
10.434 Cesena
10.246 Palermo
9658 Chievo
9442 Pescara
8527 Salernitana
8364 Avellino
6303 Perugia
5994 Spezia
5964 Siena
5409 Padova
5160 Reggina
5121 Trapani
5085 Latina
4970 Ternana
4926 Modena
4807 Novara
4845 Vicenza
4600 Cagliari
4554 Pisa
4380 Crotone
4255 Benevento
4029 Brescia
3933 Catanzaro
3928 Lecce
3589 Empoli
3388 Lanciano
3369 Cremonese
3342 Varese
3051 Bari
2799 SPAL Ferrara
2729 Casertana
2708 Cosenza
2641 Frosinone
2619 Reggiana
2555 Foggia
2490 Juve Stabia
2258 Cittadella
2234 L'Aquila
2031 Carpi
2023 Mantova
1969 Ascoli
1767 Gubbio
1703 Barletta
1670 Pro Vercelli
1622 Messina
1507 Nocerina
1450 Savona
1413 Como
1316 Rimini
1187 AlbinoLeffe
1169 Alessandria
1130 Venezia
1105 Entella
1046 Ischia
1040 Grosseto
1021 Teramo
1013 Pontedera
990 Vigor Lamezia
956 Forlì
910 Monza
870 Alto Adige
870 Carrarese
859 Pro Patria
850 Melfi
821 Prato
819 Paganese
811 Sassari Torres
763 Chieti
733 Martina Franca
696 Porto Tolle
678 Bassano
674 Pergolettese
659 Viareggio
627 Pavia
598 Santarcangelo
572 Cuneo
550 Feralpi
497 Castel Rigone
456 Lumezzane
444 Aversa
440 Poggibonsi
406 Aprilia
386 Tuttocuoio
331 Sorrento
322 Castiglione
306 San Marino
281 Arzanese
267 Bra
235 Renate
206 Vecomp Verona
202 Bellaria
175 Real Vicenza
166 Gavorrano

Confed Cup 2013: best individual ratings.

8,10 Neymar, vs Mexico (2-0)
7,70 Kagawa, vs Italy (3-4)
7,60 Iniesta, vs Uruguay (2-1)
7,60 F. Torres, vs Tahiti (10-0)
7,60 Honda, vs Italy (3-4)
7,50 Neymar, vs Japan (3-0)
7,50 Jordi Alba, vs Nigeria (3-0)
7,50 A. Hernández, vs Tahiti (8-0)
7,50 Oduamadi, vs Tahiti (6-1)
7,40 Paulinho, vs Japan (3-0)
7,30 Fàbregas, vs Uruguay (2-1)
7,30 J. Hernández, vs Japan (2-1)

14 January, 2014

European Cup topscorers 1969-72.

1969/70
8: Mick Jones (Leeds United)
7: Ove Kindvall (Feijenoord*)
6: Ruud Geels (Feijenoord)
5: Zoran Antonijević & Stanislav Karasi (Red Star Belgrade)

1970/71
10: Antonis Antoniadis (-photo- , Panathinaikos)
6: Luis Aragonés (Atlético de Madrid), Zoran Filipović & Stevan Ostojić (Red Star Belgrade)
5: Peter Ducke (Carl Zeiss Jena), Herbert Laumen (Bor. Mönchengladbach), William Wallace (Celtic)

1971/72
5: Antal Dunai (Újpesti Dózsa), Luigi Macari (Celtic), Silvester Takač (Standard Liège)
4: Ronnie Cocks (Sliema Wanderers), Johan Cruyff (Ajax), Lex Schoenmaker, Willem van Hanegem & Rinus Israël (Feijenoord), Artur Jorge (Benfica), Ray Kennedy (Arsenal), Kurt Müller (Grasshoppers Zurich)



*) club name changed to Feyenoord in 1973.

Memory Lane: Hamburger SV 1981/82.

Bundesliga matches only.

7,75 Felix Magath
7,69 Manfred Kaltz
7,68 Holger Hieronymus
7,50 Uli Stein
7,41 Lars Bastrup
7,33 Ditmar Jakobs
7,18 Thomas von Heesen
7,10 Jürgen Milewski    
7,06 Jimmy Hartwig
7,05 Caspar Memering
7,03 Jürgen Groh
6,97 Bernd Wehmeyer
6,87 Horst Hrubesch

13 January, 2014

Player ratings Newcastle 0, Man City 2.

0-1 8' Edin Džeko l (Aleksandar Kolarov), 0-2 90' Álvaro Negredo l. Att: 49.423.
Newcastle: Tim Krul 6,70 - Davide Santon 5,90, Mike Williamson 5,50, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa 5,50 (82' Massadio Haïdara), Steven Taylor 5,50, Yohan Cabaye 6,60, Moussa Sissoko 6,10, Vurnon Anita 5,60 (73' Papiss Demba Cissé), Cheik Tioté 6,10, Yoan Gouffran 5,90 (82' Hatem Ben Arfa), Loïc Rémy 5,60. - coach: Alan Pardew. = average: 5,91 [vulnerable]
Man City: Joe Hart 6,70 - Vincent Kompany 6,70, Aleksandar Kolarov 6,70, Martín Demichelis 6,40, Pablo Zabaleta 5,90, Samir Nasri 5,90 (79' James Milner), David Silva 6,40, Fernandinho 6,50, Yaya Touré 5,70 (60' Javi García 5,90), Álvaro Negredo 6,70, Edin Džeko 6,20 (52' Jesús Navas 6,20). - coach: Manuel Pellegrini. = average: 6,30 [good]

Player ratings Sassuolo 4, Milan 3.

0-1 9' Robinho l (Nigel de Jong), 0-2 13' Mario Balotelli r (Bryan Cristante), 1-2 14' Domenico Berardi l, 2-2 28' Domenico Berardi l, 3-2 40' Domenico Berardi r (Jasmin Kurtić), 4-2 47' Domenico Berardi l, 4-3 85' Riccardo Montolivo r. Att: 17.430 (Mapei Stadium, Reggio Emilia).
Sassuolo: Gianluca Pegolo 6,80 - Alessandro Longhi 6,40, Luca Antei 6,40, Lorenzo Ariaudo 6,30, Marcello Gazzola 6,30, Reto Ziegler 6,00, Francesco Magnanelli 6,40, Jasmin Kurtić 6,70 (86' Lino Marzorati), Raman Chibsah 6,40, Simone Zaza 6,40 (84' Antonio Floro Flores), Domenico Berardi 9,20 (77' Ezequiel Schelotto). - coach: Eusebio Di Francesco 7,30. = average: 6,66 [excellent]
Milan: Christian Abbiati 5,00 - Mattia De Sciglio 5,10, Cristián Zapata 4,40, Daniele Bonera 4,10, Antonio Nocerino 4,60 (54' Riccardo Montolivo 6,20), Bryan Cristante 5,60 (54' Giampaolo Pazzini 5,30), Urby Emanuelson 4,80, Nigel de Jong 5,10, Robinho 5,40 (65' Keisuke Honda 6,20), Kaká 5,10, Mario Balotelli 5,70. - coach: Massimiliano Allegri 4,50. = average: 5,19 [decrepit]

12 January, 2014

Player ratings Atlético de Madrid 0, Barcelona 0.

Att: 54.800.
Atlético: Thibaut Courtois 6,00 - Diego Godín 6,00, Filipe Luís 6,60, Juanfran 5,70, Miranda 6,50, Tiago 6,30 (82' Cebolla Rodríguez), Koke 5,20, Arda Turan 7,00, Gabi 5,40, David Villa 4,90 (77' Raúl García), Diego Costa 6,00. - coach: Diego Simeone. = average: 5,96 [acceptable]
Barcelona: Víctor Valdés 6,00 - Piqué 6,80, Jordi Alba 6,00, Dani Alves 5,70, Fàbregas 5,70, Xavi 6,00, Iniesta 6,30 (46' Lionel Messi 6,10), Javier Mascherano 6,30, Busquets 6,00, Pedro 6,50 (82' Sergi Roberto), Alexis Sánchez 5,50 (67' Neymar 5,40). - coach: Gerardo Martino. = average: 6,02 [acceptable]

06 January, 2014

Player ratings Juventus 3, Roma 0.

1-0 16' Arturo Vidal r (Carlos Tévez), 2-0 48' Leonardo Bonucci r (Andrea Pirlo), 3-0 77' Mirko Vučinić penalty. Sent off: 74' Daniele De Rossi, 76' Leandro Castán. Att: 39.266.
Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 6,40 - Giorgio Chiellini 7,00, Andrea Barzagli 6,60, Leonardo Bonucci 7,00, Stephan Lichtsteiner 6,40, Paul Pogba 6,70, Andrea Pirlo 6,50, Kwadwo Asamoah 6,50, Arturo Vidal 7,40 (78' Claudio Marchisio), Carlos Tévez 7,30 (58' Mirko Vučinić 6,30), Llorente 6,10 (80' Fabio Quagliarella). - coach: Antonio Conte 7,20. = average: 6,68 [top class]
Roma: Morgan De Sanctis 5,50 - Dodô 5,50 (54' Vasilios Torosidis 5,50), Leandro Castán 4,30, Maicon 5,40, Mehdi Benatia 5,90, Kevin Strootman 5,40, Miralem Pjanić 6,30 (54' Mattia Destro 5,70), Daniele De Rossi 4,20, Adem Ljajić 5,00, Francesco Totti 5,00 (71' Alessandro Florenzi 5,50), Gervinho 5,20. - coach: Rudi Garcia. = average: 5,34 [outrageous]


Average ratings Barcelona.

6,72 Messi
6,66 Valdés, Neymar
6,60 Fàbregas
6,48 Busquets
6,47 Iniesta
6,46 Bartra
6,45 Pedro
6,43 Alexis
6,30 Dani Alves
6,23 Tello
6,20 Piqué, Jordi Alba
6,17 Xavi
6,09 Mascherano, Adriano, Song
6,04 Pinto
6,03 Sergi Roberto
5,97 Montoya
5,82 Puyol

04 January, 2014

Memory Lane: Cupwinners' Cup 1960-76 average points.

Minimum 2 participations and 11 matches played. In bold text, clubs with 4 participations or more,

83,3% Dinamo Kiev (2 participations)
78,6% Chelsea (2)
76,9% Tottenham (2)
75,0% Milan, Celtic (3)
72,7% Borussia Dortmund (2)
72,5% Fiorentina (4)
71,4% Schalke 04 (2)
70,8% Eintracht Frankfurt (2)
70,6% Hamburger SV (2)
70,0% Bayern Munich, PSV Eindhoven (3)
69,4% Atlético de Madrid (5)
68,2% Anderlecht (2)
66,7% Manchester City (2)
65,9% Magdeburg (4)
64,7% Gornik Zabrze (2)
64,3% Slovan Bratislava (4)
62,5% Sporting Clube (5), West Ham, Barcelona, Den Haag (3), Real Madrid (2)
60,7% Zaragoza (2)
59,2% Rangers (6)
57,9% Torino (3)
57,7% Újpesti Dózsa (2)
57,1% Dunfermline (2)
56,2% Steaua/CCA Bucharest (4)
54,5% Torpedo Moscow (3)
53,6% Crvena Zvezda (2)
53,3% Legia Warszawa, Ferencváros (4)
52,9% Cardiff City (9)
52,3% Olympique Lyon (4)
52,2% Standard Liège (4)
50,0% Olympiakos (6), Carl Zeiss Jena (3), MTK Budapest, Sparta Prague (2)
47,7% Rapid Vienna (5)
46,0% Dinamo Zagreb (6)
45,8% Sachsenring Zwickau, Honvéd (3)

40,9% OFK Belgrade (2)
39,5% Slavia Sofia (5)
39,3% Austria Vienna (4)
33,3% Shamrock Rovers (4)

01 January, 2014

Average ratings Atlético de Madrid.

La Liga and Champions League matches.

7,18 Diego Costa
6,61 Raúl García
6,48 Filipe Luis
6,46 Koke
6,44 Miranda
6,43 Mario Suárez
6,41 Arda Turan
6,39 Juanfran
6,36 Gabi
6,35 Villa
6,34 Thiago Mendes
6,32 Godín
6,25 Courtois
6,12 E. Insúa
6,10 Alderweireld
6,08 Adrián
5,90 Cebolla Rodríguez

Player ratings Chelsea 2, Liverpool 1.

0-1 4' Martin Škrtel l, 1-1 18' Eden Hazard r, 2-1 34' Samuel Eto'o l (Oscar). Att: 41.614.
Chelsea: Petr Čech 6,60 - Branislav Ivanović 6,00 (30' Ashley Cole 6,20), David Luiz 6,30, Gary Cahill 7,00, John Terry 6,70, Azpilicueta 6,80, Frank Lampard 5,70 (46' John Mikel 5,70), Oscar 6,90, Eden Hazard 7,30, Willian 6,90, Samuel Eto'o 6,00 (86' Fernando Torres). - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 6,47 [good]
Liverpool: Simon Mignolet 6,30 - Glen Johnson 5,80 (84' Iago Aspas), Daniel Agger 5,40, Mamadou Sakho 5,90 (90' Kolo Touré), Martin Škrtel 6,10, Coutinho 5,50, Jordan Henderson 5,80, Lucas Leiva 5,50, Joe Allen 5,90 (60' Brad Smith 5,80), Raheem Sterling 6,10, Luis Suárez 6,10. - coach: Brendan Rodgers. = average: 5,85 [vulnerable]