30 November, 2014

Player ratings Málaga 1-2 Real Madrid.

0-1 18' Karim Benzema r. (Cristiano Ronaldo), 0-2 83' Gareth Bale r. (Cristiano Ronaldo), 1-2 90' Roque Santa Cruz h. (Arthur Boka). Sent off: 86' Isco. Att: 29.025.

Málaga: Carlos Kameni 7,80 - Weligton 5,60, Roberto Rosales 6,60, Arthur Boka 6,10, Sergio Sánchez 6,30 (67' Marcos Angeleri 5,80), Recio 6,10 (78' Juanpi), Duda 6,20 (65' Ricardo Horta 5,90), Sergi Darder 6,30, Samuel 5,80, Roque Santa Cruz 6,60, Samu Castillejo 6,20. - coach: Javi Gracia. = average: 6,25 [solid]

Real Madrid: Iker Casillas 5,60 - Pepe 6,80, Sergio Ramos 6,70, Marcelo 6,70, Dani Carvajal 6,30 (85' Raphaël Varane), Toni Kroos 6,80, Gareth Bale 6,50 (89' Javier Hernández), Isco 6,80, Cristiano Ronaldo 7,30, Karim Benzema 7,20 (73' Illarra), James Rodríguez 6,30. - coach: Carlo Ancelotti. = average: 6,64 [excellent]


N. B. Real Madrid's 16th consecutive victory: club record.

27 November, 2014

Player ratings Arsenal 2-0 Borussia Dortmund.

1-0 2' Yaya Sanogo r. (Santi Cazorla), 2-0 57' Alexis Sánchez r. (Santi Cazorla). Att: 59.902.

Arsenal: Damián Martínez 7,40 - Kieran Gibbs 6,70, Per Mertesacker 6,50, Nacho Monreal 6,70, Calum Chambers 6,30, Mikel Arteta 5,70 (67' Mathieu Flamini), Aaron Ramsey 6,40, Santi Cazorla 6,80, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 6,80 (90' Joel Campbell), Alexis Sánchez 7,00, Yaya Sanogo 6,70 (79' Lukas Podolski). - coach: Arsène Wenger 6,70. = average: 6,64 [excellent]

Dortmund: Roman Weidenfeller 6,00 - Neven Subotić 5,60, Łukasz Piszczek 5,60, Matthias Ginter 5,50, Marcel Schmelzer 5,60, Sven Bender 5,80, İlkay Gündoğan 6,30, Henrikh Mkhitaryan 5,60, Kevin Großkreutz 6,00 (78' Miloš Jojić), Ciro Immobile 5,30 (61' Shinji Kagawa 5,50), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 5,30 (61' Adrián Ramos 5,50). - coach: Jürgen Klopp 5,00. = average: 5,66 [disappointing]

Player ratings FC Basel 0-1 Real Madrid.

0-1 35' Cristiano Ronaldo l. (Karim Benzema). Att: 36.000.

FC Basel : Tomáš Vaclík 5,70 - Philipp Degen 5,50 (76' Ahmed Hamoudi), Fabian Schär 5,50, Marek Suchý 5,50, Behrang Safari 5,90, Luca Zuffi 5,90 (87' Yoichiro Kakitani), Shkelzen Gashi 5,90, Fabian Frei 6,50 (83' Marcelo Díaz), Mohamed Elneny 5,90, Derlis González 6,70, Breel-Donald Embolo 6,50. - coach: Paulo Sousa 6,00. = average: 5,95 [acceptable]

Real Madrid: Keylor Navas 6,70 - Raphaël Varane 6,30, Sergio Ramos 5,70, Fábio Coentrão 6,30, Arbeloa 5,90, Toni Kroos 6,20, Isco 6,30 (90' Nacho), Cristiano Ronaldo 6,70, Karim Benzema 6,70 (71' Illarra 6,20), James Rodríguez 5,90 (89' Marcelo), Gareth Bale 6,10. - coach: Carlo Ancelotti 6,50. = average: 6,25 [solid]


N. B. Real Madrid's 15th consecutive victory in all competitions: club record.

Player ratings Malmö FF 0-2 Juventus.

0-1 49' Llorente l. (Claudio Marchisio), 0-2 88' Carlos Tévez r. (Paul Pogba). Sent off: 89' Erik Johansson. Att: 20.500.

Malmö FF: Robin Olsen 6,60 - Anton Tinnerholm 5,40 (85' Erdal Rakip), Filip Helander 5,60, Markus Halsti 5,70, Ricardinho 5,20, Erik Johansson 5,40, Enoch Adu 5,40, Emil Forsberg 5,60, Magnus Eriksson 5,80, Markus Rosenberg 6,10, Isaac Kiese Thelin 5,10 (70' Paweł Cibicki 5,60). - coach: Åge Hareide 5,70. = average: 5,62 [failing]

Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 6,40 - Giorgio Chiellini 6,70, Leonardo Bonucci 6,30, Stephan Lichtsteiner 6,30, Paul Pogba 6,30, Claudio Marchisio 7,10 (83' Roberto Pereyra), Simone Padoin 6,20, Andrea Pirlo 6,40, Arturo Vidal 6,10, Carlos Tévez 6,70, Llorente 6,80 (72' Morata 5,70). - coach: Massimiliano Allegri 6,80. = average: 6,42 [strong]

26 November, 2014

Player ratings Schalke 0-5 Chelsea.

0-1 2' John Terry h. (Cesc Fàbregas), 0-2 29' Willian r. (Eden Hazard), 0-3 44' og Jan Kirchhoff, 0-4 76' Didier Drogba r. (Willian), 0-5 78' Ramires h. (Didier Drogba). Att: 54.442.

Schalke: Ralf Fährmann 5,10 - Jan Kirchhoff 4,00 (46' Christian Clemens 5,40), Benedikt Höwedes 4,60, Felipe Santana 4,60, Dennis Aogo 4,80, Atsuto Uchida 4,40, Kevin-Prince Boateng 4,80 (63' Max Meyer), Marco Höger 4,60, Roman Neustädter 4,40, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting 6,00, Klaas Jan Huntelaar 4,60. - coach: Roberto Di Matteo 4,60. = average: 4,78 [outrageous]

Chelsea: Thibaut Courtois  6,00 - Branislav Ivanović 6,80, Gary Cahill 6,50, John Terry 7,00, Azpilicueta 6,30, Cesc Fàbregas 7,30 (79' André Schürrle), Oscar 6,80 (75' Ramires), Eden Hazard 6,90, Nemanja Matić 6,80, Willian 7,60, Diego Costa 6,50 (66' Didier Drogba). - coach: José Mourinho 7,30. = average: 6,77 [superb]

Player ratings Paris Saint Germain 3-1 Ajax.

1-0 33' Edinson Cavani l.  (Ezequiel Lavezzi), 1-1 67' Davy Klaassen h. (Ricardo Kishna), 2-1 79' Zlatan Ibrahimović r. (Javier Pastore), 3-1 83' Edinson Cavani l. Att: 46.130.

PSG: Salvatore Sirigu 6,30 - Marquinhos 6,60, Maxwell 6,10, Gregory van der Wiel 6,10,     David Luiz 6,30, Blaise Matuidi 5,40, Adrien Rabiot 5,50 (75' Clément Chantôme), Javier Pastore 6,80, Edinson Cavani 7,00, Zlatan Ibrahimović 7,00 (86' Lucas Digne), Ezequiel Lavezzi 6,10 (68' Lucas 5,80). - coach: Laurent Blanc 6,80. = average: 6,25 [solid]

Ajax: Jasper Cillessen 5,80 - Ricardo van Rhijn 5,00, Nicolai Boilesen (10' Nick Viergever 5,80), Mike van der Hoorn 5,00, Stefano Denswil 5,00, Davy Klaassen 6,50, Lucas Andersen 5,20, Thulani Serero 5,00 (69' Niki Zimling 5,00), Ricardo Kishna 5,80, Arkadiusz Milik 5,20, Lasse Schöne 5,00. - coach: Frank de Boer 5,20. = average: 5,36 [feeble]

Player ratings Man City 3-1 Bayern Munich.

1-0 21' Kun Agüero penalty  (Kun Agüero), 1-1 40' Xabi Alonso freekick, 1-2 45' Robert Lewandowski h.  (Jérôme Boateng), 2-2 85' Kun Agüero 85' (Stevan Jovetić), 3-2 90' Kun Agüero r. Sent off: 20' Medhi Benatia. Att: 44.502.

Man City: Joe Hart 5,60 - Bacary Sagna 5,00 (68' Pablo Zabaleta), Vincent Kompany 6,30, Eliaquim Mangala 5,80, Gaël Clichy 6,00, Fernando 6,10, James Milner 6,00 (66' Stevan Jovetić), Samir Nasri 5,60, Jesús Navas 6,60, Frank Lampard 6,30, Kun Agüero 8,60 (90' Martín Demichelis. - coach: Manuel Pellegrini 6,40. = average: 6,17 [solid]


Bayern: Manuel Neuer 6,20 - Mehdi Benatia 4,60, Rafinha 5,70, Jérôme Boateng 5,70, Juan Bernat 6,00, Xabi Alonso 6,20, Franck Ribéry 6,20 (81' Bastian Schweinsteiger), Sebastian Rode 6,00 (25' Dante 6,00), Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 6,50, Robert Lewandowski 6,70 (84' Xherdan Shaqiri), Arjen Robben 6,00. - coach: Pep Guardiola 6,50. = average: 5,98 [acceptable]

Champions League all-time topscorers.

74 goals: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 31 knockouts+43 group stage 
71: Raúl (Schalke 04, Real Madrid) 18+53
70: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, Man United) 34+36
56: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid, Man United, PSV) 6+50
50: Thierry Henry (Barcelona, Arsenal, Monaco) 12+38
46: Filippo Inzaghi (Milan, Juventus) 16+30
46: Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea, Milan, Dinamo Kiev) 17+29
44: Didier Drogba (Chelsea, Galatasaray, Marseille) 14+30
42: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris-St Germain, Milan, Barcelona, Inter, Juventus, Ajax) 7+35
41: Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) 9+32
41: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, Lyon) 11+30
33: Fernando Morientes (Valencia, Liverpool, Monaco, Real Madrid) 9+24
30: Kaká (Milan, Real Madrid) 11+19
30: Samuel Eto'o (Chelsea, Inter, Barcelona, Mallorca) 10+20
29: Patrick Kluivert (Barcelona, Ajax) 4+25
29: Roy Makaay (Bayern München, Deportivo) 2+27
29: David Trezeguet (Juventus, Monaco) 6+23
29: Wayne Rooney (Man United) 14+15
28: Ryan Giggs (Man United) 6+22
27: Rivaldo (Olympiakos, Milan, Barcelona) 2+25
26: Mario Gómez (Bayern München, Stuttgart) 9+17
25: Hernán Crespo (Inter, Chelsea, Milan, Lazio, Parma) 5+20
25: Giovane Élber (Lyon, Bayern München) 6+19
25: Mário Jardel (Galatasaray, FC Porto) 3+22

24 November, 2014

Player ratings Milan 1-1 Inter.

1-0 23' Jérémy Ménez r.  (Stephan El Shaarawy), 1-1 61' Joel Obi l. Att: 79.173.

Milan: Diego López 5,90 - Mattia De Sciglio 5,80, Philippe Mexès 6,20, Adil Rami 6,20, Cristián Zapata 6,10, Sulley Ali Muntari 5,10 (76' Andrea Poli), Michael Essien 5,80, Giacomo Bonaventura 6,50, Jérémy Ménez 6,40, Fernando Torres 5,00 (74' Keisuke Honda), Stephan El Shaarawy 5,80. - coach: Filippo Inzaghi 5,70. = average: 5,89 [vulnerable]


Inter: Samir Handanovič 6,00 - Juan Jesus 5,80, Dodô 5,90, Andrea Ranocchia 5,70, Yuto Nagatomo 6,20, Mateo Kovačić 5,00 (90' Yann M'Vila), Fredy Guarín 6,00, Zdravko Kuzmanović 6,10, Joel Obi 6,40 (73' Hernanes), Rodrigo Palacio 5,50, Mauro Icardi 5,00 (89' Pablo Osvaldo). - coach: Roberto Mancini 6,00. = average: 5,78 [mediocre]

23 November, 2014

Player ratings Barcelona 5-1 Sevilla.

1-0 21' Lionel Messi l., 1-1 47' og Jordi Alba, 2-1 49' Neymar h.  (Xavi), 3-1 65' Ivan Rakitić h.  (Luis Suárez), 4-1 72' Lionel Messi r.  (Neymar), 5-1 78' Lionel Messi l.  (Neymar). Att: 78.283.

Barcelona: Claudio Bravo 5,90 -  Piqué 6,10, Jordi Alba 6,40 (81' Adriano), Dani Alves 5,90, Jérémy Mathieu 6,30, Ivan Rakitić 6,40, Busquets 6,60, Xavi 6,90 (77' Rafinha), Luis Suárez 6,40 (74' Pedro), Lionel Messi 8,90, Neymar 7,10. - coach: Luis Enrique. = average: 6,63 [excellent]


Sevilla: Beto 5,10 - Grzegorz Krychowiak 6,30, Diogo 5,40, Daniel Carriço 5,30, Nicolás Pareja 5,30, Coke 5,40, Denís Suárez 5,40 (61' Deulofeu 5,60), Éver Banega 5,10, Aleix Vidal 5,10 (61' Kevin Gameiro 5,60), Carlos Bacca 4,80 (75' Iago Aspas), Vitolo 5,60. - coach: Unai Emery. = average: 5,38 [feeble]


Lionel Messi's 251th, 252nd and 253rd Liga gol, making him the all-time topscorer ahead of Telmo Zarra (251 goals).

20 November, 2014

Player ratings Scotland 1-3 England.

0-1 32' Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain h.  (Jack Wilshere), 0-2 47' Wayne Rooney h, 1-2 83' Andrew Robertson l.  (Stevie May), 1-3 85' Wayne Rooney r. (Johnny Russell). Att: 49.526 (Celtic Park, Glasgow).

Scotland: David Marshall 5,80 (46' Craig Gordon 6,00) - Steven Whittaker 5,20, Andrew Robertson 6,70, Charlie Mulgrew 5,00, Grant Hanley 5,00 (66' Stevie May), Steven Naismith 5,90, Russell Martin 5,70, Shaun Maloney 5,20 (81' Johnny Russell), Scott Brown 5,50 (46' Darren Fletcher 5,20), Ikechi Anya 5,10 (61' Barry Bannan), Chris Martin 4,70 (46' James Morrison 4,90). - coach: Gordon Strachan. = average: 5,42 [feeble]     


England: Fraser Forster 6,10 - Nathaniel Clyne 7,30, Chris Smalling 5,90, Luke Shaw 6,60 (66' Kieran Gibbs), Gary Cahill 6,20 (46' Phil Jagielka 6,00), Stewart Downing 5,30 (46' Adam Lallana 6,40), Jack Wilshere 8,00 (87' Ross Barkley), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 7,10 (80' Rickie Lambert), James Milner 6,30, Danny Welbeck 6,60 (66' Raheem Sterling), Wayne Rooney 7,80. - coach: Roy Hodgson. = average: 6,58 [excellent]



19 November, 2014

Managers having won "big" titles, 2000-2014.

World Cup, Euro, Champions League, UEFA Cup, Europa League, La Liga, Premier League, Serie A, Bundesliga & Ligue 1 titles:

  8: Ferguson [2000-13]
, Mourinho [2003-12]
  6: Guardiola [2009-14], Ancelotti [2003-14], Del Bosque [2000-12]
  5: Benítez [2002-13], Hitzfeld [2001-08]
  4: Mancini [2006-12]
  3: Conte [2012-14], Heynckes [2013], Klopp [2011-12], Magath [2005-09], Houllier [2001-07], Rijkaard [2005-06], Lippi [2002-06], Le Guen [2003-05]
  2: Simeone [2012-14], Blanc [2009-14], Ramos [2006-07], Capello [2001-07], Wenger [2002-04]
  1: Löw, Emery & Pellegrini [2014], Vilanova [2013], Di Matteo & Girard [2012], Villas-Boas, Garcia & Allegri [2011], Quique Flores, Deschamps & Van Gaal [2010], Lucescu [2009], Aragonés, Grant, Advocaat, Schuster & Perrin [2008], Veh [2007], Gazzaev [2005], Schaaf [2004], Scolari, Van Marwijk, Santini & Sammer [2002], Denoueix [2001], Lemerre, Terim, Puel & Irureta [2000]


Titles per nationality
24: Spain
20: Italy
18: Germany, France
9: Portugal
8: Scotland
2: Argentina
1: Chile, Sweden, Israel, Turkey, Russia, Romania, Brazil.

Player ratings Portugal 1-0 Argentina.

1-0 90' Raphaël Guerreiro h. Att: 41.233 (Old Trafford, Manchester).

Portugal: Beto 6,60 - Tiago 5,60 (51' Raphaël Guerreiro 6,90), Pepe 5,90 (46' José Fonte 5,90), Bruno Alves 6,20, Bosingwa 5,70, Tiago 5,90 (78' William Carvalho), Nani 6,20, João Moutinho 5,60, André Gomes 5,60 (66' Adrien Silva 5,60), Danny 6,00 (46' Quaresma 5,60), Cristiano Ronaldo 6,20 (46' Éder 5,90). - coach: Fernando Santos. = average: 5,96 [acceptable]


Argentina: Nahuel Guzmán 5,90 - Facundo Roncaglia 5,70, Nicolás Otamendi 5,90, Martín Demichelis 5,90, Cristian Ansaldi 5,90 (73' Roberto Pereyra 5,60), Javier Pastore 6,60 (73' Jonathan Silva 5,90), Javier Mascherano 6,60, Ángel Di María 6,90 (61' Erik Lamela 5,60), Lucas Biglia 6,30, Lionel Messi 6,20 (46' Nicolás Gaitán 6,20), Gonzalo Higuaí­n 5,60 (61' Carlos Tévez 5,90). - coach: Gerardo Martino. = average: 6,04 [acceptable]

Player ratings Spain 0-1 Germany.

0-1 90' Toni Kroos r.  (Max Kruse). Att: 26.900 (Balaídos, Vigo).

Spain: Iker Casillas 6,50 (77' Kiko Casilla) - Juan Bernat 5,70, Piqué 5,70 (46' Raúl Albiol 5,90), Azpilicueta 5,70, Sergio Ramos 6,00 (46' Camacho 5,70), Isco 6,80, Bruno Soriano 6,00, Raúl García 5,40 (70' José Callejón), Busquets 5,70 (46' Bartra 5,90), Nolito 6,20 (77' Pedro), Morata 5,70. - coach: Vicente Del Bosque. = average: 5,92 [vulnerable]


Germany: Ron-Robert Zieler 6,50 - Benedikt Höwedes 6,00, Antonio Rüdiger 6,30, Erik Durm 5,90, Shkodran Mustafi 5,90, Sami Khedira 6,30 (90' Lars Bender), Mario Götze 5,80 (84' Max Kruse), Sebastian Rudy 5,50, Thomas Müller (22' Karim Bellarabi 5,60), Toni Kroos 6,90, Kevin Volland 5,90. - coach: Joachim Löw. = average: 6,05 [satisfactory]

17 November, 2014

Memory Lane: Average points in Euro qualifiers in the 1970s & 1980s.

1. England : 83,8%
2. West Germany : 76,9%
3. Spain : 76,6%
4. Holland : 75,0%
5. Yugoslavia : 71,7%
6. Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia : 70,3%
8. Belgium : 69,1%
9. Romania : 63,2%
10. Italy : 62,5%
11. Portugal, East Germany : 60,3%
13. Wales : 56,7%
14. Austria, Poland : 55,9%
16. Sweden, Hungary : 54,4%
18. France : 51,9%
19. Northern Ireland : 51,5%
20. Scotland, Greece : 50,0%
22. Ireland : 48,6%
23. Bulgaria : 48,5%
24. Switzerland : 42,6%
25. Turkey : 42,2%
26. Denmark : 41,2%
27. Iceland : 21,7%
28. Finland : 20,0%
29. Norway : 17,6%
30. Albania : 12,5%
31. Malta : 11,8%
32. Cyprus : 5,9%
33. Luxembourg : 4,4%


Home
1. Holland : 88,9%
2. Czechoslovakia : 87,5%
3. England : 85,3%
4. Spain, Romania : 84,4%
6. Belgium : 82,4%

7. Italy : 81,2%
8. West Germany : 80,8%

Away
1. England : 82,4%
2. West Germany : 73,1%
3. Spain : 68,8%
4. Yugoslavia : 66,7%
5. Holland : 61,1%

6. Italy : 58,3%
7. Belgium : 55,9%
8. Czechoslovakia : 53,1%

Average points in World Cup & Euro qualifiers, 2010-2014.

1. Germany : 90,3%
2. Spain : 88,3%
3. Holland : 84,7%
4. Italy : 80,6%
5. England : 78,8%
6. Ukraine : 71,4%
7. France : 70,4%
8. Sweden, Russia, Greece : 69,4%
11. Portugal : 68,3%
12. Croatia : 68,1%
13. Belgium : 66,7%
14. Bosnia & Hercegovina : 65,3%
15. Denmark : 63,6%
16. Switzerland : 62,1%
17. Czech Republic : 60,6%
18. Romania, Hungary : 59,7%
20. Ireland : 58,3%
21. Israel : 56,5%
22. Norway : 56,1%
23. Slovakia : 55,6%
24. Poland : 54,8%
25. Austria : 54,2%
26. Turkey : 51,4%
27. Slovenia : 48,6%
28. Montenegro : 48,5%
29. Serbia : 47,8%
30. Iceland : 45,5%
31. Armenia : 44,9%
32. Scotland : 43,9%
33. Wales : 40,9%
34. Estonia : 37,5%
35. Finland, Albania : 34,8%
37. Northern Ireland : 34,7%
38. Lithuania, Bulgaria : 33,3%
40. Moldova, Latvia : 29,2%
42. Belarus, Georgia : 27,3%
44. Macedonia : 25,0%
45. Azerbaijan : 22,2%
46. Cyprus : 19,7%
47. Luxembourg : 15,3%
48. Liechtenstein : 15,2%
49. Kazakhstan : 13,9%
50. Faroe Island : 11,1%
51. Malta : 6,9%
52. San Marino : 1,4%
53. Andorra, Gibraltar : 0,0%


Home
1. Holland : 100%
2. Germany : 89,7%
3. Italy : 88,9%
4. Spain : 86,7%
5. England : 81,8%
6. Russia : 80,6%

Away
1. Germany : 90,9%
2. Spain : 90,0%
3. England : 75,8%
4. Greece : 72,7%
5. Italy : 72,2%
6. France : 70,4%

Player ratings Italy 1-1 Croatia.

1-0 11' Antonio Candreva r.  (Simone Zaza), 1-1 15' Ivan Perišić r.  (Ivan Rakitić). Att: 63.222 (San Siro, Milan).

Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 4,90 - Mattia De Sciglio 5,20, Matteo Darmian 5,30, Giorgio Chiellini 6,10, Andrea Ranocchia 6,50, Manuel Pasqual 5,50 (28' Roberto Soriano 5,80), Daniele De Rossi 5,60, Antonio Candreva 6,30, Claudio Marchisio 5,40, Simone Zaza 6,00 (63' Graziano Pellè 6,20), Ciro Immobile 5,40 (52' Stephan El Shaarawy 6,10). - coach: Antonio Conte 6,10. = average: 5,74 [disappointing]


Croatia: Danijel Subašić 6,00 - Vedran Ćorluka 6,20, Domagoj Vida 6,20, Darijo Srna 6,20, Marcelo Brozović 6,10 (83' Milan Badelj), Ivan Rakitić 6,70, Danijel Pranjić 5,90, Ivan Perišić 7,10, Luka Modrić 6,60 (28' Mateo Kovačić 6,00), Ivica Olić 6,10 (68' Andrej Kramarić), Mario Mandžukić 5,70. - coach: Niko Kovač 6,50. = average: 6,23 [solid]

16 November, 2014

Player ratings England 3-1 Slovenia.

0-1 57' og Jordan Henderson, 1-1 59' Wayne Rooney penalty, 2-1 66' Danny Welbeck, 3-1 72' Danny Welbeck  (Raheem Sterling). Att: 82.305.

England: Joe Hart 6,00 - Gary Cahill 6,50, Kieran Gibbs 5,90, Nathaniel Clyne 6,50, Phil Jagielka 5,70 (89' Chris Smalling), Jordan Henderson 4,90, Raheem Sterling 6,50 (85' Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain), Jack Wilshere 6,90, Adam Lallana 6,20 (80' James Milner), Danny Welbeck 7,40, Wayne Rooney 6,90. - coach: Roy Hodgson. = average: 6,31 [good]


Slovenia: Samir Handanovič 6,10 - Boštjan Cesar 5,00, Mišo Brečko 5,20, Branko Ilič 6,30, Aleš Mertelj 5,80, Valter Birsa 5,20 (63' Dejan Lazarevič 6,00), Jasmin Kurtić 5,50 (75' Rajko Rotman), Andraž Kirm 5,80 (78' Zlatan Ljubijankič), Kevin Kampl 6,10, Andraž Struna 5,20, Milivoje Novakovič 5,20. - coach: Srečko Katanec. = average: 5,62 [failing]

14 November, 2014

Average ratings Napoli.

6,13 Higuaín
6,10 Gargano
6,07 David López
6,00 Mertens
5,94 Callejón
5,87 Koulibaly
5,86 Rafael
5,83 Hamsík
5,80 Inler
5,79 Zúñiga, Insigne
5,71 Jorginho
5,64 Britos
5,61 Ghoulam
5,60 Zapata
5,58 De Guzmán
5,57 Maggio
5,52 Albiol
5,40 Michu

13 November, 2014

The 50 greatest Argentine players in history.

According to Guerin Sportivo.

1. Diego Maradona
2. Alfredo Di Stéfano
3. Lionel Messi
4. Daniel Passarella
5. José Manuel "Charro" Moreno
6. Mario Kempes
7. Gabriel Batistuta
8. Ángel Labruna
9. Omar Sívori
10. Raimundo Orsi
11. Luis Monti
12. Ubaldo "Pato" Fillol
13. Claudio Caniggia
14. Ricardo Bochini
15. Adolfo Pedernera
16. Antonio Valentín Angelillo
17. René Houseman
18. Jorge Valdano
19. Amadeo Carrizo
20. Osvaldo Ardiles
21. Diego Simeone
22. Hugo "Loco" Gatti
23. Daniel Bertoni
24. Jorge Luis Burruchaga
25. Fernando Redondo
26. Esteban Cambiasso
27. Javier Zanetti
28. Leopoldo Luque
29. Hernán Crespo
30. Javier Mascherano
31. Walter Samuel
32. Carlos Tévez
33. Juan Sebastián Verón
34. Norberto "Beto" Alonso
35. Diego Milito
36. Gonzalo Higuaín
37. Roberto Fabián Ayala
38. Ángel Di María
39. Juan Román Riquelme
40. Abel Balbo
41. Ariel Ortega
42. Oreste Corbatta
43. Claudio Borghi
44. Ramón Díaz
45. Néstor Sensini
46. Martín Palermo
47. René Pontoni
48. Antonio Rattín
49. Rinaldo Martino
50. Mauro Germán Camoranesi

12 November, 2014

Average ratings Southampton.

6,49 Tadic
6,42 Schneiderlin
6,41 Alderweireld, Pellè
6,40 Ward-Prowse
6,38 Bertrand
6,35 Forte
6,32 Clyne
6,28 S. Davis
6,21 Wanyama
6,17 Cork
6,11 Forster
6,03 Mané
5,96 Long
5,78 Yoshida

10 November, 2014

Player ratings Paris Saint Germain 2-0 Olympique Marseille.

1-0 38' Lucas (Ezequiel Lavezzi), 2-0 85' Edinson Cavani (Serge Aurier). Sent off: 78' Gianelli Imbula. Att: 45.969.

PSG: Salvatore Sirigu 6,20 - Thiago Silva 6,00, Maxwell 6,50, Serge Aurier 6,80, David Luiz 6,20, Lucas 7,20, Blaise Matuidi 6,20, Marco Verratti 6,70 (66' Yohan Cabaye 6,10), Javier Pastore 6,30 (88' Marquinhos), Edinson Cavani 6,80, Ezequiel Lavezzi 5,90 (65' Zlatan Ibrahimović 6,00). - coach: Laurent Blanc 6,70. = average: 6,38 [strong]

Marseille: Stéve Mandanda 6,20 - Nicolas N'Koulou 6,00, Benjamin Mendy 5,10, Rod Fanni 6,00, Brice Dja Djedjé 6,50, Mario Lemina 5,90 (76' Abelaziz Barrada), Romain Alessandrini 6,50, Florian Thauvin 5,00 (66' Michy Batshuayi), Dimitri Payet 6,20, Gianelli Imbula 6,50, André-Pierre Gignac 6,80. - coach: Marcelo Bielsa 6,80. = average: 6,06 [satisfactory]

09 November, 2014

Player ratings Liverpool 1-2 Chelsea.

1-0 9' Emre Can r. (Raheem Sterling), 1-1 14' Gary Cahill r. (Nemanja Matić), 1-2 67' Diego Costa r. Att: 44.698.

Liverpool: Simon Mignolet 5,70 - Glen Johnson 5,80, Dejan Lovren 5,60, Alberto Moreno 5,80, Martin Škrtel 5,80, Steven Gerrard 6,00, Coutinho 5,90 (70' Joe Allen), Jordan Henderson 5,50, Emre Can 6,20 (70' Fabio Borini), Raheem Sterling 6,20, Mario Balotelli 5,40 (79' Rickie Lambert). - coach: Brendan Rodgers. = average: 5,81 [mediocre]


Chelsea: Thibaut Courtois 6,60 - Branislav Ivanović 6,80, Gary Cahill 6,40, John Terry 6,70, Azpilicueta 6,80, Cesc Fàbregas 5,80, Ramires 6,00 (54' Willian 6,40), Oscar 6,50, Eden Hazard 6,90 (90' Filipe Luís), Nemanja Matić 7,10, Diego Costa 6,80 (90' Didier Drogba). - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 6,57 [excellent]

08 November, 2014

Memory Lane: Top league scorers 1978/79.

Goals per league round:
1,00 Kist (AZ '67)
0,91 Mavros (AEK), Fekete (Újpest), Ismail (HJK)
0,90 Gomes (FC Porto)
0,88 Streich (Magdeburg)
0,85 Krankl (Barcelona)
0,83 Nené (Benfica)
0,82 Albert (Beveren)
0,79 Fazekas (Újpest)
0,77 Riediger (Dynamo Berlin)
0,76 Clarke (Ajax)
0,74 Geels (Anderlecht)
0,73 J. Eriksen (OB Odense), Berggren (Djurgården)
0,71 C. Bianchi (Paris-SG), Savic (Crvena Zvezda), Kottis (Rodos), Bajevic (AEK)
0,69 Schachner (Austria)
0,68 Quini (Sp. Gijón)
0,65 K. Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf), De Jong (Roda), Kühn (Lok Leipzig)
0,63 Parits (Austria), Giordano (Lazio), Gotchev (Levski), Lundquist (Skovbakken)
0,62 Fischer (Schalke), Nyilasi (Ferencváros)
0,61 Radu (Arges Pitesti)
0,60 Tzvetkov (Slavia Sofia)
0,59 Alonso (Zaragoza), Rubén Cano (Atlético), Satrústegui (Real Sociedad), Yartzev (Spartak)
0,58 Onnis (Monaco), Pécout (FC Nantes)
0,57 Worthington (Bolton), Nehoda (Dukla), Reinaldo (Benfica), Kmiecik (Wisla Kraków)
0,56 Martínez (Wiener SK)
0,55 Marguerite (Nîmes), Rocheteau (St-Étienne), Pleimelding (Lille)
0,53 Santillana (Real Madrid), Jacobs (Charleroi), Abramczik (Schalke), Kreuz (VÖEST Linz)
0,51 Jurtin (Sturm Graz)
0,50 Dalglish (Liverpool)

07 November, 2014

Player ratings HJK Helsinki 2-1 Torino [EL]

1-0 60' Gideon Baah l., 2-0 81' Valtteri Moren r. (Erfan Zeneli), 2-1 90' Fabio Quagliarella r. Att: 8400.

HJK: Toni Doblas 6,20 - Gideon Baah 6,70, Veli Lampi 6,00, Valtteri Moren 6,30, Mika Väyrynen 5,90 (75' Joel Perovuo), Sebastian Sorsa 5,80, Robin Lod 6,00, Anthony Annan 6,30, Erfan Zeneli 6,30 (86' Nikolai Alho), Demba Savage 6,30, Macoumba Kandji 6,10 (89' Tapio Heikkilä). - coach: Mika Lehkosuo 6,50. = average: 6,17 [solid]


Torino: Daniele Padelli 5,30 - Pontus Jansson 5,10, Gastón Silva 5,20, Kamil Glik 5,40, Matteo Darmian 5,30, Alessandro Gazzi 5,50, Juan Sánchez Miño 5,20, Salvatore Masiello 5,30 (71' Cristian Molinaro 5,50), Marco Benassi 4,80 (65' Omar El Kaddouri 5,40), Josef Martínez 5,00 (55' Marcelo Larrondo 5,60), Fabio Quagliarella 5,60. - coach: Giampiero Ventura 5,00. = average: 5,30 [lame]

06 November, 2014

Memory Lane: La Liga 2005/06.

7,27 Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
7,19 Eto'o (Barcelona)
6,97 Deco (Barcelona)
6,95 Puyol (Barcelona)
6,71 Iniesta (Barcelona)
6,67 Delporte (Osasuna)
6,64 Casillas (Real Madrid), Pernía (Getafe)
6,63 Jesús Navas (Sevilla)
6,60 Riquelme (Villarreal)
6,58 Márquez (Barcelona)
6,57 Aimar (Valencia)
6,56 Palop (Sevilla), Cañizares (Valencia)
6,54 Saviola (Sevilla)
6,52 H. Larsson (Barcelona)
6,51 Valdés (Barcelona)
6,49 Riki (Getafe)
6,48 Pinto (Celta)

Player ratings Man City 1-2 CSKA Moscow.

0-1 2' Seydou Doumbia h. (Bebars Natcho), 1-1 8' Yaya Touré r., 1-2 34' Seydou Doumbia r. (Bebars Natcho). Sent off: 70' Fernandinho, 82' Yaya Touré. Att: 45.143.

Man City: Joe Hart 5,80 - Vincent Kompany 5,00, Pablo Zabaleta 5,70, Gaël Clichy 4,60, Martín Demichelis 4,80, Fernando 5,00 (65' Edin Džeko 5,00), James Milner 6,00, Jesús Navas 5,50 (46' Samir Nasri 4,90), Yaya Touré 5,00, Kun Agüero 5,70, Stevan Jovetić 4,70 (46' Fernandinho 4,00). - coach: Manuel Pellegrini 4,70. = average: 5,12 [unacceptable]


CSKA: Igor Akinfeev 6,60 - Mário Fernandes 6,00, Sergey Ignashevich 5,30, Vasiliy Berezutskiy 6,10, Georgiy Shchennikov 6,00, Pontus Wernbloom 6,60, Alan Dzagoev 6,00 (86' Dmitri Efremov), Roman Eremenko 6,60, Bebars Natcho 6,50, Ahmed Musa 6,60, Seydou Doumbia 7,50 (66' Georgi Milanov). - coach: Leonid Slutskiy 6,70. = average: 6,35 [good]

Average ratings in league and CL matches.

7,33 Messi (Barcelona)
7,09 Robben (Bayern)
7,05 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
6,90 Hazard (Chelsea)
6,86 Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal)
6,84 J. Boateng (Bayern)
6,83 Xabi Alonso (Bayern)
6,80 Diego Costa (Chelsea), Di María (Man United)
6,75 Götze (Bayern), Neymar (Barcelona)
6,73 Matic (Chelsea)
6,70 James (Real Madrid), Ribéry (Bayern)
6,67 Isco (Real Madrid)
6,66 Neuer, Lahm (Bayern), Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal)
6,65 T. Müller (Bayern)
6,64 Benzema (Real Madrid)
6,62 Godín (Atlético)
6,60 Alaba (Bayern), Tiago (Atlético), Verratti, Ibrahimovic (P-SG), André Gomes (Valencia)
6,59 Koke (Atlético)
6,58 Fàbregas (Chelsea), Paco Alcácer (Valencia)

6,57 Milner (Man City)
6,55 Juanfran (Atlético), Sterling (Liverpool)
6,54 Kroos (Real Madrid)
6,52 De Gea (Man United)
6,51 Gayà (Valencia)
6,50 Piatti (Valencia)
6,49 Sirigu (P-SG)

Player ratings Bayern Munich 2-0 Roma.

1-0 38' Franck Ribéry r. (David Alaba), 2-0 64' Mario Götze r. (Robert Lewandowski). Att: 68.000.

Bayern: Manuel Neuer 6,80 - Medhi Benatia 7,00, Rafinha 6,50, Jérôme Boateng 6,40, Juan Bernat 6,50, Philipp Lahm 6,60 (88' Pierre-Emile Højbjerg), David Alaba 7,50 (81' Sebastian Rode), Xabi Alonso 6,70 (72' Xherdan Shaqiri 6,30), Franck Ribéry 7,20, Mario Götze 7,00, Robert Lewandowski 6,60. - coach: Pep Guardiola 7,00. = average: 6,76 [superb]


Roma: Łukasz Skorupski 5,60 - Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa 5,60, José Holebas 5,50 (46' Ashley Cole 5,70), Vasilios Torosidis 5,20, Kostas Manolas 5,80, Radja Nainggolan 5,90, Daniele De Rossi 5,90, Seydou Keita 5,70, Alessandro Florenzi 6,00 (58' Miralem Pjanić 5,60), Juan Iturbe 5,10 (74' Gervinho 6,00), Mattia Destro 5,30. - coach: Rudi García 5,20. = average: 5,64 [failing]

05 November, 2014

Average ratings Arsenal.

Premiership & CL matches.

6,86 Alexis Sánchez
6,66 Oxlade-Chamberlain
6,52 Welbeck
6,32 Wilshere
6,18 Gibbs
6,15 Cazorla
6,09 Chambers
6,00 Ramsey, Arteta
5,98 Szczesny
5,88 Mertesacker
5,84 Özil
5,73 Flamini
5,64 Monreal
5,57 Koscielny

Player ratings Real Madrid 1-0 Liverpool.

1-0 27' Karim Benzema r. (Marcelo). Att: 79.283.

Real Madrid: Iker Casillas x - Raphaël Varane 6,50, Sergio Ramos 6,30, Marcelo 7,00, Arbeloa 6,00 (83' Nacho), Toni Kroos 6,50, Luka Modrić 6,30, Isco 6,50, Cristiano Ronaldo 6,20, Karim Benzema 7,10 (87' Javier Hernández), James Rodríguez 6,40 (62' Gareth Bale 6,20). - coach: Carlo Ancelotti . = average: 6,45 [strong]


Liverpool: Simon Mignolet 6,70 - Kolo Touré 6,90, Alberto Moreno 6,40, Manquillo 5,80, Martin Škrtel 5,80, Adam Lallana 6,10, Lucas Leiva 6,10 (69' Raheem Sterling 5,90), Emre Can 5,50 (75' Coutinho), Joe Allen 5,80, Lazar Marković 5,60 (69' Steven Gerrard 5,90), Fabio Borini 5,60. - coach: Brendan Rodgers. = average: 6,01 [acceptable]

04 November, 2014

Average ratings Liverpool.

6,57 Sturridge
6,13 Sterling
6,01 Henderson
5,92 Skrtel
5,86 Coutinho
5,82 Lovren, Gerrard
5,78 Mignolet
5,74 Manquillo
5,68 G. Johnson
5,62 Sakho
5,61 Moreno
5,58 Lallana
5,50 Balotelli
5,37 Allen

03 November, 2014

Player ratings Man City 1-0 Man United.

1-0 63' Kun Agüero l. (Gaël Clichy). Sent off: 39' Chris Smalling. Att: 45.358.

Man City: Joe Hart 6,70 - Vincent Kompany 6,10, Pablo Zabaleta 6,20, Gaël Clichy 6,70, Martín Demichelis 6,50, Fernando 6,10, James Milner 6,40 (70' Samir Nasri 5,60), Jesús Navas 6,60, Yaya Touré 7,00, Kun Agüero 7,20 (84' Fernandinho), Stevan Jovetić 5,70 (71' Edin Džeko 5,40). - coach: Manuel Pellegrini. = average: 6,32 [good]


Man United: De Gea 6,60 - Luke Shaw 5,80, Marcos Rojo 5,70 (56' Paddy McNair 5,90), Chris Smalling 4,50, Ángel Di María 6,00, Adnan Januzaj 5,40 (43' Michael Carrick 6,10), Daley Blind 5,90, Antonio Valencia 5,40, Marouane Fellaini 6,40, Wayne Rooney 6,40, Robin van Persie 5,70 (82' James Wilson). - coach: Louis van Gaal. = average: 5,83 [mediocre]

02 November, 2014

Player ratings Bayern Munich 2-1 Borussia Dortmund.

0-1 31' Marco Reus h. (Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang), 1-1 72' Robert Lewandowski l., 2-1 85' Arjen Robben penalty (Franck Ribéry). Att: 71.000.

Bayern: Manuel Neuer 6,20 - Medhi Benatia 6,10, Jérôme Boateng 6,20, Juan Bernat 5,60, Philipp Lahm 6,00, David Alaba 6,00, Xabi Alonso 5,90, Mario Götze 5,20 (70' Franck Ribéry 7,00), Robert Lewandowski 6,70 (88' Sebastian Rode), Arjen Robben 6,90, Thomas Müller 6,20 (81' Claudio Pizarro). - coach: Pep Guardiola. = average: 6,17 [solid]


Dortmund: Roman Weidenfeller 7,20 - Mats Hummels 6,40 (46' Neven Subotić 4,80), Sokratis Papastathopoulos 5,90, Łukasz Piszczek 5,70, Erik Durm 5,50, Sebastian Kehl 6,00, Sven Bender 6,40, Shinji Kagawa 6,20 (71' Kevin Großkreutz), Henrikh Mkhitaryan 5,70, Marco Reus 6,50, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 6,00 (81' Adrián Ramos). - coach: Jürgen Klopp. = average: 6,02 [acceptable]

Average ratings Inter.

6,36 Osvaldo
6,28 Handanovic
6,21 Guarín
6,14 Ranocchia
6,10 Kovacic
6,02 Hernanes
5,95 Medel
5,94 Icardi
5,88 D'Ambrosio
5,83 Juan Jesus
5,75 M'Vila
5,74 Kuzmanovic
5,70 Dodô
5,62 Andreolli
5,60 Obi
5,43 Vidic
5,38 Nagatomo
5,24 Palacio

Player ratings Barcelona 0-1 Celta.

0-1 55' Joaquin Larrivey r. (Nolito). Att: 71.468.

Barcelona: Claudio Bravo 5,80 - Jordi Alba 5,50, Dani Alves 4,50, Jérémy Mathieu 5,10, Ivan Rakitić 5,10, Busquets 5,30 (66' Xavi 5,50), Rafinha 5,50 (66' Pedro 5,50), Javier Mascherano 5,90, Luis Suárez 6,20, Lionel Messi 5,80, Neymar 6,30. - coach: Luis Enrique. = average: 5,54 [poor]


Celta: Sergio Álvarez 7,50 - Hugo Mallo 6,90, Jonny 6,50, Sergi Gómez 7,20, Gustavo Cabral 6,60, Pablo Hernández 6,90 (69' Borja Fernández 6,10), Nemanja Radoja 6,90, Michael Krohn-Dehli 6,50, Nolito 7,50 (88' Levy Madinda), Joaquin Larrivey 6,80 (76' Charles 6,60), Fabián Orellana 6,80. - coach: Eduardo Berizzo. = average: 6,83 [superb]