27 February, 2015

The most promising U-23 players.

According to Guerin Sportivo.

1. Paul Pogba (Juventus)
2. Neymar (Barcelona)
3. Mario Götze (Bayern)
4. Álvaro Morata (Juventus)
5. Lucas (PSG)
6. Marco Verratti (PSG)
7. Mateo Kovačić (Inter)
8. Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea)
9. Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid)
10. Marco Icardi (Inter)
11. David Alaba (Bayern)
12. Romelu Lukaku (Everton)
13. Jack Wilshere (Arsenal)
14. Eric Lamela (Tottenham)
15. Memphis Depay (PSV)
16. Lazar Marković (Liverpool)
17. Isco (Real Madrid)
18. Talisca (Benfica)
19. Adnan Januzaj (Man United)
20. Juan Bernat (Bayern)
21. Marquinhos (PSG)
22. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham)
23. Geoffrey Kondogbia (Monaco)
24. Juan Manuel Iturbe (Roma)
25. Raheem Sterling (Liverpool)
26. Adrien Rabiot (PSG)
27. Stephan El Shaarawy (Milan)
28. Divock Origi (Lille)
29. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal)
30. Matija Nastasić (Man City)
31. Alen Halilović (Barcelona)
32. Granit Xhaka (M'gladbach)
33. Joel Campbell (Arsenal)
34. Mattia De Sciglio (Milan)
35. Julian Draxler (Schalke)
36. Alberto Moreno (Liverpool)
37. Iker Muniain (Athletic Club)
38. Eder Balanta (River Plate)
39. Stefan de Vrij (Lazio)
40. Koke (Atlético)
41. Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Leverkusen)
42. Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea)
43. Mohamed Salah (Chelsea)
44. Mattia Perin (Genoa)
45. Sime Vrsaljko (Sassuolo)
46. Marcelo Brozović (Dinamo Zagreb)
47. Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscow)
48. Paulo Dybala (Palermo)
49. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo)
50. Gerard Deulofeu (Sevilla)
51. Alessio Romagnoli (Sampdoria)
52. Max Meyer (Schalke)
53. Tonny Vilhena (Feyenoord)
54. Paco Alcácer (Valencia)
55. Luke Shaw (Man United)
56. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool)
57. Marco van Ginkel (Milan)
58. Bernard (Shakhtar)
59. Phil Jones (Man United)
60. Dennis Praet (Anderlecht)
61. Baldé Diao Keita (Lazio)
62. Salih Uçan (Roma)
63. Rafinha (Barcelona)
64. Ross Barkley (Everton)
65. Kurt Zouma (Chelsea)
66. Fernando (Shakhtar)
67. William Carvalho (Sporting Portugal)
68. Yaya Sanogo (Arsenal)
69. Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Club)
70. Richairo Živković (Ajax)
71. Aleksandar Mitrović (Anderlecht)
72. Lucas Ocampos (Monaco)
73. Serge Gnabry (Arsenal)
74. Nico López (Verona)
75. Juan Fernando Quintero (FC Porto)
76. Lucas Digne (PSG)
77. Gökhan Töre (Beşiktaş)
78. Adam Maher (PSV)
79. Florian Thauvin (Marseille)
80. Gianluca Gaudino (Bayern)
81. Bruno Martins Indi (FC Porto)
82. Silvan Widmer (Udinese)
83. Zakaria Bakkali (PSV)
84. Tin Jedvaj (Leverkusen)
85. Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid)
86. Bernd Leno (Leverkusen)
87. Daniele Rugani (Empoli)
88. José Mauri (Parma)
89. Ricardo Rodríguez (Wolfsburg)
90. Bryan Cristante (Benfica)
91. Pierre Højbjerg (Bayern)
92. Joel Veltman (Ajax)
93. Luciano Vietto (Villarreal)
94. Kevin Volland (Hoffenheim)
95. Francesco Bardi (Chievo)
96. Pedro Obiang (Sampdoria)
97. Shkodran Mustafi (Valencia)
98. Josip Drmić (Leverkusen)
99. Ogyenyi Onazi (Lazio)
100. Dodô (Inter)

Player ratings Athletic Club 2-3 Torino [EL]

0-1 16' Fabio Quagliarella penalty, 1-1 44' Iraola r. (Beñat), 1-2 45' Maxi López h. (Matteo Darmian), 2-2 61' De Marcos r. (Muniain), 2-3 68' Matteo Darmian r. (Omar El Kaddouri). Att: 50.000.

Athletic: Iago Herrerín 5,80 - Aymeric Laporte 4,80, San José 5,30, Iraola 6,00, Etxeita 4,80, Beñat 6,30 (70' Susaeta 5,20), Mikel Rico 5,20 (79' Unai López), Gurpegi 5,10 (42' Williams 6,00), De Marcos 6,00, Muniain 5,20, Aduriz 5,00. - coach: Valverde 5,00. = average: 5,44 [feeble]

Torino: Daniele Padelli 6,80 - Cristian Molinaro 6,80, Nikola Maksimović 6,80, Emiliano Moretti 6,80, Kamil Glik 7,10, Matteo Darmian 7,80, Omar El Kaddouri 7,60 (84' Alexander Farnerud), Alessandro Gazzi 7,10, Giuseppe Vives 7,00, Maxi López 6,60 (73' Josef Martínez 6,00), Fabio Quagliarella 7,20. - coach: Giampiero Ventura 8,00. = average: 6,90 [first-class]

Player ratings Feyenoord 1-2 Roma [EL]

0-1 45' Adem Ljajić l. (Vasilios Torosidis), 1-1 57' Elvis Manu r. (Karim El Ahmadi), 1-2 61' Gervinho r.  (Vasilios Torosidis). Sent off: 54' Mitchell te Vrede. Att: 42.000.

Feyenoord: Kenneth Vermeer 6,30 - Terence Kongolo 5,70, Miquel Nelom 4,80, Sven van Beek 5,30, Khalid Boulahrouz 4,70 (54' Elvis Manu 6,70), Rick Karsdorp 5,50, Jordy Clasie 5,70, Karim El Ahmadi 5,50, Tonny Vilhena 5,00 (84' Anass Achahbar), Jens Toornstra 5,90, Colin Kâzım-Richards 6,00 (30' Mitchell te Vrede 4,00). - coach: Fred Rutten 5,00. = average: 5,47 [poor]

Roma: Łukasz Skorupski 6,30 - Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa 6,00, José Holebas 6,30, Vasilios Torosidis 7,20, Kostas Manolas 5,80, Miralem Pjanić 6,70 (74' Juan Iturbe 6,00), Daniele De Rossi 6,70, Seydou Keita 6,00, Adem Ljajić 7,20 (74' Radja Nainggolan 6,00), Francesco Totti 6,80 (82' Leandro Paredes), Gervinho 7,00. - coach: Rudi Garcia 7,00. = average: 6,46 [very good]

26 February, 2015

Player ratings Arsenal 1-3 Monaco.

0-1 38' Geoffrey Kondogbia l. (João Moutinho), 0-2 53' Dimitar Berbatov r. (Anthony Martial), 1-2 90' Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain r., 1-3 90' Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco r. (Bernardo Silva). Att: 59.868.

Arsenal: David Ospina 5,20 - Kieran Gibbs 5,20, Per Mertesacker 4,40, Laurent Koscielny 5,30, Héctor Bellerín 5,20, Mesut Özil 4,60, Santi Cazorla 5,70 (82' Tomáš Rosický), Francis Coquelin 5,30 (68' Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 6,10), Olivier Giroud 4,70 (60' Theo Walcott 5,30), Alexis Sánchez 5,60, Danny Welbeck 5,40. - coach: Arsène Wenger. = average: 5,23 [decrepit]

Monaco: Danijel Subašić 6,50 - Fabinho 6,60, Aymen Abdennour 6,90, Wallace 6,60, Elderson 6,50, Almamy Touré 6,70, Nabil Dirar 6,50 (82' Layvin Kurzawa), João Moutinho 7,40, Geoffrey Kondogbia 7,40, Dimitar Berbatov 7,00 (76' Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco 6,50), Anthony Martial 6,70 (84' Bernardo Silva). - coach: Leonardo Jardim. = average: 6,78 [superiour]

Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 Atlético de Madrid.

1-0 57' Hakan Çalhanoğlu r. (Karim Bellarabi). Sent off: 76' Tiago. Att: 29.079.

Leverkusen: Bernd Leno 6,80 - Emir Spahić 6,50, Roberto Hilbert 6,00, Kyriakos Papadopoulos 6,30, Wendell 6,50, Lars Bender 6,50 (68' Simon Rolfes 6,20), Hakan Çalhanoğlu 6,60 (87' Julian Brandt), Gonzalo Castro 6,80, Karim Bellarabi 7,30, Heung-min Son 6,30, Josip Drmić 6,00 (80' Stefan Kießling). - coach: Roger Schmidt. = average: 6,48 [very good]

Atlético: Moyá 5,80 - Diego Godín 5,60, Siqueira 5,20 (38' Jesús Gámez 5,60), Juanfran 5,90, Miranda 5,80, Tiago 4,80, Arda Turan 5,80 (64' Fernando Torres 5,40), Gabi 5,60, Saúl 5,60 (42' Raúl García 5,80), Antoine Griezmann 5,40, Mario Mandžukić 5,50. - coach: Diego Simeone. = average: 5,56 [failing]

25 February, 2015

Player ratings Juventus 2-1 Dortmund.

1-0 13' Carlos Tévez l., 1-1 18' Marco Reus r., 2-1 43' Morata r. (Paul Pogba). Att: 41.182 (2099 away fans).

Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 6,20 - Giorgio Chiellini 5,30, Leonardo Bonucci 6,90, Stephan Lichtsteiner 6,50, Patrice Evra 6,00, Paul Pogba 6,40, Claudio Marchisio 6,60, Andrea Pirlo 6,10 (37' Roberto Pereyra 6,30), Arturo Vidal 5,40 (87' Simone Padoin), Morata 7,40, Carlos Tévez 7,20 (89' Kingsley Coman). - coach: Massimiliano Allegri 6,60. = average: 6,36 [strong]

Dortmund: Roman Weidenfeller 5,50 - Mats Hummels 5,60, Sokratis Papastathopoulos 5,20 (46' Oliver Kirch 5,80), Łukasz Piszczek 5,90 (32' Matthias Ginter 6,00), Marcel Schmelzer 5,50, İlkay Gündoğan 6,40, Henrikh Mkhitaryan 5,80, Marco Reus 6,80, Nuri Şahin 6,10, Ciro Immobile 5,80 (76' Jakub Błaszczykowski), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang     5,70. - coach: Jürgen Klopp 6,20. = average: 5,85 [vulnerable]

Player ratings Man City 1-2 Barcelona.

0-1 16' Luis Suárez l., 0-2 30' Luis Suárez r.  (Jordi Alba), 1-2 69' Kun Agüero r. (David Silva). Lionel Messi missed a penalty (93'). Sent off: 74' Gaël Clichy. Att: 45.081.

Man City: Joe Hart 6,70 - Vincent Kompany 5,00, Pablo Zabaleta 5,70, Gaël Clichy 4,60, Martín Demichelis 5,40, Fernando 5,50, James Milner 5,30, Samir Nasri 5,30 (62' Fernandinho 6,10), David Silva 6,00 (78' Bacary Sagna), Edin Džeko 6,00 (68' Wilfried Bony 5,60), Kun Agüero 6,60. - coach: Manuel Pellegrini 4,80. = average: 5,68 [disappointing]

Barcelona: Marc-André ter Stegen 6,30 - Piqué 6,90, Jordi Alba 6,50, Dani Alves 6,40 (75' Adriano), Ivan Rakitić 6,80 (71' Jérémy Mathieu 5,80), Busquets 6,30, Iniesta 6,20, Javier Mascherano 6,40, Luis Suárez 7,60, Lionel Messi 6,60, Neymar 5,80 (80' Pedro). - coach: Luis Enrique. = average: 6,47 [very good]

20 February, 2015

Player ratings Tottenham 1-1 Fiorentina [EL]

1-0 6' Soldado r. (Paulinho), 1-1 36' José Basanta l. (Stefan Savić). Att: 34.235.

Tottenham: Hugo Lloris 5,80 - Kyle Walker 6,60, Jan Vertonghen 6,20, Federico Fazio 5,90, Ben Davies 6,10, Paulinho 5,90 (84' Ryan Mason), Andros Townsend 6,60 (73' Erik Lamela 5,80), Christian Eriksen 5,40, Nabil Bentaleb 6,20, Soldado 6,70, Nacer Chadli 5,60 (66' Harry Kane 5,80). - coach: Mauricio Pochettino 6,00. = average: 6,05 [acceptable]

Fiorentina: Ciprian Tătăruşanu 6,60 - Gonzalo Rodríguez 5,80, Stefan Savić 6,10, José Basanta 6,40, Manuel Pasqual 5,50 (66' Marcos Alonso 6,20), David Pizarro 6,60, Mati Fernández 6,30, Joaquín 6,20, Borja Valero 5,90 (78' Milan Badelj 6,10), Mohamed Salah 6,10, Mario Gómez 5,70 (85' Josip Iličič). - coach: Vincenzo Montella 6,50. = average: 6,12 [satisfactory]

19 February, 2015

Player ratings Schalke 0-2 Real Madrid.

0-1 26' Cristiano Ronaldo h. (Dani Carvajal), 0-2 79' Marcelo r. (Cristiano Ronaldo). Att: 54.442.

Schalke: Timon Wellenreuther 6,20 - Benedikt Höwedes 6,00, Dennis Aogo 5,80, Atsuto Uchida 5,30, Matija Nastasić 5,80, Joel Matip 5,50, Kevin-Prince Boateng 5,20, Marco Höger 6,00 (80' Max Meyer), Roman Neustädter 5,20 (57' Jan Kirchhoff 5,40), Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting 5,80, Klaas Jan Huntelaar 5,80 (33' Felix Platte 6,50). - coach: Roberto Di Matteo 5,80. = average: 5,73 [failing]

Real Madrid: Iker Casillas 6,00 - Raphaël Varane 6,70, Pepe 6,50, Marcelo 7,00, Dani Carvajal 6,80 (82' Arbeloa), Toni Kroos 6,30, Gareth Bale 5,50, Lucas Silva 5,90, Isco 6,90 (85' Illarra), Cristiano Ronaldo 6,90, Karim Benzema 5,60 (78' Javier Hernández). - coach: Carlo Ancelotti 6,50. = average: 6,37 [very good]

18 February, 2015

Player ratings Paris Saint Germain 1-1 Chelsea.

0-1 36' Branislav Ivanović h. (Gary Cahill), 1-1 54' Edinson Cavani h. (Blaise Matuidi). Att: 46.146.

PSG: Salvatore Sirigu 5,80 - Thiago Silva 6,40, Marquinhos 6,20, Maxwell 5,80, Gregory van der Wiel 6,00, David Luiz 6,80, Blaise Matuidi 6,70, Marco Verratti 6,40, Edinson Cavani 7,10, Zlatan Ibrahimović 6,20, Ezequiel Lavezzi 5,60 (81' Javier Pastore). - coach: Laurent Blanc. = average: 6,27 [good]

Chelsea: Thibaut Courtois 7,40 - Branislav Ivanović 6,50, Gary Cahill 5,80, John Terry 5,90, Azpilicueta 5,80, Cesc Fàbregas 5,20 (83' Oscar), Ramires 5,50, Eden Hazard 5,60, Nemanja Matić    5,90, Willian 5,20 (79' Juan Cuadrado), Diego Costa 5,00 (82' Loïc Rémy). - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 5,80 [mediocre]

09 February, 2015

Player ratings Ivory Coast 0-0 Ghana [9-8 pen.]

Penalties: 0-1 Wakaso Mubarak goal, Wilfried Bony missed; 0-2 Jordan Ayew goal, Gadji Tallo missed; Afriyie Acquah missed, 1-2 Serge Aurier goal; Frank Acheampong missed, 2-2 Seydou Doumbia goal; 2-3 André Ayew goal, Yaya Touré goal; 3-4 Jonathan Mensah goal, 4-4 Salomon Kalou goal; 4-5 Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu goal, 5-5 Kolo Touré goal; 5-6 Harrison Afful goal, 6-6 Wilfried Kanon goal; 6-7 Abdul Rahman Baba goal, 7-7 Eric Bailly goal; 7-8 John Boye goal, 8-8 Serey Die goal; Razak Brimah missed, 9-8 Boubacar Barry goal.
Att: 32.857 (Estádio de Bata).

Ivory Coast: Boubacar Barry 7,60 - Kolo Touré 6,60, Siaka Tiéné 5,60 (115' Salomon Kalou), Serge Aurier 6,50, Eric Bailly 5,90, Wilfried Kanon 5,80, Max Gradel 5,40 (67' Seydou Doumbia 5,80), Yaya Touré 6,00, Serey Die 6,10, Gervinho 5,30 (120' Gadji Tallo), Wilfried Bony 5,10. - coach: Hervé Renard. = average: 5,98 [acceptable]

Ghana: Razak Brimah 6,10 - Abdul Rahman Baba 6,00, Jonathan Mensah 6,50, John Boye 6,10, Harrison Afful 6,00, Afriyie Acquah 5,60, Christian Atsu 6,30 (116' Frank Acheampong), Wakaso Mubarak 6,20, Kwesi Appiah 5,40 (99' Jordan Ayew), Asamoah Gyan 5,40 (120' Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu), André Ayew 6,10. - coach: Avram Grant. = average: 5,97 [acceptable]

08 February, 2015

Player ratings Tottenham 2-1 Arsenal.

0-1 11' Mesut Özil l. (Olivier Giroud), 1-1 56' Harry Kane r., 2-1 86' Harry Kane h. (Nabil Bentaleb). Att: 35.659.

Tottemham: Hugo Lloris 6,40 - Kyle Walker 6,30, Danny Rose 6,30, Jan Vertonghen 6,60, Eric Dier 6,40, Erik Lamela 5,90 (90' Paulinho), Moussa Dembélé 6,20 (75' Nacer Chadli 6,50), Christian Eriksen 6,50, Ryan Mason 6,70 (90' Benjamin Stambouli), Nabil Bentaleb 7,00, Harry Kane 8,00. - coach: Mauricio Pochettino. = average: 6,57 [very good]

Arsenal: David Ospina 5,70 - Per Mertesacker 6,00, Laurent Koscielny 5,80, Nacho Monreal 6,10, Héctor Bellerín 5,40, Mesut Özil 6,60, Aaron Ramsey 6,00, Santi Cazorla 6,20 (68' Tomáš Rosický 6,00), Francis Coquelin 6,40 (89' Chuba Akpom), Olivier Giroud 5,80, Danny Welbeck 6,30 (78' Theo Walcott 6,00). - coach: Arsène Wenger. = average: 6,02 [acceptable]

Player ratings Juventus 3-1 Milan.

1-0 14' Carlos Tévez l. (Morata), 1-1 29' Luca Antonelli h. (Alessio Cerci), 2-1 32' Leonardo Bonucci r. (Carlos Tévez), 3-1 65' Morata l. Att: 40.123.

Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 6,80 - Giorgio Chiellini 6,40, Leonardo Bonucci 6,90, Patrice Evra 6,50, Paul Pogba 6,30, Claudio Marchisio 6,70 (85' Angelo Ogbonna), Simone Padoin 6,20, Andrea Pirlo 6,00, Arturo Vidal 6,00, Morata 7,10, Carlos Tévez 7,20 (90' Llorente). - coach: Massimiliano Allegri 6,60. = average: 6,55 [very good]

Milan: Diego López 6,60 - Luca Antonelli 6,60, Gabriel Paletta 6,10, Alex 5,70, Cristian Zaccardo 5,20 (78' Adil Rami), Sulley Ali Muntari 5,10, Keisuke Honda 5,60, Michael Essien 4,90, Andrea Poli 5,70 (62' Giacomo Bonaventura 5,50), Jérémy Ménez 5,50 (37' Giampaolo Pazzini 5,90), Alessio Cerci 5,50. - coach: Filippo Inzaghi 5,10. = average: 5,68 [disappointing]

Player ratings Atlético de Madrid 4-0 Real Madrid.

1-0 14' Tiago r. (Mario Mandžukić), 2-0 18' Saúl "bicicleta" (Siqueira), 3-0 67' Antoine Griezmann l. (Saúl), 4-0 89' Mario Mandžukić h. (Fernando Torres). Att: 52.063.

Atlético: Moyá 6,10 - Diego Godín 6,70, Siqueira 7,20, Juanfran 7,00, Miranda 6,60, Tiago 7,30, Koke (10' Saúl 7,70 - 71' Raúl García 5,70), Arda Turan 7,50, Gabi 6,50, Antoine Griezmann 7,70 (77' Fernando Torres 6,40), Mario Mandžukić 7,60. - coach: Diego Simeone. = average: 6,92 [first-class]

Real Madrid: Iker Casillas 4,30 - Raphaël Varane 4,00, Fábio Coentrão 4,60, Dani Carvajal 4,40, Nacho 4,40, Sami Khedira 4,30 (46' Jesé Rodríguez 4,90), Toni Kroos 5,20, Gareth Bale 4,70, Isco 4,60 (68' Illarra 5,40), Cristiano Ronaldo 4,10, Karim Benzema 4,50 (73' Javier Hernández 4,60). - coach: Carlo Ancelotti. = average: 4,57 [outrageous]

01 February, 2015

Player ratings Chelsea 1-1 Man City.

1-0 41' Loïc Rémy r. (Eden Hazard), 1-1 45' David Silva l. (Kun Agüero). Att: 41.620.

Chelsea: Thibaut Courtois 5,20 - Branislav Ivanović 5,90, Kurt Zouma 6,50, John Terry 6,20, Azpilicueta 5,70, Ramires 5,80, Oscar 5,60 (90' Ruben Loftus-Cheek), Eden Hazard 6,50, Nemanja Matić 6,60, Willian 5,80 (81' Didier Drogba), Loïc Rémy 6,50 (87' Gary Cahill). - coach: José Mourinho 6,20. = average: 6,03 [acceptable]

Man City: Joe Hart 6,00 - Bacary Sagna 5,90, Vincent Kompany 5,90, Gaël Clichy 6,30, Martín Demichelis 6,30, Fernando 6,00 (77' Frank Lampard), James Milner 6,70, Jesús Navas 6,80, David Silva 7,10 (90' Stevan Jovetić), Fernandinho 6,30, Kun Agüero 6,20 (84' Edin Džeko). - coach: Manuel Pellegrini 5,80. = average: 6,32 [good]