30 March, 2015

Average points in WC & Euro qualifiers 2010-2015.

90,7% Germany
88,9% Spain
82,7% Holland
79,7% England
78,7% Italy

70,7% Sweden
70,4% France
69,7% Portugal
69,4% Russia
69,3% Croatia
68,1% Belgium
68,0% Greece
66,7% Bosnia, Ukraine
63,8% Switzerland
63,6% Denmark
61,3% Romania
59,4% Czech Republic
58,7% Hungary
57,3% Ireland, Slovakia
56,0% Austria
54,2% Israel
53,3% Poland
53,6% Norway
50,7% Turkey, Slovenia
48,5% Montenegro
47,8% Iceland
46,4% Scotland
45,8% Serbia
43,5% Wales
43,1% Armenia
37,5% Albania
37,3% Northern Ireland
36,0% Estonia
33,3% Finland, Bulgaria
31,9% Lithuania
30,4% Belarus
29,3% Latvia
28,0% Moldova
26,1% Georgia
25,3% Azerbaijan
24,0% Macedonia
18,8% Cyprus
14,7% Luxembourg
14,5% Liechtenstein
13,3% Kazakhstan
10,7% Faroe Islands
6,4% Malta
1,3% San Marino
0,0% Andorra, Gibraltar

Player ratings Brazil 1-0 Chile.

1-0 73' Roberto Firmino r. (Danilo). Att: 60.007 (Emirates Stadium, London).

Brazil: Jefferson 6,30 - Danilo 6,60, Miranda 6,20, Thiago Silva 5,70, Marcelo 5,70 (76' Filipe Luís 5,80), Fernandinho 6,00, Douglas Costa 5,80 (62' Willian 5,80), Coutinho 5,20 (60' Robinho 5,90), Souza 5,70 (60' Elías 5,80), Neymar 5,80, Luiz Adriano 5,30 (60' Roberto Firmino 6,80). - coach: Dunga. = average: 5,91 [vulnerable]

Chile: Claudio Bravo 5,80 - Eugenio Mena 5,80 (83' Mark González), Gonzalo Jara 6,00, Mauricio Isla 6,30, Arturo Vidal 5,50 (80' Eduardo Vargas 5,80), Rodrigo Millar 5,60 (75' Mati Fernández 6,30), Gary Medel 5,50, Pablo Hernández 6,00, Charles Aránguiz 6,00, Miiko Albornoz 5,70, Alexis Sánchez 6,60. - coach: Jorge Sampaoli. = average: 5,92 [vulnerable]


Brazil's averages ratings in last week's two int'l friendlies: 6,55 Jefferson & Roberto Firmino, 6,40 Neymar, 6,30 Danilo, 6,25 Willian, 6,20 Thiago Silva, 6,10 Miranda, 6,00 Elías, 5,90 Filipe Luís.

27 March, 2015

Player ratings France 1-3 Brazil.

1-0 21' Raphaël Varane h. (Matthieu Valbuena), 1-1 40' Oscar l. (Roberto Firmino), 1-2 57' Neymar l. (Willian), 1-3 69' Luiz Gustavo h. (Willian). Att: 80.000 (Stade de France).

France: Stéve Mandanda 6,10 - Mamadou Sakho 5,10, Patrice Evra 6,00, Raphaël Varane 5,90, Bacary Sagna 5,70, Matthieu Valbuena 6,20 (82' Dimitri Payet), Moussa Sissoko 5,70 (74' Geoffrey Kondogbia), Morgan Schneiderlin 6,10, Blaise Matuidi 5,80 (84' Olivier Giroud), Antoine Griezmann 5,90 (74' Nabil Fekir 6,00), Karim Benzema 5,50. - coach: Didier Deschamps. = average: 5,83 [mediocre]

Brazil: Jefferson 6,80 - Miranda 6,00, Filipe Luís 6,00, Danilo 6,00, Thiago Silva 6,70, Luiz Gustavo 6,60 (90' Marcelo), Elías 6,20 (90' Fernandinho), Willian 6,70 (83' Douglas Costa), Roberto Firmino 6,30 (88' Luiz Adriano), Oscar 6,80 (86' Souza), Neymar 7,00. - coach: Dunga. = average: 6,46 [very good]



25 March, 2015

Home field advantage 2014/15.

Top 10 teams and league matches only.

41,0% Wolfsburg
38,5% Hoffenheim
37,8% Lille
36,9% Real Sociedad
36,1% Schalke
35,9% Augsburg, Frankfurt
35,6% Lyon
33,3% Man United, Valencia, M'gladbach, Paris SG
31,0% Sevilla
30,6% Atlético
28,9% Lyon
26,2% Villarreal
25,0% Bordeaux
23,8% Málaga
22,4% Arsenal
22,2% Milan
21,7% Montpellier
21,5% Juventus
20,5% West Ham, Real Madrid, Werder Bremen
19,0% Sampdoria, Lazio
17,8% Nantes
16,8% Chelsea
15,6% Swansea
14,3% Dortmund
13,3% St-Étienne
13,1% Celta
11,9% Napoli
11,1% Man City
10,3% Bayern
9,5% Barcelona
8,9% Stoke
8,7% Inter
7,7% Southampton, Tottenham, Leverkusen
7,1% Athletic, Torino
6,7% Guingamp
2,4% Roma
0,9% Liverpool
-1,8% Fiorentina
-4,0% Genoa
-7,3% Monaco

Domestic players in Europe 2014/15.

% of minutes played by dmestic players.

68,4% Ligue 1
61,1% Primera División
56,5% Bundesliga
45,2% Serie A
36,1% Premier League

  * Without Burnley, the percentage of English players in the PL drop to 32,4%.
 * In 2013/14, just 5 English players took part in all 38 matches.
 * Only two English players in Chelsea's 18-man League Cup winning squad this month.
 * 5 English players started in the three PL teams that were knocked out of the CL last week.

Serie A: top rated U21 players.

6,58 Felipe Anderson (Lazio)
6,50 Pogba (Juventus)
6,48 Dybala (Palermo), Perin (Genoa)
6,41 Sportiello (Atalanta)
6,33 Morata (Juventus)
6,27 Donsah (Cagliari)
6,22 Berardi (Sassuolo), Izzo (Genoa)
6,20 Niang (Genoa)

24 March, 2015

Average ratings Chelsea 2014/15.

All competitions.

6,78 Hazard
6,54 Cech
6,40 Matic, Diego Costa
6,38 Courtois
6,35 Fàbregas
6,32 Ivanovic, Rémy
6,29 Terry, Filipe Luis, Oscar
6,26 Willian
6,25 Zouma
6,16 Azpilicueta
6,11 G. Cahill
5,97 Drogba
5,92 Ramires
5,80 Schürrle
5,75 Mikel
5,60 Salah

23 March, 2015

Average ratings Sevilla 2014/15.

All competitions.

6,64 Reyes
6,38 Sergio Rico
6,31 Iborra
6,23 Vitolo
6,22 Deulofeu
6,17 Aleix Vidal
6,15 Bacca
6,09 Mbia
6,08 Trémoulinas
6,03 Krychowiak
6,02 Arribas
5,99 Banega
5,98 Denis Suárez
5,90 Gameiro
5,88 Iago Aspas
5,84 Carriço
5,79 Diogo Figueiras
5,76 Nico Pareja
5,71 Coke
5,69 Beto
5,48 F. Navarro
5,13 Kolodziejczak

Player ratings Liverpool 1-2 Man United.

0-1 14' Mata r. (Ander Herrera), 0-2 59' Mata l. (Ángel Di María), 1-2 69' Daniel Sturridge r. (Coutinho). Wayne Rooney missed a penalty (90'). Sent off: 46' Steven Gerrard. Att: 44.405.

Liverpool: Simon Mignolet 6,90 - Mamadou Sakho 5,30, Alberto Moreno 4,80 (66' Mario Balotelli 5,60), Martin Škrtel 6,10, Coutinho 6,50, Jordan Henderson 6,40, Adam Lallana 4,70 (46' Steven Gerrard 2,60), Emre Can 5,60, Joe Allen 5,50, Raheem Sterling 5,70, Daniel Sturridge 6,60. - coach: Brendan Rodgers. = average: 5,56 [failing]

Man United: De Gea 5,80 - Phil Jones 6,20, Chris Smalling 6,50, Mata 8,30, Michael Carrick 7,00, Daley Blind 6,60 (90' Marcos Rojo), Ashley Young 5,80 (55' Ángel Di María 6,40), Ander Herrera 6,90 (83' Radamel Falcao), Antonio Valencia 6,20, Marouane Fellaini 6,50, Wayne Rooney 5,20. - coach: Louis van Gaal. = average: 6,45 [strong]

Player ratings Barcelona 2-1 Real Madrid.

1-0 19' Jérémy Mathieu h. (Lionel Messi), 1-1 31' Cristiano Ronaldo r. (Karim Benzema), 2-1 56' Luis Suárez r. (Dani Alves). Att: 98.760.

Barcelona: Claudio Bravo 6,90 - Piqué 7,00, Jordi Alba 6,00, Dani Alves 6,00, Jérémy Mathieu 6,80, Ivan Rakitić 5,90 (76' Busquets), Iniesta 5,50 (80' Xavi), Javier Mascherano 6,40, Luis Suárez 7,10, Lionel Messi 6,20, Neymar 6,00 (84' Rafinha). - coach: Luis Enrique 6,70. = average: 6,35 [strong]

Real Madrid: Iker Casillas 5,80 - Pepe 5,40 (73' Raphaël Varane), Sergio Ramos 5,40, Marcelo 6,90, Dani Carvajal 5,60, Toni Kroos 6,20, Gareth Bale 5,10, Luka Modrić 6,50 (88' Lucas Silva), Isco 5,70 (80' Jesé Rodríguez), Cristiano Ronaldo 6,70, Karim Benzema 7,10. - coach: Carlo Ancelotti 6,20. = average: 6,04 [acceptable]

22 March, 2015

Average ratings Atlético de Madrid 2014/15.

All competitions.

6,49 Arda Turan
6,46 Godín
6,36 J. Giménez
6,25 Juanfran, Koke
6,14 Ansaldi
6,12 Tiago
6,08 Griezmann
6,06 Saúl
6,04 Oblak
5,98 Raúl García, Fernando Torres
5,95 Moyá
5,93 Mario Suárez
5,92 Gabi
5,90 Mandzukic
5,75 Miranda
5,61 Siqueira
5,58 Gámez
5,48 Cerci
5,44 R. Jiménez

Average ratings Milan 2014/15.

All competitions.

6,18 Diego López
6,17 Bonaventura
6,08 Ménez
6,07 El Shaarawy
6,03 Abate
6,00 Abbiati
5,99 Antonelli
5,97 Poli, N. de Jong
5,82 Honda
5,78 Alex, C. Zapata, Destro
5,76 Rami
5,73 Mexès
5,65 Bonera
5,60 Bocchetti
5,58 Paletta
5,50 Armero
5,48 Fernando Torres
5,47 Muntari
5,46 Essien
5,45 Pazzini
5,42 Van Ginkel
5,32 De Sciglio
5,31 Montolivo

20 March, 2015

Average ratings Fiorentina 2014/15.

All competitions.

6,69 Salah
6,35 Neto
6,33 Joaquín, Babacar
6,32 Mati Fernández
6,31 M. Richards
6,24 D. Pizarro
6,18 Vargas
6,16 Borja Valero, Tatarusanu
6,12 Cuadrado
6,10 Pasqual
6,09 Ilicic
6,08 Savic
6,03 G. Rodríguez
6,00 Aquilani
5,94 Basanta
5,93 Badelj
5,78 Tomovic
5,76 Diamanti
5,72 Marcos Alonso
5,69 M. Gómez
5,60 Kurtic

Player ratings Roma 0-3 Fiorentina 0-3 [EL]

0-1 9' Gonzalo Rodríguez penalty (Mati Fernández), 0-2 18' Marcos Alonso l., 0-3 21' José Basanta h. (Mati Fernández). Sent off: 88' Adem Ljajić. Att: 30.591.

Roma: Łukasz Skorupski 3,40 - Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa 4,00 (57' Davide Astori 5,00), José Holebas 3,00, Vasilios Torosidis 4,60 (27' Juan Iturbe 4,00), Kostas Manolas 4,40, Miralem Pjanić 5,00, Daniele De Rossi 4,80, Seydou Keita 5,00 (44' Daniele Verde 5,00), Alessandro Florenzi 5,30, Adem Ljajić 4,70, Gervinho 3,80. - coach: Rudi García 4,20. = average: 4,43 [appalling]

Fiorentina: Neto 6,50 - Gonzalo Rodríguez 7,20, Stefan Savić 6,20 (41' Nenad Tomović 6,00), José Basanta 7,00, Marcos Alonso 7,00, Milan Badelj 6,50, Mati Fernández 6,80, Joaquín 6,30, Borja Valero 6,60 (79' Alberto Aquilani), Mohamed Salah 7,30, Khouma Babacar 6,30 (63' Juan Vargas 6,10). - coach: Vincenzo Montella 7,70. = average: 6,60 [excellent]

Player ratings Inter 1-2 Wolfsburg [EL]

0-1 24' Daniel Caligiuri r. (Kevin De Bruyne), 1-1 71' Rodrigo Palacio r. (Hernanes), 1-2 89' Nicklas Bendtner r. (Maximilian Arnold). Att: 42.041.

Inter: Juan Carrizo 6,20 - Juan Jesus 4,40, Hugo Campagnaro 4,20 (68' Danilo D'Ambrosio 5,80), Davide Santon 5,90, Andrea Ranocchia 5,30, Mateo Kovačić 4,70 (55' Zdravko Kuzmanović 5,90), Fredy Guarín 5,30, Gary Medel 5,70, Hernanes 5,60, Rodrigo Palacio 6,60, Mauro Icardi 5,50. - coach: Roberto Mancini 5,50. = average: 5,47 [poor]

Wolfsburg: Diego Benaglio 7,10 - Timm Klose 5,80, Robin Knoche 6,00, Ricardo Rodríguez 6,10, Daniel Caligiuri 7,00 (73' Ivan Perišić), Vieirinha 6,00 (85' Maximilian Arnold), Kevin De Bruyne 6,80, Christian Träsch 6,10, Luiz Gustavo 6,60, Josuha Guilavogui 6,60, Bas Dost 5,50 (64' Nicklas Bendtner 6,50). - coach: Dieter Hecking 7,00. = average: 6,34 [good]

19 March, 2015

Average ratings Barcelona 2014/15.

All competitions.

7,21 Messi
6,50 Neymar
6,49 Suárez
6,45 Mascherano
6,35 Jordi Alba, Iniesta
6,29 Piqué
6,26 Rakitic
6,21 Xavi
6,20 Bravo
6,15 ter Stegen
6,10 Busquets
6,05 Bartra
6,03 Mathieu
5,96 Dani Alves
5,95 Pedro
5,92 Sergi Roberto
5,83 Rafinha
5,71 Munir, Adriano

Player ratings Dortmund 0-3 Juventus.

0-1 3' Carlos Tévez r. (Patrice Evra), 0-2 70' Morata r. (Carlos Tévez), 0-3 79' Carlos Tévez r. (Arturo Vidal). Att: 65.851.

Dortmund: Roman Weidenfeller 5,80 - Neven Subotić 5,30, Mats Hummels 5,70, Sokratis Papastathopoulos 5,20, Marcel Schmelzer 5,40 (46' Oliver Kirch 5,10), Sven Bender 5,20 (63' Jakub Błaszczykowski 5,40), İlkay Gündoğan 5,10, Henrikh Mkhitaryan 4,90 (63' Adrián Ramos 5,80), Marco Reus 5,00, Kevin Kampl 5,50, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 5,00. - coach: Jürgen Klopp 5,00. = average: 5,31 [lame]

Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 6,40 - Giorgio Chiellini 6,70, Leonardo Bonucci 7,20, Stephan Lichtsteiner 7,00, Patrice Evra 6,60, Paul Pogba (27' Andrea Barzagli 6,40), Claudio Marchisio 7,40, Arturo Vidal 7,00, Roberto Pereyra 6,80, Morata 7,10 (78' Alessandro Matri), Carlos Tévez 8,70 (81' Simone Pepe). - coach: Massimiliano Allegri 7,60. = average: 7,03 [fantabulous]

Player ratings Barcelona 1-0 Man City.

1-0 31' Ivan Rakitić r. (Lionel Messi). Kun Agüero missed a penalty (78'). Att: 92.551.

Barcelona: Marc-André ter Stegen 6,80 - Piqué 6,60, Jordi Alba 6,50, Dani Alves 6,50 (90' Adriano), Jérémy Mathieu 6,20, Ivan Rakitić 7,00 (84' Rafinha), Iniesta 6,70, Javier Mascherano 6,60, Luis Suárez 6,40, Lionel Messi 8,20, Neymar 6,70. - coach: Luis Enrique 7,00. = average: 6,75 [superb]

Man City: Joe Hart 8,20 - Bacary Sagna 5,10, Vincent Kompany 4,90, Aleksandar Kolarov 5,40, Martín Demichelis 5,20, James Milner 5,80 (87' Frank Lampard), Samir Nasri 4,20 (46' Jesús Navas 6,00), David Silva 5,80, Fernandinho 5,40, Yaya Touré 5,20 (72' Wilfried Bony 5,60), Kun Agüero 5,20. - coach: Manuel Pellegrini 4,50. = average: 5,54 [poor]

18 March, 2015

Player ratings Monaco 0-2 Arsenal.

0-1 36' Olivier Giroud r., 0-2 79' Aaron Ramsey r. Att: 17.263.

Monaco: Danijel Subašić 7,30 - Fabinho 5,50, Layvin Kurzawa 4,80, Aymen Abdennour 6,20, Wallace 5,80, Nabil Dirar 5,70 (86' Elderson), João Moutinho 5,80, Geoffrey Kondogbia 6,20, Jérémy Toulalan 5,80, Dimitar Berbatov 5,50 (69' Bernardo Silva 5,70), Anthony Martial 5,00 (59' Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco 6,20). - coach: Leonardo Jardim 5,30. = average: 5,81 [mediocre]

Arsenal: David Ospina 6,00 - Per Mertesacker 6,00, Laurent Koscielny 6,30, Nacho Monreal 6,30 (83' Kieran Gibbs), Héctor Bellerín 6,00, Mesut Özil 6,60, Santi Cazorla 6,40, Francis Coquelin 6,20 (63' Aaron Ramsey 6,80), Olivier Giroud 7,10, Alexis Sánchez 6,10, Danny Welbeck 6,60 (72' Theo Walcott 6,40). - coach: Arsène Wenger 6,70. = average: 6,37 [strong]

Player ratings Atlético 1-0 Leverkusen (3-2 pen.)

1-0 27' Mario Suárez l. (Cani). Penalties: Raúl García -, Hakan Çalhanoğlu - ; Antoine Griezmann + ; Simon Rolfes + ; Mario Suárez + ; Ömer Toprak - ; Koke - ; Gonzalo Castro + ; Fernando Torres + ; Stefan Kießling - . Att: 48.273.

Atlético: Moyá x (23' Jan Oblak 6,30) - Jesús Gámez 6,00, Juanfran 6,40, Miranda 6,20, José Giménez 6,70, Mario Suárez 6,60, Koke 6,40, Arda Turan 7,00, Cani 5,20 (46' Raúl García 6,00), Antoine Griezmann 5,70, Mario Mandžukić 5,50 (83' Fernando Torres 5,80). - coach: Diego Simeone 6,50. = average: 6,14 [satisfactory]

Leverkusen: Bernd Leno 6,70 - Emir Spahić 6,50, Roberto Hilbert 5,90, Wendell 6,40, Ömer Toprak 5,80, Lars Bender 6,00 (104' Kyriakos Papadopoulos 5,80), Hakan Çalhanoğlu 5,80, Gonzalo Castro 6,00, Karim Bellarabi 5,70, Heung-min Son 5,30 (77' Simon Rolfes 6,20), Josip Drmić 5,10 (69' Stefan Kießling 5,20). - coach: Roger Schmidt 5,60. = average: 5,89 [vulnerable]

17 March, 2015

Average ratings Roma 2014/15.

All competitions.

6,21 Nainggolan
6,17 Ljajic
6,19 Keita
6,08 Florenzi
6,06 Gervinho, Skorupski
6,02 Totti, Destro
5,95 De Sanctis
5,93 Manolas
5,89 Pjanic
5,85 Maicon
5,79 Torosidis
5,69 Astori
5,66 De Rossi
5,65 Holebas
5,62 Yanga-Mbiwa
5,48 Iturbe
5,47 A. Cole

16 March, 2015

Average ratings Real Madrid 2014/15.

All competitions.

6,57 Isco
6,49 Modric
6,48 Benzema
6,44 Cristiano Ronaldo
6,39 Kroos
6,38 James Rodríguez
6,32 Pepe
6,30 Marcelo
6,23 Sergio Ramos
6,19 Nacho
6,13 Carvajal, Varane
6,09 Casillas
6,01 Bale
5,96 Keylor Navas
5,90 Chicharito
5,88 Illaramendi
5,80 Lucas Silva
5,79 Arbeloa
5,62 Fábio Coentrão
5,57 Jesé
5,49 Khedira

Average ratings Chelsea 2014/15.

All competitions.

6,77 Hazard
6,61 Cech
6,43 Matic
6,40 Courtois
6,38 Diego Costa
6,34 Terry
6,33 Ivanovic
6,29 Filipe Luis
6,28 Fàbregas
6,24 Zouma
6,23 Willian
6,22 Oscar
6,20 Azpilicueta
6,16 Rémy
6,07 G. Cahill
6,06 Schürrle
5,98 Ramires
5,97 Drogba
5,83 Mikel


Average ratings Paris Saint Germain 2014/15.

Ligue 1 and Champions League.

6,59 Verratti
6,46 Pastore
6,44 Marquinhos
6,38 Sirigu
6,30 Ibrahimovic
6,20 Thiago Motta
6,16 Thiago Silva
6,13 Rabiot
6,08 Bahebeck
6,05 Cavani, Lucas
5,99 Maxwell
5,92 Matuidi
5,74 Cabaye
5,64 Lavezzi
5,58 Aurier
5,54 Van der Wiel
5,48 Digne

Player ratings Chelsea 1-1 Southampton.

1-0 11' Diego Costa h. (Branislav Ivanović), 1-1 19' Dušan Tadić penalty (Sadio Mané). Att: 41.624.

Chelsea: Thibaut Courtois 7,00 - Branislav Ivanović 5,70, Gary Cahill 5,90, John Terry 5,90, Azpilicueta 6,00, Cesc Fàbregas 5,00, Oscar 5,20 (82' Loïc Rémy), Eden Hazard 6,90, Nemanja Matić 5,10 (53' Ramires 6,00), Willian 5,60 (83' Juan Cuadrado), Diego Costa 6,60. - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 5,91 [vulnerable]

Southampton: Fraser Forster 7,00 - Nathaniel Clyne 6,30, José Fonte 6,20, Toby Alderweireld 6,50, Ryan Bertrand 6,10, Morgan Schneiderlin 6,90, Steven Davis 6,10 (71' James Ward-Prowse 5,80), Victor Wanyama 6,50, Shane Long 6,30 (83' Graziano Pellè), Sadio Mané 7,10, Dušan Tadić 6,30 (71' Filip Đuričić 5,80). - coach: Ronald Koeman. = average: 6,38 [strong]

15 March, 2015

Average ratings Inter 2014/15.

All competitions.

6,38 Handanovic
6,25 Osvaldo
6,14 Shaqiri
6,12 Santon
6,09 Guarín
6,04 Medel
6,02 Carrizo
5,98 Icardi
5,88 Ranocchia
5,83 Andreolli, Kuzmanovic
5,81 M'Vila, Hernanes
5,79 D'Ambrosio
5,77 Kovacic
5,74 Campagnaro
5,70 Juan Jesus
5,69 Obi
5,67 Dodô
5,65 Nagatomo
5,62 Palacio
5,48 Vidic
5,06 Podolski

Average ratings Juventus 2014/15.

All competitions.

6,42 Tévez
6,37 Cáceres
6,36 Pogba
6,35 Buffon
6,33 Marchisio
6,29 Pepe
6,24 Morata
6,21 Bonucci
6,12 Coman, Chiellini
6,07 Lichtsteiner
6,06 Pirlo
6,01 Padoin
6,00 Asamoah
5,99 R. Pereyra
5,94 Vidal
5,92 Llorente
5,90 Ogbonna, Evra


13 March, 2015

Player ratings Fiorentina 1-1 Roma [EL]

1-0 17' Josip Iličič r. (Mohamed Salah), 1-1 77' Seydou Keita h. (Alessandro Florenzi). Att: 23.557.

Fiorentina: Neto 7,20 - Gonzalo Rodríguez 6,00, José Basanta 5,40, Marcos Alonso 5,30, Nenad Tomović 5,50, Milan Badelj 6,20, David Pizarro 6,80 (45' Mati Fernández 5,00), Joaquín 6,50, Borja Valero 6,40 (72' Alberto Aquilani), Josip Iličič 6,80 (81' Khouma Babacar), Mohamed Salah 6,30. - coach: Vincenzo Montella 6,30. = average: 6,12 [satisfactory]

Roma: Łukasz Skorupski 6,30 - Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa 5,20, José Holebas 5,20, Vasilios Torosidis 6,00, Kostas Manolas 5,70 (27' Davide Astori 6,00), Radja Nainggolan 6,20, Daniele De Rossi 4,20 (23' Miralem Pjanić 6,50), Seydou Keita 7,00, Alessandro Florenzi 6,50, Juan Iturbe 5,80, Adem Ljajić 4,60 (75' Gervinho). - coach: Rudi García 6,00. = average: 5,78 [mediocre]

Player ratings Wolfsburg 3-1 Inter [EC]

0-1 6' Rodrigo Palacio r. (Mauro Icardi), 1-1 28' Naldo h. (Kevin De Bruyne), 2-1 63' Kevin De Bruyne r. (Vieirinha), 3-1 76' Kevin De Bruyne freekick. Att: 25.374.

Wolfsburg: Diego Benaglio 6,00 - Naldo 6,10, Robin Knoche 5,80, Ricardo Rodríguez 5,90, Daniel Caligiuri 6,80, Vieirinha 7,00 (88' Ivan Perišić), Kevin De Bruyne 7,20, Luiz Gustavo 6,10, Josuha Guilavogui 6,60, Bas Dost 5,10 (70' Nicklas Bendtner 5,90), André Schürrle 4,90 (46' Christian Träsch 6,10). - coach: Dieter Hecking 7,00. = average: 6,12 [satisfactory]

Inter: Juan Carrizo 4,20 - Juan Jesus 4,90, Davide Santon 5,10 (82' Mateo Kovačić), Andrea Ranocchia 6,20, Danilo D'Ambrosio 5,60, Fredy Guarín 5,20, Gary Medel 5,90, Hernanes 5,50 (58' Nemanja Vidić 5,00), Xherdan Shaqiri 6,00 (82' Zdravko Kuzmanović), Rodrigo Palacio 6,20, Mauro Icardi 5,20. - coach: Roberto Mancini 5,30. = average: 5,42 [feeble]

12 March, 2015

Player ratings Chelsea 2-2 Paris Saint Germain [aet]

1-0 81' Gary Cahill r. (Diego Costa), 1-1 86' David Luiz h. (Ezequiel Lavezzi), 2-1 96' Eden Hazard penalty, 2-2 114' Thiago Silva h. (Thiago Motta). Sent off: 31' Zlatan Ibrahimović. Att: 37.692.

Chelsea: Thibaut Courtois 6,80 - Branislav Ivanović 5,50, Gary Cahill 6,30, John Terry 6,10, Azpilicueta 6,20, Cesc Fàbregas 5,40, Ramires 5,70 (91' Didier Drogba), Oscar 5,20 (46' Willian 5,50), Eden Hazard 6,80, Nemanja Matić 5,50 (84' Kurt Zouma), Diego Costa 5,80. - coach: José Mourinho 5,30. = average: 5,90 [vulnerable]

PSG: Salvatore Sirigu 6,10 - Thiago Silva 6,90, Marquinhos 6,50, Maxwell 6,50, David Luiz 6,90, Thiago Motta 6,50, Blaise Matuidi 6,00 (82' Adrien Rabiot 5,80), Marco Verratti 7,10 (82' Ezequiel Lavezzi 6,00), Javier Pastore 6,60 (118' Gregory van der Wiel), Edinson Cavani 5,90, Zlatan Ibrahimović 4,90. - coach: Laurent Blanc 7,00. = average: 6,28 [good]

11 March, 2015

Player ratings FC Porto 4-0 FC Basel.

1-0 14' Yacine Brahimi freekick, 2-0 47' Héctor Herrera r. (Yacine Brahimi), 3-0 56' Casemiro freekick, 4-0 76' Vincent Aboubakar r. Sent off: 90' Walter Samuel. Att: 43.103.

FC Porto: Fabiano 6,10 - Danilo 5,80 (22' Bruno Martins Indi 6,00), Maicon 6,30, Marcano 6,30, Alex Sandro 6,60, Casemiro 7,30, Yacine Brahimi 7,30 (73' Rubén Neves), Evandro 6,00 (79' Quaresma), Héctor Herrera 6,80, Cristian Tello 5,70, Vincent Aboubakar 6,80. - coach: Lopetegui. = average: 6,42 [strong]

FC Basel: Tomáš Vaclík 5,00 - Walter Samuel 4,30, Fabian Schär 5,60 (57' Breel-Donald Embolo 5,60), Behrang Safari 5,30, Taulant Xhaka 5,00, Luca Zuffi 5,80, Shkelzen Gashi 5,80 (78' Davide Callà), Fabian Frei 5,30 (63' Yoichiro Kakitani 5,30), Mohamed Elneny 5,30, Marco Streller 5,00, Derlis Gonzalez 5,30. - coach: Paulo Sousa. = average: 5,28 [lame]

Player ratings Real Madrid 3-4 Schalke.

0-1 20' Christian Fuchs l. (Tranquillo Barnetta), 1-1 25' Cristiano Ronaldo h. (Toni Kroos), 1-2 40' Klaas Jan Huntelaar l., 2-2 45' Cristiano Ronaldo h. (Fábio Coentrão), 3-2 53'     Karim Benzema r. (Fábio Coentrão), 3-3 57' Leroy Sané l. (Christian Fuchs), 3-4 84' Klaas Jan Huntelaar r. (Leroy Sané). Att: 78.234.

Real Madrid: Iker Casillas 5,20 - Raphaël Varane 4,60, Pepe 5,20, Fábio Coentrão 5,80 (58' Marcelo 6,00), Arbeloa 5,00 (83' Nacho), Sami Khedira 5,40 (58' Luka Modrić 6,00), Toni Kroos 5,40, Gareth Bale 4,60, Isco 5,60, Cristiano Ronaldo 7,00, Karim Benzema 6,20. - coach: Carlo Ancelotti. = average: 5,54 [poor]

Schalke: Timon Wellenreuther 6,40 - Benedikt Höwedes 5,80, Christian Fuchs 7,00, Matija Nastasić 5,60, Joel Matip 5,00, Max Meyer 7,40, Marco Höger 6,40 (57' Leon Goretzka 6,20), Tranquillo Barnetta 6,20 (81' Atsuto Uchida), Roman Neustädter 6,40, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting 6,00 (29' Leroy Sané 7,20), Klaas Jan Huntelaar 7,80. - coach: Roberto Di Matteo. = average: 6,42 [strong]

10 March, 2015

Player ratings Man United 1-2 Arsenal [FA Cup]

0-1 25' Nacho Monreal l. (Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain), 1-1 29' Wayne Rooney h. (Ángel Di María), 1-2 61' Danny Welbeck r. Sent off: 76' Ángel Di María. Att: 74.285.

Man United: De Gea 7,20 - Luke Shaw 5,20 (46' Phil Jones 5,50), Marcos Rojo 5,20 (73' Adnan Januzaj 5,50), Chris Smalling 5,10, Ángel Di María 4,90, Daley Blind 5,70, Ashley Young 6,00, Ander Herrera 5,10 (46' Michael Carrick 5,40), Antonio Valencia 4,10, Marouane Fellaini 5,70, Wayne Rooney 6,70. - coach: Louis van Gaal. = average: 5,52 [poor]

Arsenal: Wojciech Szczęsny 6,00 - Per Mertesacker 6,40, Laurent Koscielny 6,00, Nacho Monreal 6,90, Héctor Bellerín 5,70 (66' Calum Chambers 5,70), Mesut Özil 6,10, Santi Cazorla 7,10, Francis Coquelin 6,70, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 7,10 (51' Aaron Ramsey 6,10), Alexis Sánchez 6,80, Danny Welbeck 6,90 (74' Olivier Giroud 5,90). - coach: Arsène Wenger. = average: 6,39 [strong]

09 March, 2015

Player ratings Barcelona 6-1 Rayo Vallecano.

1-0 6' Luis Suárez r. (Xavi), 2-0 49' Piqué r., 3-0 56' Lionel Messi penalty, 4-0 63' Lionel Messi l., 5-0 68' Lionel Messi l. (Jordi Alba), 5-1 81' Bueno penalty, 6-1 90' Luis Suárez r. (Lionel Messi). Sent off: 54' Tito, 79' Dani Alves. Att: 87.151.

Barcelona: Claudio Bravo 6,00 - Piqué 6,60, Jordi Alba 7,00 (69' Adriano 5,60), Dani Alves 5,60, Jérémy Mathieu 6,10, Xavi 6,60, Iniesta 6,60 (65' Rafinha 6,30), Javier Mascherano 6,30 (60' Ivan Rakitić 6,30), Pedro 5,70, Luis Suárez 7,70, Lionel Messi 7,00. - coach: Luis Enrique. = average: 6,39 [strong]

Rayo: Cristian Álvarez 6,00 - Tito 3,60, Amaya 5,00, Emiliano Insúa 5,00, Abdoulaye Ba 4,00, Trashorras 5,60, Jozabed 4,60 (64' Quini 5,00), Gaël Kakuta 5,60, Leo Baptistão 4,80 (83' Manucho), Licá 4,20 (69' Javier Aquino 5,00), Bueno 5,70. - coach: Paco Jémez. = average: 4,93 [horrid]

08 March, 2015

Player ratings Athletic Club 1-0 Real Madrid.

1-0 26' Aduriz h. (Mikel Rico). Att: 52.600.

Athletic: Iraizoz  7,30 - Iraola 6,90, Etxeita 7,00, Balenziaga 6,70, Beñat 6,40, Mikel Rico 7,00 (90' Toquero), Gurpegi 6,80, De Marcos 6,70, Muniain 6,40 (64' Susaeta 5,70), Aduriz 8,00, Williams 7,50 (75' Guillermo). - coach: Valverde. = average: 6,87 [first-class]

Real Madrid: Iker Casillas 5,70 - Raphaël Varane 6,00, Pepe 6,50, Marcelo 5,30, Dani Carvajal 5,70, Toni Kroos 4,30 (77' Lucas Silva 5,00), Gareth Bale 5,00, Isco 5,80, Illarra 4,90 (72' Jesé Rodríguez 5,00), Cristiano Ronaldo 4,90, Karim Benzema 4,80 (81' Javier Hernández). - coach: Carlo Ancelotti. = average: 5,30 [lame]

06 March, 2015

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 Juventus 1-2 Fiorentina [Coppa Italia, semi]

0-1 12' Mohamed Salah l., 1-1 24' Llorente h. (Simone Pepe), 1-2 56' Mohamed Salah l. Att: 38.476.

Juventus: Marco Storari 6,30 - Martín Cáceres 6,00, Angelo Ogbonna 5,50, Leonardo Bonucci 5,70, Paul Pogba 5,80, Simone Pepe 6,00 (73' Roberto Pereyra 5,30), Claudio Marchisio 4,80, Kingsley Coman 5,50 (38' Carlos Tévez 6,00), Simone Padoin 5,00, Arturo Vidal 5,80, Llorente 6,30 (59' Morata 5,80). - coach: Massimiliano Allegri 5,30. = average: 5,70 [disappointing]

Fiorentina: Neto 6,60 - Gonzalo Rodríguez 7,00, Micah Richards 6,50, José Basanta 5,60, Marcos Alonso 6,00, Milan Badelj 6,50 (78' Alberto Aquilani), Mati Fernández 6,80, Jasmin Kurtić 6,30, Joaquín 6,50, Mohamed Salah 8,00 (75' Alessandro Diamanti), Mario Gómez 5,50 (63' Josip Iličič 6,30). - coach: Vincenzo Montella 7,30. = average: 6,47 [very good]

03 March, 2015

Player ratings Roma 1-1 Juventus.

0-1 64' Carlos Tévez freekick, 1-1 78' Seydou Keita h. (Alessandro Florenzi). Sent off: 62' Vasilios Torosidis. Att: 55.651.

Roma: Morgan De Sanctis 5,90 - Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa 5,50, José Holebas 5,20, Vasilios Torosidis 4,90, Kostas Manolas 6,50, Miralem Pjanić 5,60, Daniele De Rossi 5,00 (73' Radja Nainggolan), Seydou Keita 6,90, Adem Ljajić 5,30 (65' Alessandro Florenzi 6,50), Francesco Totti 5,00 (71' Juan Iturbe 6,50), Gervinho 5,40). - coach: Rudi García 5,70. = average: 5,71 [disappointing]

Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 6,50 - Giorgio Chiellini 5,80, Martín Cáceres 5,60, Leonardo Bonucci 6,40, Stephan Lichtsteiner 6,30 (90' Simone Padoin), Patrice Evra 6,00, Claudio Marchisio 6,40, Arturo Vidal 6,40, Roberto Pereyra 6,70, Morata 5,60 (83' Kingsley Coman), Carlos Tévez 7,20. - coach: Massimiliano Allegri 6,70. = average: 6,26 [good]

02 March, 2015

Player ratings Liverpool 2-1 Man City.

1-0 11' Jordan Henderson r. (Raheem Sterling), 1-1 25' Edin Džeko r. (Kun Agüero), 2-1 75' Coutinho r. (Raheem Sterling). Att: 44.590.

Liverpool: Simon Mignolet 6,30 - Dejan Lovren 6,20, Alberto Moreno 6,30 (83' Kolo Touré), Martin Škrtel 6,00, Coutinho 7,80, Jordan Henderson 7,00, Adam Lallana 6,80, Emre Can 6,60, Joe Allen 6,40, Raheem Sterling 7,00, Lazar Marković 6,30 (76' Daniel Sturridge). - coach: Brendan Rodgers. = average: 6,61 [excellent]

Man City: Joe Hart 6,00 - Vincent Kompany 5,20, Pablo Zabaleta 5,50, Aleksandar Kolarov 5,20, Eliaquim Mangala 5,20, Samir Nasri 5,20 (83' Frank Lampard), David Silva 5,90, Fernandinho 5,40 (78' Wilfried Bony), Yaya Touré 5,70, Edin Džeko 6,00 (58' James Milner 5,50), Kun Agüero 6,80. - coach: Manuel Pellegrini. = average: 5,63 [failing]

Player ratings Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham [League Cup final]

1-0 45' John Terry r. (Kurt Zouma), 2-0 56' og Kyle Walker (Cesc Fàbregas). Att: 89.294 (Wembley).

Chelsea: Petr Čech 6,60 - Branislav Ivanović 6,70, Kurt Zouma 6,30, Gary Cahill 6,50, John Terry 7,40, Azpilicueta 6,60, Cesc Fàbregas 6,20 (88' Oscar), Ramires 6,10, Eden Hazard 6,10, Willian 6,70 (76' Juan Cuadrado), Diego Costa 6,70 (90' Didier Drogba). - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 6,54 [very good]

Tottenham: Hugo Lloris 6,00 - Kyle Walker 6,20, Danny Rose 6,00, Jan Vertonghen 5,60, Eric Dier 5,60, Andros Townsend 5,40 (62' Moussa Dembélé 5,60), Christian Eriksen 5,70, Ryan Mason 5,90 (71' Erik Lamela 5,60), Nabil Bentaleb 6,00, Harry Kane 5,60, Nacer Chadli 5,00 (80' Soldado). - coach: Mauricio Pochettino. = average: 5,71 [disappointing]