30 April, 2015

Player ratings Juventus 3-2 Fiorentina.

0-1 33' Gonzalo Rodríguez penalty, 1-1 36' Llorente h. (Andrea Pirlo), 2-1 45' Carlos Tévez h. (Patrice Evra), 3-1 70' Carlos Tévez r. (Claudio Marchisio), 3-2 90' Josip Iličič l. Gonzalo Rodríguez missed a penalty (67'). Att: 37.503.

Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 5,90 - Giorgio Chiellini 5,70, Andrea Barzagli 6,70, Stephan Lichtsteiner 6,20, Patrice Evra 6,50, Claudio Marchisio 6,50, Andrea Pirlo 5,90 (56' Arturo Vidal 6,00), Stefano Sturaro 6,20 (77' Simone Padoin), Roberto Pereyra 5,90 (71' Angelo Ogbonna 6,00), Carlos Tévez 7,40, Llorente 6,60. - coach: Massimiliano Allegri 6,70. = average: 6,27 [good]

Fiorentina: Neto 5,90 - Gonzalo Rodríguez 5,30, Stefan Savić 5,30, José Basanta 5,20, Marcos Alonso 5,70, Milan Badelj 5,80, Alberto Aquilani 5,50, Mati Fernández 5,80 (76' Borja Valero), Joaquín 6,60, Mohamed Salah 6,00 (82' Josip Iličič), Mario Gómez 5,10 (72' Alberto Gilardino). - coach: Vincenzo Montella 5,50. = average: 5,65 [failing]

27 April, 2015

Average ratings Bayern, Barcelona, Madrid & Juventus 2014/15.

CL, League, Club WC & domestic cups.

7,12 Messi
7,10 Robben
6,89 Ribéry
6,66 J. Boateng
6,61 T. Müller
6,60 Alaba
6,57 Lahm
6,54 Suárez
6,53 Neymar
6,52 Neuer
6,51 Modric, James Rodríguez
6,50 Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo
6,48 Isco, Mascherano, Lewandowski
6,44 Xabi Alonso
6,43 Barzagli
6,42 Tévez, Götze
6,37 Cáceres, Kroos
6,36 Pogba, Iniesta
6,35 Buffon, Piqué
6,33 Marcelo, Jordi Alba
6,29 Marchisio, Schweinsteiger
6,25 Bonucci
6,24 Sergio Ramos, Bravo, Rakitic, ter Stegen
6,22 Xavi
6,21 Pepe (RM)
6,20 Rafinha (BM)
6,19 J. Hernández
6,18 Busquets, Shaqiri
6,17 Bernat
6,15 Varane
6,14 Nacho, Mathieu
6,13 Benatia
6,12 Chiellini
6,10 Morata
6,08 Pirlo
6,07 Carvajal
6,06 Pepe (J), R. Pereyra
6,05 Casillas, Bartra
6,04 Padoin
6,02 Dani Alves
6,00 Lichtsteiner, Asamoah, Bale
5,97 Evra
5,96 Vidal, Keylor Navas, Sergi Roberto
5,93 Padoin, Pedro
5,91 Dante
5,90 Coman
5,89 Ogbonna, Arbeloa
5,87 Illarra
5,85 Llorente
5,83 Rafinha (Bar)
5,80 Lucas Silva
5,72 Adriano
5,71 Munir
5,64 Jesé
5,63 Fábio Coentrão
5,60 Montoya
5,49 Khedira

Player ratings Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea.

Att: 60.066.

Arsenal: David Ospina 5,30 - Per Mertesacker 5,80, Laurent Koscielny 6,20, Nacho Monreal 6,20, Héctor Bellerín 6,80, Mesut Özil 5,80, Aaron Ramsey 5,20, Santi Cazorla 6,20, Francis Coquelin 6,30 (76' Danny Welbeck), Olivier Giroud 4,80 (84' Theo Walcott), Alexis Sánchez 5,60. - coach: Arsène Wenger. = average: 5,85 [vulnerable]

Chelsea: Thibaut Courtois 5,90 - Branislav Ivanović 6,10, Gary Cahill 6,30, John Terry 8,20, Azpilicueta 7,10, Cesc Fàbregas 6,10 (90' Juan Cuadrado), Ramires 5,90, Oscar 5,60 (46' Didier Drogba 5,00), Eden Hazard 5,60, Nemanja Matić 6,10, Willian 7,00 (90' Kurt Zouma). - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 6,24 [solid]

Player ratings Celta 2-4 Real Madrid.

1-0 9' Nolito r., 1-1 16' Toni Kroos r., 1-2 24' Javier Hernández r. (James Rodríguez), 2-2 28' Santi Mina r., 2-3 44' James Rodríguez l. (Cristiano Ronaldo), 2-4 69' Javier Hernández r. (Sergio Ramos). Att: 25.077.

Celta: Sergio Álvarez 5,70 - Hugo Mallo 6,00, Fontàs 5,20, Jonny 5,30, Gustavo Cabral 5,60, Michael Krohn-Dehli 6,50, Augusto Fernández 6,50, Santi Mina 6,60 (75' Pablo Hernández 5,80), Nolito 7,20, Joaquin Larrivey 6,20 (73' Charles 5,80), Fabián Orellana 6,70 (72' Théo Bongonda 5,60). - coach: Eduardo Berizzo. = average: 6,05 [satisfactory]

Real Madrid: Iker Casillas 5,60 - Raphaël Varane 6,40, Sergio Ramos 6,70, Marcelo 5,30, Dani Carvajal 5,20, Toni Kroos 6,60, James Rodríguez 7,20 (85' Arbeloa), Isco 6,10 (83' Jesé Rodríguez), Illarra 5,50, Cristiano Ronaldo 6,70, Javier Hernández 7,40 (75' Pepe 5,80). - coach: Carlo Ancelotti. = average: 6,21 [solid]

26 April, 2015

Player ratings Espanyol 0-2 Barcelona.

0-1 17' Neymar r. (Jordi Alba), 0-2 25' Lionel Messi l. (Luis Suárez). Sent off: 55' Jordi Alba, 90' Héctor Moreno. Att: 30.253.

Espanyol: Kiko Casilla 6,70 - Víctor Álvarez 4,80 (74' Paco Montañés 5,10), Héctor Moreno 5,10, Álvaro González 5,00, Arbilla 5,40, Duarte 5,20, Abraham 4,90 (60' Salva Sevilla 5,30), Cañas 4,80, Lucas Vázquez 5,10, Sergio García 5,00, Felipe Caicedo 5,30 (70' Christian Stuani 4,80). - coach: Sergio. = average: 5,18 [decrepit]

Barcelona: Claudio Bravo 6,20 - Piqué 6,60, Jordi Alba 5,60, Dani Alves 6,50, Busquets 6,30, Iniesta 7,00 (88' Xavi), Rafinha 6,10 (64' Jérémy Mathieu 5,70), Javier Mascherano 6,80, Luis Suárez 7,30 (80' Ivan Rakitić), Lionel Messi 7,50, Neymar 6,80. - coach: Luis Enrique. = average: 6,53 [very good]

24 April, 2015

Player ratings Zenit 2-2 Sevilla [EL]

0-1 6' Carlos Bacca penalty (Vitolo), 1-1 48' Salomón Rondón r. (Oleg Shatov), 2-1 72' Hulk l., 2-2 85' Kevin Gameiro r. (Vitolo). Att: 24.000.

Zenit: Yuriy Lodygin 6,30 - Domenico Criscito 6,30, Nicolas Lombaerts 5,70, Neto 5,20, Igor Smolnikov 6,60, Oleg Shatov 6,60, Javi García 6,50, Axel Witsel 6,50, Hulk 6,80, Salomón Rondón 6,30 (83' Aleksandr Kerzhakov), Danny 7,10. - coach: André Villas-Boas. = average: 6,35 [strong]

Sevilla: Beto 4,40 - Benoît Trémoulinas 6,30, Grzegorz Krychowiak 6,60, Daniel Carriço 6,00, Nicolás Pareja 6,00 (21' Iborra 5,20), Coke 6,00, Éver Banega 6,60, Aleix Vidal 6,30, Stéphane Mbia 6,60, Carlos Bacca 6,20 (74' Kevin Gameiro 6,80), Vitolo 6,30 (90' Denís Suárez). - coach: Unai Emery. = average: 6,10 [satisfactory]



23 April, 2015

Average ratings Monaco (vs Arsenal & Juventus)

6,70 Geoffrey Kondogbia
6,50 Danijel Subašić
6,40 Aymen Abdennour
6,30 João Moutinho
6,20 Wallace
6,10 Fabinho, Andrea Raggi
6,08 Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco
6,07 Bernardo Silva
6,03 Nabil Dirar
5,98 Dimitar Berbatov
5,80 Jérémy Toulalan
5,70 Anthony Martial
5,60 Layvin Kurzawa

Player ratings Monaco 0-0 Juventus.

Att: 18.500.

Monaco: Danijel Subašić 6,10 - Fabinho 6,10, Layvin Kurzawa 5,90, Aymen Abdennour 6,20, Andrea Raggi 6,10, João Moutinho 6,20, Bernardo Silva 6,30, Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco 5,60 (87' Matheus Carvalho), Geoffrey Kondogbia 6,60, Jérémy Toulalan 5,80 (46' Dimitar Berbatov 5,40), Anthony Martial 5,20 (76' Valère Germain 5,70). - coach: Leonardo Jardim 5,90. = average: 5,94 [vulnerable]

Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 6,20 - Giorgio Chiellini 5,70, Andrea Barzagli 6,80, Leonardo Bonucci 6,70, Stephan Lichtsteiner 5,50, Patrice Evra 5,90 (89' Simone Padoin), Claudio Marchisio 5,90, Andrea Pirlo 6,10, Arturo Vidal 5,50 (77' Roberto Pereyra 6,30), Morata 5,10 (69' Llorente 6,20), Carlos Tévez 5,50. - coach: Massimiliano Allegri 6,20. = average: 5,95 [vulnerable]

Player ratings Real Madrid 1-0 Atlético de Madrid.

1-0 88' Javier Hernández r. (Cristiano Ronaldo). Sent off: 76' Arda Turan. Att: 78.300.

Real Madrid: Iker Casillas 5,80 - Raphaël Varane 6,40, Pepe 6,00, Sergio Ramos 6,10, Fábio Coentrão 5,70 (90' Arbeloa), Dani Carvajal 6,30, Toni Kroos 6,10, James Rodríguez 6,60, Isco 6,20 (90' Illarra), Cristiano Ronaldo 6,50, Javier Hernández 6,80 (90' Jesé Rodríguez). - coach: Carlo Ancelotti 6,80. = average: 6,23 [solid]

Atlético: Jan Oblak 6,80 - Diego Godín 6,20, Jesús Gámez 5,90, Juanfran 6,00, Miranda 6,10, Tiago 6,00 (86' José Giménez), Koke 5,90, Arda Turan 4,90, Saúl 5,20 (46' Gabi 5,70), Antoine Griezmann 5,30 (65' Raúl García 5,40), Mario Mandžukić 5,20. - coach: Diego Simeone 5,80. = average: 5,74 [disappointing]

22 April, 2015

Player ratings Bayern Munich 6-1 FC Porto.

1-0 14' Thiago h. (Juan Bernat), 2-0 22' Jérôme Boateng h. (Holger Badstuber), 3-0 27' Robert Lewandowski h. (Thomas Müller), 4-0 36' Thomas Müller r. (Thiago), 5-0 40' Robert Lewandowski r. (Thomas Müller), 5-1 73' Jackson Martínez h. (Héctor Herrera), 6-1 88' Xabi Alonso freekick. Sent off:  87' Marcano, 89' coach Lopetegui. Att: 69.864.

Bayern: Manuel Neuer 5,90 - Rafinha 6,70 (72' Sebastian Rode 6,00), Jérôme Boateng 7,40, Juan Bernat 7,20, Philipp Lahm 7,20, Holger Badstuber 6,70, Xabi Alonso 7,20, Thiago 8,10 (90' Dante), Mario Götze 6,80 (86' Mitchell Weiser), Robert Lewandowski 7,90, Thomas Müller 7,70. - coach: Pep Guardiola 8,10. = average: 7,07 [matchless]

FC Porto: Fabiano 4,50 - Bruno Martins Indi 4,70, Maicon 4,40, Marcano 4,40, Diego Reyes 4,30 (33' Ricardo Pereira 5,20), Casemiro 4,50, Héctor Herrera 5,20, Óliver Torres 4,80, Ricardo Quaresma 4,30 (46' Rubén Neves 5,40), Yacine Brahimi 4,70 (67' Evandro 5,40), Jackson Martínez 6,20. - coach: Lopetegui 4,20. = average: 4,86 [horrid]

Player ratings Barcelona 2-0 Paris Saint Germain.

1-0 14' Neymar r. (Iniesta), 2-0 34' Neymar h. (Dani Alves). Att: 84.449.

Barcelona: Marc-André ter Stegen 6,20 - Piqué 6,40, Jordi Alba 6,20, Dani Alves 6,80, Ivan Rakitić 6,40, Busquets 6,40 (55' Sergi Roberto 6,10), Iniesta 7,40 (46' Xavi 6,30), Javier Mascherano 6,40, Luis Suárez 6,10 (75' Pedro), Lionel Messi 6,30, Neymar 7,70. - coach: Luis Enrique 7,50. = average: 6,52 [very good]

PSG: Salvatore Sirigu 5,70 - Marquinhos 5,40, Maxwell 5,10, Gregory van der Wiel 5,10, David Luiz 4,80, Yohan Cabaye 4,90 (66' Lucas Moura 5,90), Blaise Matuidi 5,70 (80' Adrien Rabiot), Marco Verratti 6,20, Javier Pastore 5,40, Edinson Cavani 4,70 (80' Ezequiel Lavezzi), Zlatan Ibrahimović 5,20. - coach: Laurent Blanc 5,00. = average: 5,34 [lame]

21 April, 2015

Average ratings Borussia Dortmund 2014/15.

6,63 Reus
6,43 Sahin
6,36 Weidenfeller
6,10 Immobile
6,08 Kehl
6,07 Sokratis. S. Bender
6,05 Subotic
6,03 Schmelzer
6,02 Piszczek
6,01 Aubameyang
6,00 Jojic
5,99 Kirch
5,96 Grosskreutz
5,92 Gündogan
5,91 Durm
5,87 Hummels
5,86 Mkhitaryan
5,85 Kagawa
5,71 Ginter
5,60 Kampl
5,57 Blaszczykowski
5,53 Ramos

Average ratings Bayern Munich 2014/15.

7,10 Robben
6,89 Ribéry
6,63 J. Boateng
6,60 Alaba
6,57 T. Müller
6,54 Neuer
6,53 Lahm
6,43 Lewandowski
6,41 Xabi Alonso
6,40 Götze
6,32 Badstuber
6,29 Schweinsteiger
6,18 Rafinha, Shaqiri
6,13 Benatia, Bernat
5,91 Dante



20 April, 2015

Average ratings Villarreal 2014/15.

6,66 Bruno Soriano
6,65 Cheryshev
6,58 Vietto
6,42 Cani
6,22 Mario
6,17 Manu Trigueros
6,02 Gabriel Paulista
6,00 Musacchio, Gaspar
5,95 Uche
5,94 Pina
5,90 Marcos
5,88 Asenjo, Moi Gómez
5,85 Gerard Moreno
5,75 Jaume Costa
5,64 Víctor Ruiz
5,46 Rukavina
5,44 Giovani, Chechu Dorado
5,25 Joel Campbell

Player ratings Inter 0-0 Milan.

Att: 74.022.

Inter: Samir Handanovič 6,00 - Juan Jesus 6,00, Nemanja Vidić 6,10, Andrea Ranocchia 6,30, Danilo D'Ambrosio 5,70, Mateo Kovačić 5,50 (75' Xherdan Shaqiri), Gary Medel 6,20, Assane Demoya Gnoukouri 6,10 (65' Joel Obi 5,90), Hernanes 6,20, Rodrigo Palacio 6,40, Mauro Icardi 5,90. - coach: Roberto Mancini 6,20. = average: 6,02 [acceptable]

Milan: Diego López 6,50 - Philippe Mexès 6,30, Ignazio Abate 5,80, Luca Antonelli 5,80, Alex 5,80 (71' Gabriel Paletta 5,90), Suso 6,10 (73' Mattia Destro 5,50), Andrea Poli 5,60 (83' Alessio Cerci), Marco van Ginkel 5,60, Giacomo Bonaventura 5,90, Nigel de Jong 5,90, Jérémy Ménez 5,50. - coach: Filippo Inzaghi 5,70. = average: 5,86 [mediocre]


[Milan 9th, Inter 10th]


Player ratings Aston Villa 2-1 Liverpool [FA Cup semi]

0-1 30' Coutinho r. (Raheem Sterling), 1-1 36'     Christian Benteke r. (Fabian Delph), 2-1 54' Fabian Delph r. (Jack Grealish). Att: 85.416 (Wembley).

Aston Villa: Shay Given 6,30 - Nathan Baker 6,20 (26' Jores Okore 5,80), Ron Vlaar 6,60,     Leandro Bacuna 5,70, Tom Cleverley 6,50, Ashley Westwood 6,50, Fabian Delph 7,00, Kieran Richardson 6,50, Charles N'Zogbia 6,20 (75' Scott Sinclair), Jack Grealish 7,10 (84' Joe Cole), Christian Benteke 7,10. - coach: Tim Sherwood. = average: 6,45 [strong]

Liverpool: Simon Mignolet 5,80 - Dejan Lovren 5,00, Alberto Moreno 5,60 (90' Rickie Lambert), Martin Škrtel 5,20, Steven Gerrard 5,40, Coutinho 5,90, Jordan Henderson 5,60, Emre Can 5,50, Joe Allen 5,40 (78' Glen Johnson), Raheem Sterling 5,50, Lazar Marković 5,00 (46' Mario Balotelli 5,50). - coach: Brendan Rodgers. = average: 5,45 [feeble]

19 April, 2015

Average ratings Valencia 2014/15.

6,44 Parejo
6,43 Piatti
6,41 Otamendi
6,36 Gayá
6,28 Diego Alves
6,27 André Gomes
6,23 Javi Fuego
6,21 Mustafi
6,17 Paco Alcácer
5,97 Orban
5,96 Feghouli
5,95 Negredo
5,85 Rodrigo
5,83 Barragán
5,76 Rubén Vezo
5,63 Carles Gil
5,49 Enzo Pérez

League position of the Champions League winning team.

First : 24 times
Second : 12 
Third : 12
Fourth : 2 
Fifth : 4
Sixth : 4 [among them, Chelsea 2012]
Tenth : 1 [Bayern Munich 1975]
Eleventh : 1 [Aston Villa 1982]


Average league position : 2,62.


Photo: Aston Villa's Peter Withe scoring the winner against Bayern Munich in Rotterdam 1982.

Average ratings Man United 2014/15.

6,78 Carrick
6,52 De Gea
6,49 Fellaini
6,43 Herrera
6,42 Mata
6,38 Blind
6,37 A. Young
6,35 Rooney
6,21 McNair
6,11 Rafael, Di María, Smalling
6,10 Shaw
6,07 Van Persie, P. Jones
6,05 Valencia
5,85 Blackett
5,79 Falcao
5,78 Evans
5,77 Rojo
5,73 Januzaj
5,52 Fletcher

Player ratings Chelsea 1-0 Man United.

1-0 38' Eden Hazard l. (Oscar). Att: 41.422.

Chelsea: Thibaut Courtois 6,10 - Branislav Ivanović 5,70, Kurt Zouma 6,50, Gary Cahill 6,40, John Terry 6,90, Azpilicueta 6,30, Cesc Fàbregas 6,30 (90' John Mikel), Oscar 6,30 (67' Ramires 6,20), Eden Hazard 7,50 (90' Willian), Nemanja Matić 6,30, Didier Drogba 5,50. - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 6,33 [good]

Man United: De Gea 5,70 - Luke Shaw 6,80 (80' Tyler Blackett), Chris Smalling 6,10,     Paddy McNair 6,40, Mata 5,50 (70' Adnan Januzaj 5,30), Ashley Young 5,50 (70' Ángel Di María 5,70), Ander Herrera 6,00, Antonio Valencia 5,90, Marouane Fellaini 5,40,     Radamel Falcao 5,40, Wayne Rooney 6,10. - coach: Louis van Gaal. = average: 5,83 [mediocre]

Player ratings Barcelona 2-0 Valencia.

1-0 1' Luis Suárez r. (Lionel Messi), 2-0 90' Lionel Messi l. Parejo missed a penalty (10'). Att: 92.923.

Barcelona: Claudio Bravo 7,60 - Piqué 5,80, Adriano 6,20 (46' Ivan Rakitić 6,20), Dani Alves 6,20, Jérémy Mathieu 6,80, Busquets 6,80, Xavi 6,20 (80' Sergi Roberto), Javier Mascherano 6,20, Luis Suárez 7,00 (65' Pedro 6,00), Lionel Messi 6,60, Neymar 6,00. - coach: Luis Enrique. = average: 6,43 [strong]

Valencia: Diego Alves 5,60 - Shkodran Mustafi 6,60, Lucas Orbán 5,60 (46' Gayà 5,60), Barragán 6,20, Nicolás Otamendi 7,60, Sofiane Féghouli 5,60 (67' João Cancelo 5,20), Parejo 5,60, Javi Fuego 6,80, André Gomes 6,00, Paco Alcácer 6,20 (74' Álvaro Negredo 6,00), Rodrigo 6,20. - coach: Nuno. = average: 6,06 [satisfactory]

17 April, 2015

Average ratings Barcelona 2014/15.

All competitions.

7,14 Messi
6,52 Suárez
6,51 Neymar
6,48 Mascherano
6,36 Piqué
6,35 Jordi Alba
6,30 Iniesta
6,24 Rakitic, Ter Stegen
6,22 Xavi
6,19 Bravo
6,14 Busquets
6,13 Mathieu
6,05 Bartra
6,00 Sergi Roberto
5,98 Dani Alves
5,95 Pedro
5,81 Rafinha
5,77 Adriano
5,71 Munir
5,60 Montoya

Player ratings Wolfsburg 1-4 Napoli [EL]

0-1 15' Gonzalo Higuaí­n r. (Dries Mertens), 0-2 23' Marek Hamšík r. (Gonzalo Higuaí­n), 0-3 64' Marek Hamšík r. (José Callejón), 0-4 77' Manolo Gabbiadini h. (Lorenzo Insigne), 1-4 80' Nicklas Bendtner r. (Ivan Perišić). Att: 25.112.

Wolfsburg: Diego Benaglio 5,30 - Naldo 4,90, Robin Knoche 4,30, Ricardo Rodríguez 4,70, Daniel Caligiuri 4,80, Vieirinha 5,20, Kevin De Bruyne 5,40, Luiz Gustavo 4,80, Josuha Guilavogui 4,10 (70' Maximilian Arnold 5,30), Bas Dost 4,10 (57' Nicklas Bendtner 6,10), André Schürrle 5,00 (64' Ivan Perišić 6,60). - coach: Dieter Hecking 4,00. = average: 5,04 [hopeless]

Napoli: Mariano Andújar 7,00 - Miguel Britos 6,90, Christian Maggio 7,20, Faouzi Ghoulam 6,50, Raúl Albiol 6,50, Marek Hamšík 8,10 (75' Manolo Gabbiadini 7,10), David López 6,60, Gökhan Inler 6,90, José Callejón 7,00, Gonzalo Higuaí­n 7,90 (86' Henrique), Dries Mertens 6,70 (60' Lorenzo Insigne 6,80). - coach: Rafael Benítez 8,40. = average: 7,02 [fantabulous]

Player ratings Sevilla 2-1 Zenit [EL]

0-1 29' Aleksandr Ryazantsev l., 1-1 73' Carlos Bacca h. (Aleix Vidal), 2-1 88 Denís Suárez r.  (Stéphane Mbia). Att: 35.000.

Sevilla: Sergio Rico 5,90 - Benoît Trémoulinas 6,30, Grzegorz Krychowiak 6,50, Timothée Kolodziejczak 5,90, Nicolás Pareja 6,10, Coke 5,90 (46' Denís Suárez 6,90), Reyes 6,50, Iborra 5,30 (46' Stéphane Mbia 6,10), Éver Banega 6,90, Aleix Vidal 7,10, Kevin Gameiro 5,90 (64' Carlos Bacca 6,70). - coach: Unai Emery. = average: 6,29 [good]

Zenit: Yuriy Lodygin 6,10 - Aleksandr Anyukov 5,30, Nicolas Lombaerts 5,90, Neto 5,90, Ezequiel Garay 6,10, Milan Rodić 5,70 (65' Pavel Mogilevets 5,30), Aleksandr Ryazantsev 6,70 (82' Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 5,50), Oleg Shatov 6,10 (75' Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov 5,30), Javi García 5,70, Axel Witsel 6,50, Salomón Rondón 5,70. - coach: André Villas-Boas. = average: 5,84 [mediocre]

16 April, 2015

Player ratings FC Porto 3-1 Bayern Munich.

1-0 3' Quaresma penalty (Jackson Martínez), 2-0 10' Quaresma r., 2-1 28' Thiago r. (Jérôme Boateng), 3-1 65' Jackson Martínez l. (Alex Sandro). Att: 50.092.

FC Porto: Fabiano 6,10 - Danilo 6,30, Bruno Martins Indi 6,30, Maicon 5,90, Alex Sandro 6,60, Casemiro 6,50, Quaresma 7,50 (84' Evandro), Yacine Brahimi 6,20 (80' Hernâni), Héctor Herrera 6,40, Óliver Torres 6,10 (75' Rubén Neves), Jackson Martínez 7,40. - coach: Lopetegui 7,40. = average: 6,48 [very good]

Bayern: Manuel Neuer 5,70 - Dante 4,30, Rafinha 5,30, Jérôme Boateng 4,70, Juan Bernat 5,20, Philipp Lahm 5,50, Xabi Alonso 4,50 (74' Holger Badstuber), Thiago 6,20, Mario Götze 5,00 (56' Sebastian Rode 5,90), Robert Lewandowski 5,20, Thomas Müller 4,90. - coach: Pep Guardiola 5,50. = average: 5,20 [decrepit]

Player ratings Paris Saint Germain 1-3 Barcelona.

0-1 18' Neymar r. (Lionel Messi), 0-2 67' Luis Suárez r., 0-3 79' Luis Suárez r., 1-3 82' og Jérémy Mathieu. Att: 45.893.

PSG: Salvatore Sirigu 5,40 - Thiago Silva 5,40 (21' David Luiz 4,40), Marquinhos 5,90, Maxwell 5,60, Gregory van der Wiel 5,40, Yohan Cabaye 5,20, Blaise Matuidi 6,30, Adrien Rabiot 5,10 (65' Lucas Moura 5,60), Javier Pastore 5,40, Edinson Cavani 5,10, Ezequiel Lavezzi 5,20. - coach: Laurent Blanc 5,30. = average: 5,38 [feeble]

Barcelona: Marc-André ter Stegen 6,70 - Martín Montoya 5,90 (80' Adriano), Piqué 6,50, Jordi Alba 6,60, Ivan Rakitić 6,10 (74' Jérémy Mathieu 5,40), Busquets 6,60, Iniesta 6,20 (53' Xavi 6,40), Javier Mascherano 6,90, Luis Suárez 7,80, Lionel Messi 7,10, Neymar 7,10. - coach: Luis Enrique 7,30. = average: 6,56 [excellent]

15 April, 2015

Player ratings Juventus 1-0 Monaco.

1-0 57' Arturo Vidal penalty (Morata). Att: 40.801.

Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 7,00 - Giorgio Chiellini 6,30, Leonardo Bonucci 6,10, Stephan Lichtsteiner 5,50, Patrice Evra 6,10, Claudio Marchisio 6,10, Andrea Pirlo 5,90 (74' Andrea Barzagli 6,00), Arturo Vidal 6,50, Roberto Pereyra 6,20 (87' Stefano Sturaro), Morata 6,10 (83' Alessandro Matri), Carlos Tévez 5,90. - coach: Massimiliano Allegri 6,30. = average: 6,14 [satisfactory]

Monaco: Danijel Subašić 6,10 - Fabinho 6,20, Layvin Kurzawa 6,10, Aymen Abdennour 6,30, Ricardo Carvalho 5,70, Andrea Raggi 6,10 (71' Dimitar Berbatov 6,00), Nabil Dirar 5,90 (51' Bernardo Silva 6,20), João Moutinho 5,80, Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco 6,00, Geoffrey Kondogbia 6,60, Anthony Martial 5,90 (87' Matheus Carvalho). - coach: Leonardo Jardim 6,70. = average: 6,07 [satisfactory]

Player ratings Atlético de Madrid 0-0 Real Madrid.

Att: 55.000.

Atlético: Jan Oblak 7,20 - Diego Godín 6,10, Siqueira 6,30, Juanfran 6,20, Miranda 6,30, Mario Suárez 5,80, Koke 5,80 (83' Fernando Torres 6,20), Arda Turan 6,10, Gabi 5,70, Antoine Griezmann 5,80 (77' Raúl García), Mario Mandžukić 5,60. - coach: Diego Simeone 6,00. = average: 6,09 [satisfactory]

Real Madrid: Iker Casillas 5,80 - Raphaël Varane 6,90, Sergio Ramos 6,10, Marcelo 6,40, Dani Carvajal 6,30 (85' Arbeloa), Toni Kroos 6,30, James Rodríguez 6,20, Gareth Bale 6,00, Luka Modrić 6,60, Cristiano Ronaldo 5,70, Karim Benzema 5,60 (76' Isco 5,60). - coach: Carlo Ancelotti. = average: 6,12 [satisfactory]

13 April, 2015

Player ratings Man United 4-2 Man City.

0-1 8' Kun Agüero l. (David Silva), 1-1 14' Ashley Young r., 2-1 27' Marouane Fellaini h. (Ashley Young), 3-1 67' Mata l. (Wayne Rooney), 4-1 73' Chris Smalling h. (Ashley Young), 4-2 89' Kun Agüero r. (Pablo Zabaleta). Att: 75.313.

Man United: De Gea 6,40 - Phil Jones 6,50 (75' Marcos Rojo), Chris Smalling 6,50, Mata 6,90 (81' Ángel Di María), Michael Carrick 6,70, Daley Blind 6,80, Ashley Young 7,20, Ander Herrera 6,50, Antonio Valencia 6,70, Marouane Fellaini 7,00 (83' Radamel Falcao), Wayne Rooney 6,40. - coach: Louis van Gaal. = average: 6,69 [superiour]

Man City: Joe Hart 5,60 - Vincent Kompany 5,00 (46' Eliaquim Mangala 4,80), Pablo Zabaleta 5,00, Gaël Clichy 5,30, Martín Demichelis 5,10, James Milner 5,70 (63' Samir Nasri 5,20), Jesús Navas 5,40 (74' Frank Lampard 5,50), David Silva 5,80, Fernandinho 5,70, Yaya Touré 5,10, Kun Agüero 6,70. - coach: Manuel Pellegrini. = average: 5,42 [feeble]

12 April, 2015

Player ratings Sevilla 2-2 Barcelona.

0-1 15' Lionel Messi l. (Neymar), 0-2 30' Neymar freekick, 1-2 38'     Éver Banega r., 2-2 84' Kevin Gameiro r. (Aleix Vidal). Att: 40.355.

Sevilla: Sergio Rico 6,20 - Benoît Trémoulinas 5,80, Grzegorz Krychowiak 6,20, Daniel Carriço 6,20, Nicolás Pareja 6,80, Coke 6,40, Iborra 6,40 (71' Stéphane Mbia 6,40), Éver Banega 7,60, Aleix Vidal 7,00, Carlos Bacca 6,00 (75' Kevin Gameiro 6,40), Vitolo 5,60 (71' Reyes 7,00). - coach: Unai Emery. = average: 6,43 [strong]

Barcelona: Claudio Bravo 5,00 - Piqué 6,00, Jordi Alba 6,20, Dani Alves 5,60, Jérémy Mathieu 6,20, Ivan Rakitić 5,60, Busquets 7,00, Iniesta 5,80 (85' Pedro), Luis Suárez 5,60, Lionel Messi 6,80, Neymar 7,00 (73' Xavi 5,80). - coach: Luis Enrique. = average: 6,05 [acceptable]

09 April, 2015

Player ratings Napoli 0-1 Lazio [Coppa Italia semi]

0-1 79' Senad Lulić r. (Felipe Anderson). Att: 46.477.

Napoli: Mariano Andújar 6,10 - Miguel Britos 5,50, Christian Maggio 6,20, Faouzi Ghoulam 4,80, Raúl Albiol 5,20, Marek Hamšík 6,10, Walter Gargano 6,00 (85' Lorenzo Insigne), Gökhan Inler 5,70, Gonzalo Higuaí­n 5,00, Dries Mertens 5,10 (68' Jonathan De Guzmán 5,00), Manolo Gabbiadini 6,00 (73' José Callejón). - coach: Rafael Benítez 5,00. = average: 5,56 [failing]

Lazio: Etrit Berisha 6,10 - Stefan de Vrij 6,30, Edson Braafheid 5,10 (83' Luis Cavanda), Dušan Basta 6,90, Mauricio 6,10, Felipe Anderson 7,10, Marco Parolo 6,30, Lucas Biglia 6,60, Danilo Cataldi 6,00 (55' Stefano Mauri 6,10), Antonio Candreva 6,00 (67' Senad Lulić 7,50), Miroslav Klose 6,10. - coach: Stefano Pioli 7,40. = average: 6,32 [good]

07 April, 2015

Serie A: top rated players.

6,67 Tévez (Juventus)
6,57 Felipe Anderson (Lazio)
6,52 Perin (Genoa), Dybala (Palermo)
6,44 Nainggolan (Roma)
6,42 Buffon, Marchisio (Juventus)
6,38 Sportiello (Atalanta)
6,37 Viviano (Sampdoria), Valdifiori (Empoli)
6,35 Candreva, Biglia (Lazio)

05 April, 2015

Today 26 years ago: Real Madrid 1-1 Milan [EC semi, 1st leg]

1-0 41' Hugo Sánchez, 1-1 77' Van Basten. Att: 92.000.

Real Madrid: Buyo 6,83 — Chendo 6,33, Tendillo 6,33, Sanchis 6,17, Gordillo 5,50 — Michel 5,83 (82' Pacho Llorente), Gallego 6,17, Schuster 6,50 — Hugo Sánchez 6,50, Butragueño 5,33, Martín Vázquez 5,67. — coach: Heynckes. = average: 6,11 [satisfactory]


Milan: G. Galli 6,50 — F. Baresi 7,50, Tassotti 5,50, Maldini 6,33, Colombo 6,33 (89' Costacurta) — Rijkaard 6,67, Donadoni 7,17, Evani 6,67, Ancelotti 7,50 — Van Basten 6,83, Gullit 5,50 (76' Virdis). — coach: Sacchi. = average: 6,59 [excellent]

Player ratings Arsenal 4-1 Liverpool.

1-0 37' Héctor Bellerín l. (Aaron Ramsey), 2-0 40' Mesut Özil freekick, 3-0 45' Alexis Sánchez r. (Aaron Ramsey), 3-1 76' Jordan Henderson penalty (Raheem Sterling), 4-1 90' Olivier Giroud l. (Alexis Sánchez). Sent off: 84' Emre Can. Att: 60.081.

Arsenal: David Ospina 6,30 - Per Mertesacker 6,30, Laurent Koscielny 6,00 (49' Gabriel Paulista 6,00), Nacho Monreal 6,40, Héctor Bellerín 6,70, Mesut Özil 7,30 (73' Danny Welbeck), Aaron Ramsey 6,60 (62' Mathieu Flamini 5,80), Santi Cazorla 6,50, Francis Coquelin 6,60, Olivier Giroud 6,60, Alexis Sánchez 7,20. - coach: Arsène Wenger 7,00. = average: 6,48 [very good]

Liverpool: Simon Mignolet 5,50 - Kolo Touré 3,90, Mamadou Sakho 4,80, Alberto Moreno 4,90, Coutinho 5,60, Jordan Henderson 5,40, Lucas Leiva 5,10, Emre Can 4,80, Joe Allen 5,20, Raheem Sterling 6,00, Lazar Marković 4,80 (46' Daniel Sturridge 5,40). - coach: Brendan Rodgers 5,40. = average: 5,12 [hopeless]

Player ratings Roma 1-0 Napoli.

1-0 25' Miralem Pjanić r. (Alessandro Florenzi). Att: 34.325(sic).

Roma: Morgan De Sanctis 7,30 - Davide Astori 6,50, José Holebas 5,60 (70' Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa 6,00), Vasilios Torosidis 5,70, Kostas Manolas 7,30, Radja Nainggolan 6,20, Miralem Pjanić 6,80 (68' Leandro Paredes 5,60), Daniele De Rossi 5,40, Alessandro Florenzi 6,60 (79' Víctor Ibarbo), Juan Iturbe 6,20, Adem Ljajić 6,10. - coach: Rudi García 6,70. = average: 6,25 [solid]

Napoli: Mariano Andújar 6,00 - Miguel Britos 6,00, Christian Maggio 5,50, Faouzi Ghoulam 5,50, Raúl Albiol 5,80, Jonathan De Guzmán 5,70 (81' Lorenzo Insigne), Jorginho 5,70, David López 5,40, José Callejón 5,20 (61' Manolo Gabbiadini 5,70), Gonzalo Higuaí­n 5,60 (76' Duván Zapata), Dries Mertens 6,70. - coach: Rafael Benítez 5,30. = average: 5,73 [disappointing]

01 April, 2015

Player ratings Italy 1-1 England.

1-0 29' Graziano Pellè h. (Giorgio Chiellini), 1-1 79' Andros Townsend r. (Ryan Mason). Att: 31.188.

Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 6,70 - Andrea Ranocchia 6,60, Matteo Darmian 6,60 (73' Luca Antonelli), Giorgio Chiellini 6,60 (73' Emiliano Moretti), Leonardo Bonucci 6,20, Mirko Valdifiori 6,30 (67' Marco Verratti 5,80), Roberto Soriano 6,10, Marco Parolo 6,90, Alessandro Florenzi 6,10 (59' Franco Vázquez 5,80), Graziano Pellè 6,90 (59' Ciro Immobile 5,80), Éder 6,60 (59' Ignazio Abate 5,60). - coach: Antonio Conte 6,50. = average: 6,31 [good]

England: Joe Hart 6,60 - Chris Smalling 5,50 (43' Michael Carrick 6,60), Phil Jones 5,20, Phil Jagielka 5,90, Kieran Gibbs 5,60 (86' Ryan Bertrand), Nathaniel Clyne 5,10 (46' Kyle Walker 5,70), Jordan Henderson 5,80 (74' Ryan Mason), Fabian Delph 5,20 (71' Andros Townsend 6,90), Theo Walcott 4,90 (55' Ross Barkley 6,70), Wayne Rooney 6,60, Harry Kane 5,70. - coach: Roy Hodgson 6,30. = average: 5,87 [vulnerable]