05 December, 2016

Player ratings Man City 1-3 Chelsea.

1-0 45' og Gary Cahill, 1-1 60' Diego Costa (Cesc Fàbregas), 1-2 70' Willian (Diego Costa), 1-3 90' Eden Hazard (Marcos Alonso). Sent off: 90' Fernandinho, Kun Agüero. Att: 54.457.

Man City: Claudio Bravo 5,20 - Aleksandar Kolarov 5,40, John Stones 5,80 (78' Kelechi Iheanacho), Nicolás Otamendi 4,80, İlkay Gündoğan 5,80 (76' Yaya Touré), Jesús Navas 6,60, Kevin De Bruyne 6,40, Leroy Sané 5,90 (69' Gaël Clichy 5,40), David Silva 6,30, Fernandinho 5,00, Kun Agüero 5,20. - coach: Pep Guardiola. = average: 5,65 [failing]

Chelsea: Thibaut Courtois 6,80 - Gary Cahill 5,20, Azpilicueta 6,10, David Luiz 6,70, Marcos Alonso 5,30, Cesc Fàbregas 6,30, N'Golo Kanté 6,30, Victor Moses 6,10, Eden Hazard 7,20 (90' Michy Batshuayi), Pedro 5,30 (50' Willian 7,10), Diego Costa 7,70 (85' Nathaniel Chalobah). - coach: Antonio Conte. = average: 6,34 [good]

04 December, 2016

Player ratings Barcelona 1-1 Real Madrid.

1-0 53' Luis Suárez h. (Neymar), 1-1 90' Sergio Ramos h. (Luka Modrić). Att: 98.485.

Barcelona: Marc-André ter Stegen 5,60 - Sergi Roberto 5,80, Piqué 6,40, Javier Mascherano 5,80, Jordi Alba 6,20, Ivan Rakitić 5,30 (60' Iniesta 7,00), Busquets 6,60, André Gomes 5,10 (78' Arda Turan), Lionel Messi 6,10, Luis Suárez 6,00, Neymar 6,20 (87' Denis Suárez). - coach: Luis Enrique. = average: 6,01 [acceptable]

Real Madrid: Keylor Navas 5,70 - Dani Carvajal 5,80, Raphaël Varane 6,40, Sergio Ramos 6,70, Marcelo 6,30, Isco 6,30 (66' Casemiro 6,10), Mateo Kovačić 6,10 (86' Mariano), Luka Modrić 7,00, Lucas Vázquez 6,20, Cristiano Ronaldo 5,80, Karim Benzema 5,00 (77' Marco Asensio). - coach: Zinédine Zidane. = average: 6,12 [satisfactory]

16 November, 2016

Player ratings England 2-2 Spain.

1-0 9' Adam Lallana PK (Jamie Vardy), 2-0 48' Jamie Vardy h. (Jordan Henderson), 2-1 89' Iago Aspas l. (Morata), 2-2 90' Isco r. (Morata). Att: 83.716.

England: Joe Hart 6,10 (46' Tom Heaton 6,10) - Nathaniel Clyne 6,50, Gary Cahill 6,60 (46' Phil Jagielka 5,80), John Stones 6,00, Danny Rose 7,00 (79' Aaron Cresswell), Jesse Lingard 6,70, Jordan Henderson 7,30, Eric Dier 6,60, Raheem Sterling 7,20 (65' Andros Townsend 5,90), Adam Lallana 6,80 (27' Theo Walcott 6,40), Jamie Vardy 7,50 (67' Marcus Rashford 6,00). - coach: Gareth Southgate. = average: 6,53 [very good]

Spain: Pepe Reina 5,70 - Nacho 5,40, Dani Carvajal 5,70, Azpilicueta 6,10, Iñigo Martínez 5,10, Thiago 5,60 (56' Ander Herrera 6,20), Mata 5,10 (46' Iago Aspas 6,80), David Silva 5,80 (64' Isco 6,60), Busquets 5,80 (78' Nolito), Aduriz 5,10 (64' Morata 6,20), Vitolo 4,90 (46' Koke 5,90). - coach: Lopetegui. = average: 5,50 [poor]

14 November, 2016

Player ratings Portugal 4-1 Latvia.

1-0 28' Cristiano Ronaldo PK, 1-1 67' Artūrs Zjuzins, 2-1 69' William Carvalho, 3-1 85' Cristiano Ronaldo, 4-1 90' Bruno Alves.

Portugal: Rui Patrício 5,70 - João Cancelo 5,70, Bruno Alves 6,00, José Fonte 5,90, Raphaël Guerreiro 6,30, William Carvalho 6,20, João Mário 5,90 (72' Gelson Martins 5,70), André Gomes 5,20 (88' Renato Sanches), Nani 5,10 (65' Ricardo Quaresma 7,30), Cristiano Ronaldo 7,30, André Silva 5,40. - coach: Fernando Santos.= average: 5,98 [acceptable]

Latvia: Andris Vaņins 6,20 - Gints Freimanis 5,00, Vitālijs Jagodinskis 5,40, Kaspars Gorkšs 5,40, Vitālijs Maksimenko 5,30, Vladislavs Gabovs 5,40, Igors Tarasovs 5,20, Oļegs Laizāns 5,70, Gļebs Kļuškins 4,70 (79' Aleksejs Višņakovs), Artjoms Rudņevs 5,20 (87' Vladislavs Gutkovskis), Dāvis Ikaunieks 4,80 (60' Artūrs Zjuzins 6,50). - coach: Marian Pahars. = average: 5,40 [feeble]

12 November, 2016

Player ratings France 2-1 Sweden.

0-1 54' Emil Forsberg freekick, 1-1 58' Paul Pogba, 2-1 65' Dimitri Payet. Att: 78.000.

France: Hugo Lloris 5,80 – Djibril Sidibé 5,20, Raphael Varane 6,80, Laurent Koscielny 6,70, Patrice Evra 5,90 – Moussa Sissoko 5,80, Paul Pogba 6,90, Blaise Matuidi 6,40, Dimitri Payet 7,50 – Antoine Griezmann 6,00 (87' N'Golo Kanté), Olivier Giroud 5,10. - coach: Didier Deschamps. = average: 6,19 [solid]


Sweden: Robin Olsen 4,70 – Emil Krafth 5,70, Victor Nilsson Lindelöf 5,90, Andreas Granqvist 5,90, Ludwig Augustinsson 6,20 – Jimmy Durmaz 6,00 (86' Pontus Jansson), Jakob Johansson 5,70, Albin Ekdal 5,10 (66' Oscar Hiljemark), Emil Forsberg 6,80 – John Guidetti 5,60 (73' Isaac Kiese Thelin), Ola Toivonen 5,70. - coach: Janne Andersson. = average: 5,75 [mediocre]

Player ratings England 3-0 Scotland.

1-0 24' Daniel Sturridge h. (Kyle Walker), 2-0 52' Adam Lallana h. (Danny Rose), 3-0 61' Gary Cahill h. (Wayne Rooney). Att: 87.258.

England: Joe Hart 6,10 - Kyle Walker 7,30, Gary Cahill 6,40, John Stones 6,00, Danny Rose 7,00, Jordan Henderson 6,10, Eric Dier 5,70, Raheem Sterling 6,40, Wayne Rooney 6,20, Adam Lallana 7,40, Daniel Sturridge 6,70 (75' Jamie Vardy). - coach: Gareth Southgate. = average: 6,48 [very good]

Scotland: Craig Gordon 5,60 - Grant Hanley 5,30, Christophe Berra 5,30, Lee Wallace 5,50, James Morrison 4,70 (66' James McArthur 5,90), James Forrest 5,70, Darren Fletcher 5,70, Scott Brown 5,30, Ikechi Anya 5,70 (79' Callum Paterson), Robert Snodgrass 5,50 (82' Matt Ritchie), Leigh Griffiths 5,70. - coach: Gordon Strachan. = average: 5,49 [poor]

11 November, 2016

Player ratings Brazil 3-0 Argentina.

1-0 25' Coutinho r. (Neymar), 2-0 45' Neymar r. (Gabriel Jesus), 3-0 58' Paulinho r. (Renato Augusto). Att: 53.490 (Mineirão, Belo Horizonte).

Brazil: Alisson 6,40 - Dani Alves 6,20, Miranda 6,10 (87' Thiago Silva), Marquinhos 6,30, Marcelo 6,40, Paulinho 7,10, Fernandinho 6,10, Renato Augusto 6,20, Coutinho 7,20 (85' Douglas Costa), Gabriel Jesus 6,70 (82' Roberto Firmino), Neymar 7,70. - coach: Tite. = average: 6,58 [excellent]

Argentina: Sergio Romero 5,40 - Pablo Zabaleta 5,60, Nicolás Otamendi 5,10, Ramiro Funes Mori 4,90, Emanuel Mas 5,10, Javier Mascherano 5,20, Enzo Pérez 5,40 (46' Kun Agüero 5,80), Lucas Biglia 5,80, Ángel Di María 5,20 (71' Ángel Correa), Gonzalo Higuaí­n 5,00, Lionel Messi 5,10. - coach: Edgardo Bauza. = average: 5,30 [lame]

07 November, 2016

Average ratings RB Leipzig.

7,03 Forsberg
6,68 Sabitzer, Keita
6,66 Ti. Werner, Y. Poulsen
6,59 Orban
6,56 Ilsanker
6,54 Gulacsi, Demme
6,53 Bernardo
6,44 Compper
6,20 D. Kaiser
6,19 Halstenberg


Player ratings Sevilla 1-2 Barcelona.

1-0 15' Vitolo r. (Samir Nasri), 1-1 43' Lionel Messi l. (Neymar), 1-2 61' Luis Suárez (Lionel Messi). Att: 40.812.

Sevilla: Sergio Rico 6,70 - Mariano 6,50, Adil Rami 6,00, Daniel Carriço 5,60, Escudero 6,00, Steven N'Zonzi 6,70, Pablo Sarabia 6,40 (85' Joaquín Correa), Franco Vázquez 6,00 (68' Ganso 5,60), Samir Nasri 6,50 (78' Iborra), Vitolo 7,00, Luciano Vietto 5,90. - coach: Jorge Sampaoli. = average: 6,24 [solid]

Barcelona: Marc-André ter Stegen 5,60 - Sergi Roberto 5,40, Javier Mascherano 7,00, Samuel Umtiti 6,40, Lucas Digne 5,70, Ivan Rakitić 5,70 (72' André Gomes 5,70), Busquets 5,80, Denis Suárez 6,50 (87' Rafinha), Lionel Messi 7,60, Luis Suárez 7,00, Neymar 6,40. - coach: Luis Enrique. = average: 6,23 [solid]

06 November, 2016

Player ratings Chelsea 5-0 Everton.

1-0 19' Eden Hazard r. (Diego Costa), 2-0 20' Marcos Alonso l. (Pedro), 3-0 42' Diego Costa r. (Nemanja Matić), 4-0 56' Eden Hazard l. (Pedro), 5-0 65' Pedro l. Att: 41.429.

Chelsea: Thibaut Courtois 5,80 - Azpilicueta 6,50, David Luiz 7,00, Gary Cahill 6,30 (84' John Terry), Victor Moses 6,80, N'Golo Kanté 6,80, Nemanja Matić 6,80, Marcos Alonso 7,50, Pedro 7,60 (71' Oscar 6,20), Diego Costa 7,90, Eden Hazard 8,60 (80' Michy Batshuayi). - coach: Antonio Conte. = average: 6,98 [fantabulous]

Everton: Maarten Stekelenburg 4,80 - Séamus Coleman 4,80, Ashley Williams 4,80, Phil Jagielka 4,60, Ramiro Funes Mori 4,50, Tom Cleverley 4,10, Gareth Barry 4,80 (66' Thomas Davies 6,00), Yannick Bolasie 4,80 (60' Aaron Lennon 4,70), Ross Barkley 4,70, Bryan Oviedo 4,80 (36' Kevin Mirallas 4,80), Romelu Lukaku 5,30. - coach: Ronald Koeman. = average: 4,82 [outrageous]

04 November, 2016

Player ratings Fenerbahçe 2-1 Man United [EL]

1-0 2 Moussa Sow bicicleta (Hasan-Ali Kaldırım), 2-0 59' Jeremain Lens freekick, 2-1 89' Wayne Rooney r. (Ander Herrera). Att: 45.000.

Fener: Volkan Demirel 5,80 - Hasan-Ali Kaldırım 6,30, Simon Kjær 6,10, Şener Özbayraklı 5,90, Martin Škrtel 6,20, Mehmet Topal 6,30, Souza 6,10, Alper Potuk 6,20 (82' Roman Neustädter), Moussa Sow 7,30 (86' Ismail Köybaşı), Volkan Şen 6,40 (68' Emmanuel Emenike 6,50), Jeremain Lens 7,10. - coach: Dick Advocaat. = average: 6,35 [good]

Man United: De Gea 5,90 - Matteo Darmian 5,50, Daley Blind 5,00, Marcos Rojo 5,10, Luke Shaw 5,10, Morgan Schneiderlin 4,90 (46' Mata 5,80), Ander Herrera 5,90, Marcus Rashford 5,80 (61' Henrikh Mkhitaryan 5,50), Paul Pogba 5,80 (30' Zlatan Ibrahimović 5,20), Wayne Rooney 6,30, Anthony Martial 5,60. - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 5,53 [poor]

03 November, 2016

Player ratings FC Copenhagen 0-0 Leicester.

Att: 34.146.

FCK: Robin Olsen 5,60 - Peter Ankersen 6,30, Mathias Jørgensen 6,30, Erik Johansson 6,20, Ludwig Augustinsson 6,40, Benjamin Verbič 6,10 (83' Kasper Kusk), William Kvist 5,70, Thomas Delaney 6,30, Rasmus Falk 5,20 (65' Youssef Toutouh 5,80), Federico Santander 5,90, Andreas Cornelius 6,10. - coach: Ståle Solbakken. = average: 5,99 [acceptable]

Leicester: Kasper Schmeichel 7,10 - Luis Hernández 5,90, Wes Morgan 5,50, Robert Huth 6,10, Christian Fuchs 6,80, Riyad Mahrez 5,90, Daniel Amartey 5,60, Danny Drinkwater 6,60, Jeffrey Schlupp 5,40 (71' Shinji Okazaki 6,20), Jamie Vardy 5,70, Ahmed Musa 5,40. - coach: Claudio Ranieri. = average: 6,02 [acceptable]

02 November, 2016

Player ratings Man City 3-1 Barcelona.

0-1 21' Lionel Messi l. (Neymar), 1-1 39' İlkay Gündoğan l. (Raheem Sterling), 2-1 51' Kevin De Bruyne freekick, 3-1 74' İlkay Gündoğan r. (Kun Agüero). Att: 53.340.

Man City: Willy Caballero 6,10 - Pablo Zabaleta 6,20, Nicolás Otamendi 5,80, John Stones 6,30, Aleksandar Kolarov 6,20, Fernandinho 6,60 (60' Fernando 5,90), Raheem Sterling 7,00  (71' Jesús Navas 6,10), David Silva 6,90, İlkay Gündoğan 7,50, Kevin De Bruyne 7,20  (88' Nolito), Kun Agüero 6,80. - coach: Pep Guardiola. = average: 6,51 [very good]

Barcelona: Marc-André ter Stegen 5,40 - Sergi Roberto 4,70, Samuel Umtiti 5,50, Javier Mascherano 6,00, Lucas Digne 5,30, Ivan Rakitić 5,40  (61' Arda Turan 5,40), Busquets 5,60, André Gomes 6,00 (76' Rafinha), Luis Suárez 5,50, Lionel Messi 6,70, Neymar 6,40. - coach: Luis Enrique. = average 5,66 [disappointing]

27 October, 2016

Player ratings Man United 1-0 Man City [EFL Cup]

1-0 54' Mata (Zlatan Ibrahimović). Att: 75.196.

Man City: De Gea 6,10 - Marcos Rojo 6,20, Daley Blind 6,10, Luke Shaw 5,60, Antonio Valencia 6,00, Paul Pogba 5,50, Mata 6,80 (73' Morgan Schneiderlin 5,60), Michael Carrick 6,20, Ander Herrera 6,60, Zlatan Ibrahimović 6,10, Marcus Rashford 6,40 (82' Jesse Lingard). - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 6,10 [satisfactory]

Man United: Willy Caballero 6,50 - Vincent Kompany 5,90 (46' Aleksandar Kolarov 5,70), Gaël Clichy 5,60, Nicolás Otamendi 5,80, Pablo Maffeo 6,20, Fernando 5,90, Jesús Navas 6,70, Leroy Sané 5,10 (63' Raheem Sterling 5,60), Aleix García 6,20, Nolito 5,60 (71' Kun Agüero 5,10), Kelechi Iheanacho 5,10. - coach: Pep Guardiola. = average: 5,79 [mediocre]

Player ratings Man United 1-0 Man City [EFL Cup]

1-0 54' Mata (Zlatan Ibrahimović). Att: 75.196.

Man City: De Gea 6,10 - Marcos Rojo 6,20, Daley Blind 6,10, Luke Shaw 5,60, Antonio Valencia 6,00, Paul Pogba 5,50, Mata 6,80 (73' Morgan Schneiderlin 5,60), Michael Carrick 6,20, Ander Herrera 6,60, Zlatan Ibrahimović 6,10, Marcus Rashford 6,40 (82' Jesse Lingard). - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 6,10 [satisfactory]

Man United: Willy Caballero 6,50 - Vincent Kompany 5,90 (46' Aleksandar Kolarov 5,70), Gaël Clichy 5,60, Nicolás Otamendi 5,80, Pablo Maffeo 6,20, Fernando 5,90, Jesús Navas 6,70, Leroy Sané 5,10 (63' Raheem Sterling 5,60), Aleix García 6,20, Nolito 5,60 (71' Kun Agüero 5,10), Kelechi Iheanacho 5,10. - coach: Pep Guardiola. = average: 5,79 [mediocre]

23 October, 2016

Player ratings Milan 1-0 Juventus.

1-0 65' Manuel Locatelli r. (Suso). Att: 75.829.

Milan: Gianluigi Donnarumma 6,90 - Ignazio Abate 5,90, Gabriel Paletta 6,70, Alessio Romagnoli 6,60, Mattia De Sciglio 6,20, Juraj Kucka 6,20, Manuel Locatelli 7,50 (81' Gustavo Gómez), Giacomo Bonaventura 6,20, Suso 6,20, Carlos Bacca 6,10 (90' Gianluca Lapadula), M'Baye Niang 6,10 (69' Andrea Poli 6,00). - coach: Vincenzo Montella 7,20. = average: 6,38 [strong]

Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 6,00 - Andrea Barzagli 6,60, Leonardo Bonucci 5,90, Mehdi Benatia 6,30 (75' Mario Mandžukić 5,50), Dani Alves 5,10, Sami Khedira 5,60, Hernanes 5,40 (87' Stefano Sturaro), Miralem Pjanić 5,40, Alex Sandro 5,70, Paulo Dybala 6,00 (33' Juan Cuadrado 5,70), Gonzalo Higuaí­n 5,30. - coach: Massimiliano Allegri 5,30. = average: 5,73 [disappointing]

Player ratings Valencia 2-3 Barcelona.

0-1 22' Lionel Messi l. (Ivan Rakitić), 1-1 52' Munir l. (Parejo), 2-1 56' Rodrigo l. (Nani), 2-2 62' Luis Suárez l., 2-3 90' Lionel Messi PK. Att: 46.770.

Valencia: Diego Alves 7,00 - João Cancelo 6,50, Eliaquim Mangala 6,20, Martín Montoya 6,00 (46' Munir 6,90), Ezequiel Garay 6,10, Mario Suárez 6,20, Enzo Pérez 6,10, Parejo 6,20, Gayà 5,80 (38' Aymen Abdennour 5,80), Nani 6,50, Rodrigo 6,50 (71' Santi Mina 5,50). - coach: Cesare Prandelli. = average: 6,24 [solid]

Barcelona: Marc-André ter Stegen 6,00 - Sergi Roberto 5,70, Javier Mascherano 5,70, Samuel Umtiti 6,60, Lucas Digne 5,20, André Gomes 5,10 (71' Denis Suárez 5,70), Busquets 5,90, Iniesta (14' Ivan Rakitić 7,00), Lionel Messi 7,10, Luis Suárez 6,70, Neymar 6,30. - coach: Luis Enrique. = average: 6,08 [satisfactory]

20 October, 2016

Player ratings Barcelona 4-0 Man City.

1-0 17' Lionel Messi l., 2-0 61' Lionel Messi l., 3-0 69' Lionel Messi l. (Luis Suárez), 4-0 89' Neymar r. (Lionel Messi). Neymar missed a PK (87'). Sent off: 39' Jérémy Mathieu, 53' Claudio Bravo . Att: 96.290.

Barcelona: Marc-André ter Stegen 6,70 - Piqué 5,90 (39' Jérémy Mathieu 4,60), Javier Mascherano 6,70, Jordi Alba (10' Lucas Digne 6,30), Samuel Umtiti 6,80, Ivan Rakitić 6,70, Busquets 6,50, Iniesta 7,30 (80' André Gomes), Luis Suárez 7,40, Lionel Messi 8,30, Neymar 6,60. - coach: Luis Enrique. = average: 6,65 [excellent]

Man City: Claudio Bravo 4,10 - Pablo Zabaleta 5,50 (58' Gaël Clichy 5,60), Aleksandar Kolarov 5,00, John Stones 5,20, Nicolás Otamendi 5,20, Raheem Sterling 6,10, İlkay Gündoğan 5,40 (79' Kun Agüero), Kevin De Bruyne 5,60, David Silva 5,70, Fernandinho 5,10, Nolito 5,80 (58' Willy Caballero 6,00). - coach: Pep Guardiola. = average: 5,41 [feeble]

18 October, 2016

Player ratings Liverpool 0-0 Man United.

Att: 52.769.

Liverpool: Loris Karius 5,20 - Nathaniel Clyne 5,60, Dejan Lovren 6,50, Joel Matip 6,60, James Milner 6,20 (86' Alberto Moreno), Coutinho 6,20, Roberto Firmino 5,80 (85' Divock Origi), Jordan Henderson 6,00, Emre Can 5,80, Daniel Sturridge 4,40 (60' Adam Lallana 6,20), Sadio Mané 5,40. - coach: Jürgen Klopp 5,80. = average: 5,82 [mediocre]

Man United: De Gea 7,40 - Eric Bailly 6,80, Chris Smalling 6,40, Daley Blind 5,70, Antonio Valencia 6,30, Paul Pogba 5,00, Ashley Young 6,00 (90' Luke Shaw), Ander Herrera 7,40, Marouane Fellaini 6,00, Zlatan Ibrahimović 5,10, Marcus Rashford 5,70 (77' Wayne Rooney). - coach: José Mourinho 6,00. = average: 6,16 [solid]

16 October, 2016

Memory Lane: European topscorers in the 1950 World Cup.

Including Qualifiers.

7: Calle Palmér (Sweden, photo), Telmo Zarra (Spain)
6: Željko Čajkovski (Yugoslavia)
5: Jacques Fatton (Switzerland), Estanislao Basora (Spain)
4: Stan Mortensen & Jack Rowley (England), Stjepan Bobek (Yugoslavia)
3: Egon Jönsson, Sune Andersson, Hans Jeppson, Ingvar Rydell & Stig Sundqvist (Sweden), Silvestre Igoa (Spain), Milutin Pajević (Yugoslavia), Jackie Milburn (England), Con Martin & Samuel Smyth (Ireland), Henry Morris (Scotland), Fahreddin Cansever (Turkey)
2: René Maillard & Charles Antenen (Switzerland), Riccardo Carapellese (Italy), Stan Pearson (England), Kosta Tomašević (Yugoslavia), Henri Baillot (France), Jarmo Vaihela (Finland)

14 October, 2016

Memory Lane: European topscorers in the 1954 World Cup.

Including Qualifiers.

   12: Maxl Morlock (BRD)
   11: Sándor Kocsis (Hungary), Erich Probst (Austria)
   6: Nat Lofthouse (England), Josef Hügi (Switzerland)
   5: Hans Schäfer, Ottmar Walter & Helmut Rahn (BRD), Henri Coppens & Léopold Anoul (Belgium), Burhan Sargun (Turkey)
   4: Ferenc Puskás & Nándor Hidegkuti (Hungary), ­Theodor Wagner & Ernst Stojaspal (Austria), Robert Ballaman (Switzerland), Nils-Åke "Kajan" Sandell (Sweden), Suat Mamat (Turkey)
   3: Fritz Walter (BRD), Zoltán Czibor (Hungary), Amleto Frignani & Giampiero Boniperti (Italy), Ivor Broadis & Dennis Wilshaw (England), Jean Vincent & Just Fontaine (France), Ernst Ocwirk (Austria), Kalevi Lehtovirta (Finland), John Charles (Wales)
   2: Roger Piantoni, Raymond Kopa, Léon Glovacki, Pierre Flamion, Joseph Ujlaki & Jean Desgranges (France), Mihály Lantos & Péter Palotás (Hungary), Miloš Milutinović & Branko Zebec (Yugoslavia), Harald Hassall & Jimmy Mullen (England), Robert Körner (Austria), Mathieu Bollen (Belgium), Lefter Küçükandonyadis (Turkey), Egisto Pandolfini (Italy), Charlie Fleming & Allan Brown (Scotland), Reg Ryan & Arthur Fitzsimmons (Ireland), František Vlk (Czechoslovakia), Olavi Lahtinen (Finland), Peter McParland (Northern Ireland), Ivor Allchurch (Wales), József Pecsovszky/Iosif Petschovschi (Romania), Ivan Kolev (Bulgaria)

12 October, 2016

Memory Lane: European topscorers in the 1958 World Cup.


Including Qualifiers.

   12: Just Fontaine (France)
   8: Tommy Taylor (England)
   7: Thadée Cisowski (France)
   6: Helmut Rahn (West Germany), Jackie Mudie (Scotland)
   5: Roger Piantoni (France), Nikita Simonyan (USSR), Lajos Tichy (Hungary), Peter McParland (Northern Ireland)
   4: Kurt Hamrin & Agne Simonsson (Sweden), Jean Vincent (France), Anatoli Ilyin (USSR), Zdeněk Zikán (Czechoslovakia), Ferenc Machos (Hungary), Ladislao Kubala (Spain), Paul Vandenbergh (Belgium)
   3: Raymond Kopa & Maryan Wisnieski (France), Hans Schäfer (West Germany), John Atyeo (England), Muhamed Mujić, Aleksandar Petaković & Todor Veselinović (Yugoslavia), Eduard Streltsov (USSR), Tadeusz Kraus (Czechoslovakia), Gerhard Hanappi (Austria), Noud van Melis & Abe Lenstra (Holland), Dermot Curtis (Ireland), Hristo Iliev (Bulgaria), Edward Jankowski (Poland)
   2: Nils Liedholm (Sweden), Joseph Ujlaki (France), Igor Netto, Anatoli Isaiev, Valentin Ivanov & Alexandr Ivanov (USSR), József Bozsik, Nándor Hidegkuti, Károly Sándor & Lajos Csordás (Hungary), Milan Dvořák & Václav Hovorka (Czechoslovakia), Des Palmer & Ivor Allchurch (Wales), Jimmy McIlroy & Derek Kevan (Northern Ireland), Uwe Seeler (West Germany), Duncan Edwards (England), Theodor Wagner, Karl Koller & Hans Busek (Austria), Miloš Milutinović (Yugoslavia), Maurice Willems, Ricard Orlans, Victor Mees & Henri Coppens (Belgium), Cor van der Gijp (Holland), Guido Gratton (Italy), Manuel Vasques (Portugal), Luis Suárez & Estanislao Basora (Spain), Ove Bech Nielsen (Denmark), Gerhard Cieślik (Poland), Thordar Thordarsson (Iceland), Georgi Dimitrov (Bulgaria), Harald Hennum (Norway), Günther Wirth (East Germany), Josef Hügi & Roger Vonlanthen (Switzerland), Alexandru Ere (Romania).

Memory Lane: European topscorers in the 1958 World Cup.


Including Qualifiers.

   12: Just Fontaine (France)
   8: Tommy Taylor (England)
   7: Thadée Cisowski (France)
   6: Helmut Rahn (West Germany), Jackie Mudie (Scotland)
   5: Roger Piantoni (France), Nikita Simonyan (USSR), Lajos Tichy (Hungary), Peter McParland (Northern Ireland)
   4: Kurt Hamrin & Agne Simonsson (Sweden), Jean Vincent (France), Anatoli Ilyin (USSR), Zdeněk Zikán (Czechoslovakia), Ferenc Machos (Hungary), Ladislao Kubala (Spain), Paul Vandenbergh (Belgium)
   3: Raymond Kopa & Maryan Wisnieski (France), Hans Schäfer (West Germany), John Atyeo (England), Muhamed Mujić, Aleksandar Petaković & Todor Veselinović (Yugoslavia), Eduard Streltsov (USSR), Tadeusz Kraus (Czechoslovakia), Gerhard Hanappi (Austria), Noud van Melis & Abe Lenstra (Holland), Dermot Curtis (Ireland), Hristo Iliev (Bulgaria), Edward Jankowski (Poland)
   2: Nils Liedholm (Sweden), Joseph Ujlaki (France), Igor Netto, Anatoli Isaiev, Valentin Ivanov & Alexandr Ivanov (USSR), József Bozsik, Nándor Hidegkuti, Károly Sándor & Lajos Csordás (Hungary), Milan Dvořák & Václav Hovorka (Czechoslovakia), Des Palmer & Ivor Allchurch (Wales), Jimmy McIlroy & Derek Kevan (Northern Ireland), Uwe Seeler (West Germany), Duncan Edwards (England), Theodor Wagner, Karl Koller & Hans Busek (Austria), Miloš Milutinović (Yugoslavia), Maurice Willems, Ricard Orlans, Victor Mees & Henri Coppens (Belgium), Cor van der Gijp (Holland), Guido Gratton (Italy), Manuel Vasques (Portugal), Luis Suárez & Estanislao Basora (Spain), Ove Bech Nielsen (Denmark), Gerhard Cieślik (Poland), Thordar Thordarsson (Iceland), Georgi Dimitrov (Bulgaria), Harald Hennum (Norway), Günther Wirth (East Germany), Josef Hügi & Roger Vonlanthen (Switzerland), Alexandru Ere (Romania).

Player ratings Slovenia 0-0 England.

Att: 17.000 (Stožice, Ljubljana).

Slovenia: Jan Oblak 6,20 - Aljaž Struna 6,10, Miral Samardžič 6,00, Bojan Jokić 6,00, Boštjan Cesar 6,20 (68' Miha Mevlja 5,50), Jasmin Kurtić 6,30, Rene Krhin 5,90 (84' Nik Omladič), Josip Iličič 6,50, Valter Birsa 6,00 (59' Rok Kronaveter 5,50), Benjamin Verbič 5,80, Roman Bezjak 6,20. - coach: Srečko Katanec. = average: 6,02 [acceptable]

England: Joe Hart 7,90 - Danny Rose 5,70, Gary Cahill 5,40, Kyle Walker 5,40, John Stones 5,70, Jesse Lingard 5,40, Jordan Henderson 5,30, Dele Alli 5,90 (73' Wayne Rooney 5,60), Eric Dier 4,70, Theo Walcott 4,60 (62' Andros Townsend 5,80), Daniel Sturridge 5,20 (82' Marcus Rashford). - coach: Gareth Southgate. = average: 5,58 [failing]

07 October, 2016

Player ratings Italy 1-1 Spain.

0-1 55' Vitolo r. (Busquets), 1-1 82' Daniele De Rossi PK (Éder). Att: 38.470 (Turin).

Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 4,30 - Alessio Romagnoli 6,30, Mattia De Sciglio 5,40, Leonardo Bonucci 6,50, Andrea Barzagli 6,80, Marco Parolo 5,20 (76' Andrea Belotti), Riccardo Montolivo 5,10 (30' Giacomo Bonaventura 5,70), Alessandro Florenzi 5,40, Daniele De Rossi 6,40, Graziano Pellè 5,20 (60' Ciro Immobile 6,90), Éder 6,20. - coach: Giampiero Ventura 5,50. = average: 5,80 [mediocre]

Spain: De Gea 6,00 - Sergio Ramos 5,30, Piqué 6,10, Jordi Alba 5,90 (22' Nacho 6,00), Dani Carvajal 6,10, Koke 6,80, Iniesta 7,10, David Silva 6,90, Busquets 6,60, Vitolo 6,60 (84' Thiago), Diego Costa 5,20 (67' Morata 5,60). - coach: Lopetegui 6,20. = average: 6,17 [solid]

27 September, 2016

Average ratings Man City & Man United 2016/17.

6,97 De Bruyne (7 rated appearances)
6,94 Sterling (7)
6,88 Silva (5)
6,86 Agüero (5)
6,83 Fernandinho (7)
6,48 Rashford (5)
6,44 Ibrahimovic (7)
6,40 Stones (7), Herrera (4)
6,35 Otamendi (6)
6,30 Bailly (7)
6,28 Nolito (5)
6,24 Kolarov (7)
6,23 Valencia (6)
6,10 Shaw (5)
6,08 Mata (6)
6,03 Pogba (6)
5,92 Sagna (4)
5,91 De Gea (7)
5,88 Fellaini (5)
5,82 Rooney (5)
5,62 Bravo (4)
5,44 Martial (5)

10 September, 2016

Player ratings Man United 1-2 Man City.

0-1 15' Kevin De Bruyne r. (Kelechi Iheanacho), 0-2 36' Kelechi Iheanacho l., 1-2 42' Zlatan Ibrahimović r. Att: 75.272.

United: De Gea 6,10 - Antonio Valencia 6,00, Eric Bailly 5,30, Daley Blind 5,00, Luke Shaw 6,00 (81' Anthony Martial), Marouane Fellaini 5,60, Paul Pogba 5,60, Henrikh Mkhitaryan 4,80 (46' Ander Herrera 6,20), Wayne Rooney 5,80, Jesse Lingard 4,60 (46' Marcus Rashford 6,60), Zlatan Ibrahimović 6,60. - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 5,71 [disappointing]

City: Claudio Bravo 4,80 - Bacary Sagna 6,00, Nicolás Otamendi 6,80, John Stones 6,30, Aleksandar Kolarov 6,40, Fernandinho 7,10, David Silva 6,90, Raheem Sterling 6,00 (60' Leroy Sané 6,00), Kevin De Bruyne 7,80 (90' Pablo Zabaleta), Nolito 6,20, Kelechi Iheanacho 7,00 (53' Fernando 6,20). - coach: Pep Guardiola. = average: 6,42 [strong]

11 July, 2016

Player ratings Portugal 1-0 France [aet]

1-0 109' Éder r. (João Moutinho). Att: 75.868 (St Denis).

Portugal: Rui Patrício 7,50 - Pepe 7,10, José Fonte 6,70, Raphaël Guerreiro 6,70, Cédric Soares 6,20, João Mário 6,50, William Carvalho 6,70, Renato Sanches 5,70 (79' Éder 7,70), Adrien Silva 5,40 (66' João Moutinho 6,20), Cristiano Ronaldo (25' Ricardo Quaresma 5,90), Nani 6,20. - coach: Fernando Santos 7,60. = average: 6,50 [very good]

France: Hugo Lloris 5,80 - Patrice Evra 5,60, Bacary Sagna 5,70, Laurent Koscielny 5,50, Samuel Umtiti 5,70, Dimitri Payet 5,00 (58' Kingsley Coman 6,20), Blaise Matuidi 6,00, Paul Pogba 4,80, Moussa Sissoko 6,90 (110' Anthony Martial), Antoine Griezmann 5,60, Olivier Giroud 5,20 (78' André-Pierre Gignac 6,20). - coach: Didier Deschamps 5,30. = average: 5,71 [disappointing]



Average position: Portugal 44,8 m, France 57,7.

08 July, 2016

Player ratings Germany 0-2 France.

0-1 45' Antoine Griezmann PK, 0-2 72' Antoine Griezmann l. Att: 64.078 (Marseille).

Germany: Manuel Neuer 5,90 - Joshua Kimmich 5,70, Jérôme Boateng 5,90 (61' Shkodran Mustafi 5,40), Benedikt Höwedes 6,20, Jonas Hector 5,80, Emre Can 6,00 (67' Mario Götze 5,30), Toni Kroos 6,20, Mesut Özil 5,60, Bastian Schweinsteiger 5,30 (79' Leroy Sané), Julian Draxler 5,20, Thomas Müller 5,10. - coach: Joachim Löw 5,40. = average: 5,66 [disappointing]

France: Hugo Lloris 7,20 - Bacary Sagna 6,10, Laurent Koscielny 6,80, Samuel Umtiti 6,90, Patrice Evra 6,20, Paul Pogba 6,70, Blaise Matuidi 6,30, Moussa Sissoko 6,50, Dimitri Payet 5,50 (71' N'Golo Kanté 6,00), Antoine Griezmann 8,00 (90' Yohan Cabaye), Olivier Giroud 5,80 (78' André-Pierre Gignac). - coach: Didier Deschamps 7,00. = average: 6,50 [very good]


Average position: Germany 57,9 m, France 41,8.

07 July, 2016

Player ratings Portugal 2-0 Wales.

1-0 50' Cristiano Ronaldo h. (Raphaël Guerreiro), 2-0 53' Nani r. (Cristiano Ronaldo). Ref: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) 5,80. Att: 55.679 (Lyon).

Portugal: Rui Patrício 6,30 - Bruno Alves 6,20, José Fonte 6,70, Raphaël Guerreiro 6,60, Cédric Soares 6,00, João Mário 6,40, Danilo 6,40, Renato Sanches 6,50 (74' André Gomes 5,90), Adrien Silva 6,20 (79' João Moutinho), Cristiano Ronaldo 7,40, Nani 6,50 (86' Ricardo Quaresma). - coach: Fernando Santos 6,70. = average: 6,42 [strong]

Wales: Wayne Hennessey 5,50 - Chris Gunter 5,50, Neil Taylor 5,60, James Chester 5,00, Ashley Williams 5,60, James Collins 6,00 (66' Jonathan Williams 5,60), Joe Allen 5,20, Andy King 5,60, Joe Ledley 5,40 (58' Sam Vokes 5,30), Hal Robson-Kanu 5,50 (63' Simon Church 5,40), Gareth Bale 6,70. - coach: Chris Coleman 5,80. = average: 5,48 [poor]

04 July, 2016

Player ratings France 5-2 Iceland.

1-0 12' Olivier Giroud l. (Blaise Matuidi), 2-0 20' Paul Pogba h. (Antoine Griezmann), 3-0 43' Dimitri Payet l. (Antoine Griezmann), 4-0 45' Antoine Griezmann l. (Olivier Giroud), 4-1 56' Kolbeinn Sigþórsson r. (Gylfi Sigurðsson), 5-1 59' Olivier Giroud h. (Dimitri Payet), 5-2 84' Birkir Bjarnason h. (Ari Skúlason). Att: 76.833 (St Denis).

France: Hugo Lloris 6,30 - Patrice Evra 6,00, Bacary Sagna 6,30, Laurent Koscielny 6,40 (72' Eliaquim Mangala 6,00), Samuel Umtiti 6,00, Blaise Matuidi 6,70, Paul Pogba 7,00, Moussa Sissoko 6,50, Antoine Griezmann 7,20, Dimitri Payet 7,00 (80' Kingsley Coman), Olivier Giroud 7,60 (60' André-Pierre Gignac 5,80). - coach: Didier Deschamps 6,90. = average: 6,52 [very good]

Iceland: Hannes Halldórsson 4,70 - Birkir Sævarsson 5,00, Ragnar Sigurðsson 4,90, Kári Árnason 4,50 (46' Sverrir Ingason 5,60), Ari Skúlason 5,50, Jóhann Guðmundsson 5,20, Birkir Bjarnason 6,20, Gylfi Sigurðsson 5,50, Aron Gunnarsson 5,50, Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 6,10 (83' Eiður Guðjohnsen), Jón Böðvarsson 5,10 (46' Alfreð Finnbogason 5,30). - coach: Lars Lagerbäck 5,60. = average: 5,32 [lame]

03 July, 2016

Player ratings Germany 1-1 Italy (6-5 pen.)

1-0 65' Mesut Özil l. (Jonas Hector), 1-1 78' Leonardo Bonucci PK. Penalty shoot-out: Lorenzo Insigne +, Toni Kroos +, Simone Zaza -, Thomas Müller -; Andrea Barzagli +, Mesut Özil -, Graziano Pellè -, Julian Draxler +; Leonardo Bonucci -, Bastian Schweinsteiger -; Emanuele Giaccherini +, Mats Hummels +; Marco Parolo +, Joshua Kimmich +; Mattia De Sciglio +, Jérôme Boateng +; Matteo Darmian -, Jonas Hector +. Att: 38.742 (Bordeaux).

Germany: Manuel Neuer 7,20 - Benedikt Höwedes 6,20, Jérôme Boateng 6,00, Mats Hummels 7,00, Joshua Kimmich 5,80, Sami Khedira (16' Bastian Schweinsteiger 6,00), Toni Kroos 6,00, Jonas Hector 6,50, Mesut Özil 6,70, Thomas Müller 5,20, Mario Gomez 6,60 (72' Julian Draxler 5,70). - coach: Joachim Löw 6,50. = average: 6,24 [solid]

Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 6,80 - Andrea Barzagli 6,60, Leonardo Bonucci 7,20, Giorgio Chiellini 6,90 (120' Simone Zaza), Alessandro Florenzi 6,20 (86' Matteo Darmian 5,80), Stefano Sturaro 5,70, Marco Parolo 6,40, Emanuele Giaccherini 6,50, Mattia De Sciglio 6,40, Graziano Pellè 6,20, Éder 6,10 (108' Lorenzo Insigne). - coach: Antonio Conte 7,20. = average: 6,40 [strong]


Average position, Germany: 57,7 m, Italy 47.

02 July, 2016

Player ratings Wales 3-1 Belgium.

0-1 13' Radja Nainggolan r. (Eden Hazard), 1-1 30' Ashley Williams h. (Aaron Ramsey), 2-1 55' Hal Robson-Kanu l.  (Aaron Ramsey), 3-1 85' Sam Vokes h. (Chris Gunter). Att: 45.936 (Lille).

Wales: Wayne Hennessey 6,50 - Chris Gunter 6,70, Neil Taylor 6,80, Ben Davies 6,60, James Chester 6,70, Ashley Williams 7,20, Joe Allen 6,70, Aaron Ramsey 7,20 (90' James Collins), Joe Ledley 6,30 (78' Andy King 5,80), Hal Robson-Kanu 7,40 (80' Sam Vokes 7,00), Gareth Bale 7,00. - coach: Chris Coleman 8,10. = average: 6,76 [superiour]

Belgium: Thibaut Courtois 6,10 - Toby Alderweireld 5,40, Jason Denayer 4,70, Thomas Meunier 5,30, Jordan Lukaku 4,70 (75' Dries Mertens 5,50), Radja Nainggolan 6,50, Axel Witsel 5,40, Kevin De Bruyne 5,20, Eden Hazard 5,70, Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco 5,20 (46' Marouane Fellaini 5,20), Romelu Lukaku 4,90 (83' Michy Batshuayi). - coach: Marc Wilmots 3,90. = average: 5,37 [feeble]

01 July, 2016

Player ratings Poland 1-1 Portugal (3-5 pen.)

1-0 2' Robert Lewandowski r. (Kamil Grosicki), 1-1 33' Renato Sanches l. (Nani). Penalty shoot-out: Cristiano Ronaldo +, Robert Lewandowski +; Renato Sanches +, Arkadiusz Milik +; João Moutinho +, Kamil Glik +; Nani +, Jakub Błaszczykowski -; Ricardo Quaresma +. Att: 62.940 (Marseille).

Poland: Łukasz Fabiański 5,90 - Michał Pazdan 6,30, Artur Jędrzejczyk 5,70, Kamil Glik 6,90, Łukasz Piszczek 6,30, Krzysztof Mączyński 5,90 (98' Tomasz Jodłowiec), Grzegorz Krychowiak 6,30, Kamil Grosicki 6,10 (82' Bartosz Kapustka 5,80), Jakub Błaszczykowski 5,50, Arkadiusz Milik 6,10, Robert Lewandowski 6,50. - coach: Adam Nawałka 6,30. = average: 6,11 [satisfactory]

Portugal: Rui Patrício 6,60 - Pepe 7,00, José Fonte 6,10, Eliseu 5,60, Cédric Soares 5,50, João Mário 5,30 (80' Ricardo Quaresma 6,20), William Carvalho 5,90 (96' Danilo 5,70), Renato Sanches 6,90, Adrien Silva 5,20 (73' João Moutinho 6,10), Cristiano Ronaldo 5,20, Nani 6,00. - coach: Fernando Santos 6,00. = average: 5,95 [acceptable]

28 June, 2016

Player ratings Argentina 0-0 Chile (2-4 pen.)

Sent off: 28' Marcelo Díaz, 43' Marcos Rojo. Penalty shootout: Arturo Vidal -, Lionel Messi -; Nicolás Castillo +, Javier Mascherano +; Charles Aránguiz +, Kun Agüero +; Jean Beausejour +, Lucas Biglia -; Francisco Silva +. Att: 82.026 (MetLife Stadium, New Jersey).

Argentina: Sergio Romero 6,60  - Gabriel Mercado 5,90, Ramiro Funes Mori 6,20, Javier Mascherano 6,60, Marcos Rojo 4,60, Nicolás Otamendi 6,30, Lucas Biglia 5,40, Ángel Di María 5,30 (57' Matías Kranevitter 5,90), Éver Banega 6,00 (111' Erik Lamela), Gonzalo Higuaín 5,10 (70' Kun Agüero 5,90), Lionel Messi 5,60. - coach: Gerardo Martino 5,70. = average: 5,80 [mediocre]

Chile: Claudio Bravo 7,40 - Mauricio Isla 6,30, Gonzalo Jara 6,30, Arturo Vidal 6,80, José Fuenzalida 6,00 (80' Edson Puch 5,90), Jean Beausejour 6,30, Gary Medel 6,10, Charles Aránguiz 6,50, Marcelo Díaz 4,50, Alexis Sánchez 6,30 (103' Francisco Silva), Eduardo Vargas 6,10 (109' Nicolás Castillo). - coach: Juan Pizzi 7,30. = average: 6,21 [solid]

Player ratings England 1-2 Iceland.

1-0 4' Wayne Rooney PK (Raheem Sterling), 1-1 6' Ragnar Sigurðsson r. (Kári Árnason), 1-2 18' Kolbeinn Sigþórsson r. (Jón Böðvarsson). Att: 33.901 (Nice).

England: Joe Hart 4,60 - Kyle Walker 5,30, Danny Rose 5,40, Gary Cahill 5,00, Chris Smalling 5,20, Raheem Sterling 5,40 (60' Jamie Vardy 5,20), Wayne Rooney 5,30 (87' Marcus Rashford), Eric Dier 4,90 (46' Jack Wilshere 5,20), Dele Alli 5,40, Harry Kane 4,50, Daniel Sturridge 5,10. - coach: Roy Hodgson 3,80. = average: 5,12 [rubbish]

Iceland: Hannes Halldórsson 6,20 - Birkir Sævarsson 6,50, Ragnar Sigurðsson 8,00, Kári Árnason 7,10, Ari Skúlason 6,60, Jóhann Guðmundsson 6,70, Birkir Bjarnason 6,80, Gylfi Sigurðsson 6,70, Aron Gunnarsson 7,00, Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 7,00 (76' Teddy Bjarnason), Jón Böðvarsson 6,50 (89' Arnór Ingvi Traustason). - coach: Lars Lagerbäck 8,20. = average: 6,83 [superb]

Average position: England 59,5 m, Iceland 40,4.


Player ratings Italy 2-0 Spain.

1-0 33' Giorgio Chiellini l., 2-0 90' Graziano Pellè r. (Matteo Darmian). Att: 76.125 (St Denis).

Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 8,00 - Giorgio Chiellini 7,90, Andrea Barzagli 6,60, Leonardo Bonucci 7,10, Mattia De Sciglio 6,70, Alessandro Florenzi 6,60 (84' Matteo Darmian), Daniele De Rossi 6,60 (54' Thiago Motta 5,90), Marco Parolo 6,50, Emanuele Giaccherini 6,90, Graziano Pellè 7,20, Éder 7,00 (82' Lorenzo Insigne). - coach: Antonio Conte 7,90. = average: 6,92 [first-class]

Spain: De Gea 7,00 - Piqué 5,40, Sergio Ramos 5,00, Juanfran 5,50, Jordi Alba 5,30, Busquets 5,10, Iniesta 6,00, Cesc Fàbregas 5,00, David Silva 5,50, Morata 5,10 (70' Lucas Vázquez 5,80), Nolito 4,70 (46' Aduriz 5,70 - 81' Pedro). - coach: Vicente Del Bosque 5,30. = average: 5,47 [poor]

Average position: Italy 42,4 m, Spain 58,5.

27 June, 2016

Player ratings Germany 3-0 Slovakia.

1-0 8' Jérôme Boateng r., 2-0 43' Mario Gomez l. (Julian Draxler), 3-0 63' Julian Draxler r. Mesut Özil missed a PK  (13'). Att: 44.312 (Lille).

Germany: Manuel Neuer 6,60 - Joshua Kimmich 6,50, Jérôme Boateng 7,30 (71' Benedikt Höwedes 6,10), Mats Hummels 6,70, Jonas Hector 6,70, Julian Draxler 7,70 (72' Lukas Podolski 6,00), Sami Khedira 6,30 (76' Bastian Schweinsteiger), Toni Kroos 6,80, Mesut Özil 6,00, Thomas Müller 6,20, Mario Gomez 7,00. - coach: Joachim Löw 7,20. = average: 6,61 [excellent]

Slovakia: Matúš Kozáčik 6,70 - Peter Pekarík 5,40, Martin Škrtel 4,70, Ján Ďurica 5,00, Norbert Gyömbér 5,00 (84' Kornel Saláta), Milan Škriniar 5,40, Vladimír Weiss 5,20 (46' Ján Greguš 5,30), Patrik Hrošovský 5,40, Marek Hamšík 5,40, Juraj Kucka 5,80, Michal Ďuriš 4,90 (64' Stanislav Šesták 5,30). - coach: Ján Kozák 5,00. = average: 5,35 [feeble]


 Average position: Germany 58,5 m, Slovakia 41,9.

Player ratings France 2-1 Ireland.

0-1 2' Robbie Brady PK, 1-1 58' Antoine Griezmann h. (Bacary Sagna), 2-1 61' Antoine Griezmann l. (Olivier Giroud). Sent off: 66' Shane Duffy. Att: 56.279 (Lyon).

France: Hugo Lloris 6,70 - Patrice Evra 5,70, Adil Rami 5,40, Bacary Sagna 6,40, Laurent Koscielny 5,70, N'Golo Kanté 5,40 (46' Kingsley Coman 6,30 - 90' Moussa Sissoko), Blaise Matuidi 6,20, Paul Pogba 5,60, Antoine Griezmann 7,70, Dimitri Payet 6,30, Olivier Giroud 6,30 (73' André-Pierre Gignac 6,00). - coach: Didier Deschamps 6,40. = average: 6,13 [satisfactory]

Ireland: Darren Randolph 6,50 - Séamus Coleman 5,90, Richard Keogh 5,60, Shane Duffy 5,10, Stephen Ward 5,70, Robbie Brady 6,20, James McCarthy 5,70 (72' Wes Hoolahan 5,60), Jeff Hendrick 5,80, Shane Long 6,30, James McClean 5,70 (68' John O'Shea 5,70), Daryl Murphy 5,80 (65' Jon Walters 5,40). - coach: Martin O'Neill 5,90. = average: 5,79 [mediocre]


Average position: France 55,5 m, Ireland 45,6.

Player ratings Hungary 0-4 Belgium.

0-1 10' Toby Alderweireld h. (Kevin De Bruyne), 0-2 78' Michy Batshuayi r. (Eden Hazard), 0-3 80' Eden Hazard r.  (Kevin De Bruyne), 0-4 90' Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco l. (Radja Nainggolan). Att: 28.921 (Toulouse).

Hungary: Gábor Király 6,70 - Ádám Lang 4,90, Tamás Kádár 5,30, Richard Guzmics 5,30, Roland Juhász 5,40 (79' Dániel Böde), Ádám Nagy 5,60, Zoltán Gera 5,20 (46' Ákos Elek 5,60), Gergő Lovrencsics 5,90, Ádám Pintér 5,80 (75' Nemanja Nikolić 5,50), Balázs Dzsudzsák 6,00, Ádám Szalai 5,70. - coach: Bernd Storck 5,60. = average: 5,61 [failing]

Belgium: Thibaut Courtois 6,50 - Toby Alderweireld 6,70, Thomas Vermaelen 6,10, Jan Vertonghen 6,20, Thomas Meunier 5,90, Radja Nainggolan 6,50, Axel Witsel 6,40, Kevin De Bruyne 6,70, Eden Hazard 7,80 (81' Marouane Fellaini), Romelu Lukaku 5,90 (76' Michy Batshuayi 6,60), Dries Mertens 5,80 (70' Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco 6,60). - coach: Marc Wilmots 6,80. = average: 6,44 [strong]


Average position: Hungary 48,3 m, Belgium 52,8.

26 June, 2016

Player ratings USA 0-4 Argentina.

0-1 3' Ezequiel Lavezzi h. (Lionel Messi), 0-2 32' Lionel Messi freekick, 0-3 50' Gonzalo Higuaí­n r., 0-4 86' Gonzalo Higuaí­n r. (Lionel Messi). Att: 70.858 (Houston).

USA: Brad Guzan 5,30 - DeAndre Yedlin 5,30, John Anthony Brooks 4,90, Geoff Cameron 5,10, Fabian Johnson 5,30, Michael Bradley 5,20, Clint Dempsey 5,10 (78' Darlington Nagbe), Kyle Beckerman 5,10 (60' Steve Birnbaum 5,20), Graham Zusi 5,10, Gyasi Zardes 5,60, Chris Wondolowski 5,00 (46' Christian Pulisic 5,40). - coach: Jürgen Klinsmann 6,00. = average: 5,20 [decrepit]

Argentina: Sergio Romero x - Gabriel Mercado 6,20, Ramiro Funes Mori 6,10, Javier Mascherano 6,70, Marcos Rojo 6,40 (84' Víctor Cuesta), Nicolás Otamendi 6,30, Augusto Fernández 6,40 (59' Lucas Biglia 6,20), Éver Banega 6,60, Gonzalo Higuaí­n 7,10, Lionel Messi 7,80, Ezequiel Lavezzi 7,00 (67' Erik Lamela 6,20). - coach: Gerardo Martino 7,20. = average: 6,58 [excellent]

Player ratings Wales 1-0 Northern Ireland.

1-0 75' og Gareth McAuley. Att: 44.342 (Paris).

Wales: Wayne Hennessey 6,40 - Chris Gunter 5,90, Neil Taylor 5,60, Ben Davies 5,90, James Chester 6,30, Ashley Williams 6,10, Joe Allen 5,70, Aaron Ramsey 6,20, Joe Ledley 5,50 (63' Jonathan Williams 6,30), Gareth Bale 6,60, Sam Vokes 5,30 (55' Hal Robson-Kanu 6,20). - coach: Chris Coleman 6,50. = average: 6,00 [acceptable]

Northern Ireland: Michael McGovern 6,30 - Gareth McAuley 5,30 (84' Josh Magennis), Jonny Evans 6,30, Aaron Hughes 5,80, Craig Cathcart 6,00, Steven Davis 6,20, Corry Evans 6,10, Stuart Dallas 6,00, Oliver Norwood 5,90 (79' Niall McGinn), Kyle Lafferty 5,80, Jamie Ward 6,10 (69' Conor Washington 5,50). - coach: Michael O'Neill 6,10. = average: 5,94 [vulnerable]


Average position: Wales 48,0 m, Northern Ireland 50,0.

Player ratings Switzerland 1-1 Poland (4-5 pen.)

0-1 39' Jakub Błaszczykowski r. (Kamil Grosicki), 1-1 82' Xherdan Shaqiri bicicleta. Penalty S-O: Stephan Lichtsteiner +, Robert Lewandowski +; Granit Xhaka -; Arkadiusz Milik +, Xherdan Shaqiri +; Kamil Glik +; Fabian Schär +, Jakub Błaszczykowski +; Ricardo Rodríguez +, Grzegorz Krychowiak +. Att: 38.842 (Saint-Étienne).

Switzerland: Yann Sommer 6,00 - Stephan Lichtsteiner 5,90, Ricardo Rodríguez 6,00, Johan Djourou 5,40, Fabian Schär 6,00, Granit Xhaka 5,30, Valon Behrami 6,30 (77' Gelson Fernandes 5,90), Blerim Džemaili 5,90 (58' Breel-Donald Embolo 6,10), Xherdan Shaqiri 7,20, Haris Seferović 5,80, Admir Mehmedi 5,40 (70' Eren Derdiyok 6,10). - coach: Vladimir Petković 6,40. = average: 5,95 [acceptable]

Poland: Łukasz Fabiański 7,10 - Michał Pazdan 6,00, Artur Jędrzejczyk 5,70, Kamil Glik 6,30, Łukasz Piszczek 6,00, Krzysztof Mączyński 5,70 (101' Tomasz Jodłowiec), Grzegorz Krychowiak 6,30, Kamil Grosicki 6,50 (104' Sławomir Peszko), Jakub Błaszczykowski 6,80, Arkadiusz Milik 5,40, Robert Lewandowski 5,40. - coach: Adam Nawałka 5,90. = average: 6,11 [satisfactory]


Average position: Switzerland 54,3 m, Poland 46,1.

Player ratings Croatia 0-1 Portugal [aet]

0-1 117' Ricardo Quaresma h. Att: 33.523 (Lens).

Croatia: Danijel Subašić 6,10 - Ivan Strinić 5,60, Vedran Ćorluka 6,30 (120' Andrej Kramarić), Darijo Srna 6,20, Domagoj Vida 6,00, Ivan Perišić 6,20, Ivan Rakitić 5,40 (110' Marko Pjaca), Luka Modrić 5,70, Marcelo Brozović 5,50, Milan Badelj 5,90, Mario Mandžukić 5,10 (88' Nikola Kalinić 5,50). - coach: Ante Čačić 5,00. = average: 5,79 [mediocre]

Portugal: Rui Patrício 6,10 - Pepe 6,80, José Fonte 6,20, Raphaël Guerreiro 6,30, Cédric Soares 6,20, João Mário 5,90 (87' Ricardo Quaresma 6,70), William Carvalho 6,00, André Gomes 5,00 (50' Renato Sanches 6,60), Adrien Silva 6,20 (108' Danilo), Cristiano Ronaldo 5,60, Nani 6,10. - coach: Fernando Santos 6,40. = average: 6,13 [satisfactory]


Average position Croatia 56,5 m, Portugal 47,2.

23 June, 2016

Euro 2016: average ratings in the Group Stage.

Three rated appearances. Coaches in bold.

7,17 Payet (Fra), Perišić (Cro)
7,03 Iniesta (Esp)

7,00 Bale (Wal)
6,83 McGovern (Nir)
6,77 Hamšík (Svk), Rakitić (Cro)
6,73 Srna (Cro)
6,67 De Biasi (Alb), Dzsudzsák (Hun)
6,63 Morata (Esp)
6,60 Coleman (Wal), Błaszczykowski (Pol), Lagerbäck (Isl)
6,57 Sommer (Sui), Čačić (Cro)
6,53 J. Boateng (Ger), Conte & Bonucci (Ita), Brady (Irl), Almer (Aut), Storck (Hun)
6,50 Kroos (Ger), Hendrick (Irl)
6,47 Barzagli (Ita), Nawałka (Pol), B. Bjarnason (Isl)
6,43 Hysaj (Alb), Krychowiak (Pol), Subašić (Cro), Courtois (Bel)
6,40 Piqué & Silva (Esp), Schär (Sui), Dier (Eng), Ćorluka (Cro), G. Sigurdsson (Isl)
6,37 Pazdan & Glik (Pol), Isaksson (Swe), Halldórsson & R. Sigurdsson (Isl)
6,33 Čech (Cze), Nani (Por)
6,30 Jordi Alba (Esp), Rooney (Eng), Neuer (Ger), Hazard (Bel), Árnason & J. Gudmundsson (Isl)
6,27 Badelj (Cro), Hoolahan (Irl), Gera (Hun)
6,23 Juanfran (Esp), B. Davies (Wal), Nainggolan (Bel), O'Neill (Irl), Gunnarsson (Isl)
6,20 Deschamps (Fra), Löw & Khedira (Ger), Milik (Pol), Pyatov (Ukr)
6,17 Del Bosque & Busquets (Esp), Rami & Koscielny (Fra), Petkovic & Džemaili (Sui), Coleman (Irl), M. Olsson (Swe), João Mário (Por)
6,13 Fàbregas (Esp), Pogba (Fra), Behrami (Sui), Abrashi (Alb), Akinfeev (Rus), Kozák (Svk), Özil (Ger), Witsel & De Bruyne (Bel), Baumgartlinger (Aut)
6,10 Lloris (Fra), Alli (Eng), J. Evans (Eng), Bödvarsson (Isl), Cristiano Ronaldo (Por)
6,07 Coman (Fra), G. Xhaka (Sui), Gunter, N. Taylor (Wal), Mak (Svk), McAuley (Nir)
6,03 Nolito (Esp), R. Rodríguez & Mehmedi (Sui), Chiricheş (Rom), Lallana (Eng), Weiss (Svk)
6,00 Griezmann (Fra), Kozáčik & Škrtel (Svk), Vermaelen (Bel), Granqvist (Swe), Rui Patrício (Por)
5,97 Iordănescu, Grigore & Stancu (Rom), Agolli (Alb), Pekarík (Svk), Hector (Ger), O'Neill (Nir), Volkan Babacan (Tur), Alaba (Aut), Lang (Hun)
5,93 Lenjani & Mavraj (Alb), Kucka (Svk), Sigþórsson (Isl)
5,90 Hoban (Rom), G. Cahill (Eng), Duda (Svk), Wilmots, Alderweireld, Vertonghen & R. Lukaku (Bel), E. Johansson (Swe)
5,87 Săpunaru (Rom), Ďurica (Svk), S. Davis (Nir), Randolph (Irl), Forsberg & Ibrahimovic (Swe)
5,83 Tătăruşanu (Rom), Hodgson (Eng), T. Müller (Ger), Cathcart (Nir), Feditskiy (Ukr), Long (Irl), Pepe (Por)
5,80 Embolo (Sui), E. Berisha & Sadiku (Alb), Dallas (Nir), Jędrzejczyk (Pol), Yarmolenko (Ukr), McCarthy & McClean (Irl), Källström (Swe), Fuchs & Klein (Aut), André Gomes (Por)
5,77 Sagna (Fra), Lichtsteiner & Djourou (Sui), Švento (Svk), Khacheridi (Ukr), Burak Yılmaz (Tur), Király & Guzmics (Hun), Sævarsson & Skúlason (Isl)
5,73 Shaqiri (Sui), Smalling (Eng), Lewandowski (Pol), Ozan Tufan (Tur), Ricardo Carvalho (Por)
5,70 De Gea (Esp), Washington & Norwood (Nir), Konoplyanka (Ukr), Fatih Terim & Gökhan Gönül (Tur), Lindelöf (Swe)
5,67 Stepanenko & Kovalenko (Ukr), Sivok, Darida & Necid (Cze), Selçuk İnan (Tur), Guidetti (Swe), Arnautovic (Aut)
5,60 V. Berezutskiy (Rus), Kadeřábek (Cze), Fernando Santos (Por)
5,57 Sergio Ramos (Esp), Hubník & Plašil (Cze), Hakan Balta & Arda Turan (Tur), Hinteregger (Aut)
5,53 Dzyuba (Rus)
5,50 Fomenko (Ukr), S. Larsson (Swe), Sabitzer (Aut)
5,47 Evra (Fra), Krejčí (Cze), Vieirinha (Por)
5,43 Vrba (Cze), Özyakup (Tur), Koller (Aut)
5,40 Hart (Eng), Ignashevich (Rus), Mehmet Topal (Tur), Hamrén (Swe), João Moutinho (Por)
5,33 Smolnikov (Rus)
5,30 Zozulya (Ukr)
5,23 Götze (Ger)
5,20 Smolov (Rus)
5,13 Slutskiy (Rus)
5,10 Kokorin (Rus)
4,97 Golovin (Rus)

Player ratings Hungary 3-3 Portugal.

1-0 19' Zoltán Gera l., 1-1 42' Nani l. (Cristiano Ronaldo), 2-1 47' Balázs Dzsudzsák freekick, 2-2 50' Cristiano Ronaldo heel (João Mário), 3-2 55' Balázs Dzsudzsák l., 3-3 62' Cristiano Ronaldo h. (Ricardo Quaresma). Att: 55.514 (Lyon).

Hungary: Gábor Király 5,50 - Ádám Lang 5,90, Mihály Korhut 5,40, Richard Guzmics 5,40, Roland Juhász 5,20, Ákos Elek 6,10, Zoltán Gera 6,70 (46' Barnabás Bese 5,70), Gergő Lovrencsics 6,20 (83' Zoltán Stieber), Ádám Pintér 6,00, Balázs Dzsudzsák 7,30, Ádám Szalai 6,20 (71' Krisztián Németh 5,60). - coach: Bernd Storck 6,50. = average: 5,94 [vulnerable]

Portugal: Rui Patrício 5,60 - Pepe 5,60, Ricardo Carvalho 5,10, Vieirinha 5,40, Eliseu 5,30, João Moutinho 5,10 (46' Renato Sanches 6,20), João Mário 6,60, William Carvalho 5,60, André Gomes 5,10 (61' Ricardo Quaresma 6,50), Cristiano Ronaldo 7,70, Nani 6,60 (81' Danilo). - coach: Fernando Santos 5,70. = average: 5,88 [vulnerable]

Player ratings Italy 0-1 Ireland.

0-1 85' Robbie Brady h. (Wes Hoolahan). Att: 44.268 (Lille).

Italy: Salvatore Sirigu 5,50 - Mattia De Sciglio 5,70 (82' Stephan El Shaarawy), Angelo Ogbonna 6,10, Andrea Barzagli 6,10, Leonardo Bonucci 5,60, Alessandro Florenzi 5,40, Thiago Motta 5,20, Stefano Sturaro 5,20, Simone Zaza 5,70, Ciro Immobile 5,30 (74' Lorenzo Insigne 6,30), Federico Bernardeschi 5,00 (60' Matteo Darmian 5,50). - coach: Antonio Conte 5,30. = average: 5,58 [failing]

Ireland: Darren Randolph 5,80 - Séamus Coleman 6,30, Richard Keogh 6,20, Shane Duffy 6,60, Stephen Ward 6,00, Robbie Brady 7,10, James McCarthy 6,20 (77' Wes Hoolahan 6,20), Jeff Hendrick 6,70, Shane Long 6,00 (90' Stephen Quinn), James McClean 6,30, Daryl Murphy 6,00 (70' Aiden McGeady 5,90). - coach: Martin O'Neill 6,80. = average: 6,25 [solid]

Player ratings Sweden 0-1 Belgium.

0-1 84' Radja Nainggolan r. (Eden Hazard). Att: 34.011 (Nice).

Sweden: Andreas Isaksson 6,70 - Erik Johansson 5,90, Andreas Granqvist 6,40, Martin Olsson 5,90, Victor Lindelöf 5,50, Emil Forsberg 5,80 (82' Erkan Zengin), Sebastian Larsson 5,30 (70' Jimmy Durmaz 5,30), Albin Ekdal 5,70, Kim Källström 5,70, Zlatan Ibrahimović 5,80, Marcus Berg 5,50 (63' John Guidetti 5,60). - coach: Erik Hamrén 5,10. = average: 5,78 [mediocre]

Belgium: Thibaut Courtois 6,50 - Toby Alderweireld 6,20, Thomas Vermaelen 6,30, Jan Vertonghen 6,00, Thomas Meunier 6,00, Radja Nainggolan 6,80, Axel Witsel 5,90, Kevin De Bruyne 6,50, Eden Hazard 6,40 (90' Divock Origi), Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco 5,40 (71' Dries Mertens 6,40), Romelu Lukaku 5,70 (87' Christian Benteke). - coach: Marc Wilmots 6,10. = average: 6,18 [solid]

Player ratings Iceland 2-1 Austria.

1-0 18' Jón Böðvarsson r. (Kári Árnason), 1-1 60' Alessandro Schöpf l. (David Alaba), 2-1 90' Arnór Ingvi Traustason l. (Teddy Bjarnason). Aleksandar Dragović missed a PK (37'). Att: 68.714 (St Denis).
 

Iceland: Hannes Halldórsson 6,30  - Birkir Sævarsson 5,90, Ragnar Sigurðsson 6,10, Kári Árnason 6,70, Ari Skúlason 5,50, Jóhann Guðmundsson 6,30 (86' Sverrir Ingason), Birkir Bjarnason 6,40, Gylfi Sigurðsson 6,50, Aron Gunnarsson 6,30, Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 5,60 (80' Arnór Ingvi Traustason 6,90), Jón Böðvarsson 6,60 (71' Teddy Bjarnason 6,30). - coach: Lars Lagerbäck 6,70. = average: 6,26 [good]

Austria: Robert Almer 6,10 - Aleksandar Dragović 4,90, Martin Hinteregger 5,70, Christian Fuchs 5,90, Sebastian Prödl 5,50 (46' Alessandro Schöpf 6,90), Florian Klein 5,80, Stefan Ilsanker 5,20 (46' Marc Janko 5,90), David Alaba 6,00, Julian Baumgartlinger 6,20, Marko Arnautović 5,60, Marcel Sabitzer 5,70 (78' Jakob Jantscher). - coach: Marcel Koller 5,40. = average: 5,80 [mediocre]

22 June, 2016

Player ratings Ukraine 0-1 Poland.

0-1 54' Jakub Błaszczykowski l. (Arkadiusz Milik). Att: 58.874 (Marseille).

Ukraine: Andriy Pyatov 6,00 - Bogdan Butko 5,60, Evgen Khacheridi 5,90, Oleksandr Kucher 5,80, Artëm Fedetskiy 5,90, Taras Stepanenko 5,90, Ruslan Rotan 6,10, Oleksandr Zinchenko 6,00 (73' Viktor Kovalenko 6,10), Andriy Yarmolenko 6,20, Roman Zozulya 5,60 (90' Anatoliy Tymoshchuk), Evgen Konoplyanka 5,90. - coach: Mikhail Fomenko 5,50. = average: 5,92 [vulnerable]

Poland: Łukasz Fabiański 6,40 - Michał Pazdan 6,50, Artur Jędrzejczyk 5,30, Thiago Rangel Cionek 5,70, Kamil Glik 6,40, Tomasz Jodłowiec 6,00, Grzegorz Krychowiak 6,20, Piotr Zieliński 5,20 (46' Jakub Błaszczykowski 6,90), Bartosz Kapustka 5,70 (71' Kamil Grosicki 5,90), Arkadiusz Milik 6,50 (90' Filip Starzyński), Robert Lewandowski 5,40. - coach: Adam Nawałka 6,50. = average: 6,01 [acceptable]

Player ratings Czech Republic 0-2 Turkey.

0-1 10' Burak Yılmaz r. (Emre Mor), 0-2 65' Ozan Tufan r. (Mehmet Topal). Att: 32.836 (Lens).

Czech Rep: Petr Čech 6,00 - Pavel Kadeřábek 5,70, Roman Hubník 5,50, Tomáš Sivok 5,70, Daniel Pudil 5,30, Bořek Dočkal 5,50 (71' Josef Šural 5,40), Jaroslav Plašil 5,90 (90' Daniel Kolář), David Pavelka 5,20 (57' Milan Škoda 5,40), Ladislav Krejčí 5,30, Vladimír Darida 5,90, Tomáš Necid 5,30. - coach: Pavel Vrba 4,90. = average: 5,55 [poor]

Turkey: Volkan Babacan 6,70 - Hakan Balta 6,10, Gökhan Gönül 6,00, Ismail Köybaşı 6,00, Mehmet Topal 6,30, Selçuk İnan 6,40, Arda Turan 6,70, Ozan Tufan 6,80, Burak Yılmaz 6,70 (90' Cenk Tosun), Volkan Şen 6,10 (61' Oğuzhan Özyakup 6,10), Emre Mor 7,10 (69' Olcay Şahan 6,10). - coach: Fatih Terim 6,90. = average: 6,39 [strong]

Player ratings Northern Ireland 0-1 Germany.

0-1 30' Mario Gomez l. (Thomas Müller). Att: 44.125 (Paris).

Northern Ireland: Michael McGovern 7,80 - Gareth McAuley 5,40, Jonny Evans 5,80, Aaron Hughes 5,30, Craig Cathcart 5,20, Steven Davis 5,70, Corry Evans 5,70 (84' Niall McGinn), Stuart Dallas 5,50, Oliver Norwood 5,40, Conor Washington 5,10 (59' Kyle Lafferty 5,20), Jamie Ward 5,90 (70' Josh Magennis 5,40). - coach: Michael O'Neill 5,60. = average: 5,65 [failing]

Germany: Manuel Neuer 6,00 - Jonas Hector 6,10, Mats Hummels 6,30, Jérôme Boateng 6,40 (76' Benedikt Höwedes), Joshua Kimmich 6,80, Sami Khedira 6,10 (69' Bastian Schweinsteiger 6,00), Mesut Özil 6,90, Toni Kroos 6,20, Thomas Müller 6,60, Mario Götze 5,50 (55' André Schürrle 5,80), Mario Gomez 6,70. - coach: Joachim Löw 6,50. = average: 6,26 [good]

Player ratings Croatia 2-1 Spain.

0-1 7' Morata l. (Cesc Fàbregas), 1-1 45' Nikola Kalinić r. (Ivan Perišić), 2-1 87'     Ivan Perišić l. (Nikola Kalinić). Sergio Ramos missed a PK (72'). Att: 37.245 (Bordeaux).

Croatia: Danijel Subašić 7,20 - Šime Vrsaljko 5,80, Vedran Ćorluka 6,40, Tin Jedvaj 6,00, Darijo Srna 6,70, Ivan Perišić 7,70 (90' Duje Čop), Ivan Rakitić 6,70, Marko Rog 5,90 (82' Mateo Kovačić), Milan Badelj 6,10, Nikola Kalinić 6,90, Marko Pjaca 6,40 (90' Andrej Kramarić). - coach: Ante Čačić 6,80. = average: 6,53 [very good]

Spain: De Gea 4,60 - Piqué 5,60, Sergio Ramos 4,30, Juanfran 5,70, Jordi Alba 5,60, Busquets 5,60, Iniesta 6,00, Cesc Fàbregas 6,40 (84' Thiago Alcântara), David Silva 6,50, Morata 6,30 (67' Aduriz 5,30), Nolito 5,20 (60' Bruno Soriano 5,50). - coach: Vicente Del Bosque 5,20. = average: 5,58 [failing]

21 June, 2016

Player ratings Russia 0-3 Wales.

0-1 11' Aaron Ramsey r. (Joe Allen), 0-2 20' Neil Taylor l., 0-3 67' Gareth Bale l. (Aaron Ramsey). Att: 28.840 (Toulouse).

Russia: Igor Akinfeev 6,40 - Igor Smolnikov 4,90, Sergey Ignashevich 4,90, Vasiliy Berezutskiy 4,60 (46' Aleksey Berezutskiy 5,10), Denis Glushakov 4,90, Pavel Mamaev 4,70, Roman Shirokov 4,80 (52' Aleksandr Golovin 5,30), Dmitriy Kombarov 5,00, Aleksandr Kokorin 5,00, Fëdor Smolov 4,80 (70' Aleksandr Samedov 5,30), Artëm Dzyuba 5,00. - coach: Leonid Slutskiy 4,00. = average: 5,05 [rubbish]

Wales: Wayne Hennessey 6,30 - Chris Gunter 6,20, Neil Taylor 6,80, Ben Davies 6,50, James Chester 6,60, Ashley Williams 6,40, Joe Allen 7,30 (74' Dave Edwards 6,10), Aaron Ramsey 7,60, Joe Ledley 6,40 (76' Andy King), Gareth Bale 7,40 (83' Simon Church), Sam Vokes 6,20. - coach: Chris Coleman 7,10. = average: 6,64 [excellent]

Player ratings Slovakia 0-0 England.

Att: 39.051 (Saint-Étienne).

Slovakia: Matúš Kozáčik 7,00 - Peter Pekarík 6,30, Martin Škrtel 6,50, Ján Ďurica 6,10, Tomáš Hubočan 5,70, Vladimír Weiss 5,40 (78' Milan Škriniar), Marek Hamšík 6,00, Juraj Kucka 6,00, Róbert Mak 5,40, Viktor Pečovský 5,60 (67' Norbert Gyömbér 6,00), Ondrej Duda 5,10 (57' Dušan Švento 5,90). - coach: Ján Kozák 6,10. = average: 5,92 [vulnerable]

England: Joe Hart 6,00 - Gary Cahill 6,00, Chris Smalling 5,40, Nathaniel Clyne 6,90, Ryan Bertrand 6,00, Adam Lallana 6,00 (60' Dele Alli 6,00), Jordan Henderson 6,50, Eric Dier 6,70, Jack Wilshere 5,60 (56' Wayne Rooney 6,00), Jamie Vardy 6,00, Daniel Sturridge 5,60 (76' Harry Kane). - coach: Roy Hodgson 5,70. = average: 6,05 [satisfactory]


20 June, 2016

Player ratings Romania 0-1 Albania.

0-1 44' Armando Sadiku h. (Ledian Memushaj). Att: 49.752 (Lyon).

Romania: Ciprian Tătăruşanu 4,70 - Alexandru Măţel 5,20, Vlad Chiricheş 5,60, Dragoş Grigore 5,80, Cristian Săpunaru 5,40, Ovidiu Hoban 5,70, Nicolae Stanciu 5,50, Andrei Prepelită 5,00 (46' Lucian Sânmărtean 5,80), Adrian Popa 5,20 (68' Florin Andone 6,00), Denis Alibec 5,50 (57' Gabriel Torje 5,80), Bogdan Stancu 5,20. - coach: Anghel Iordănescu 5,20. = average: 5,46 [poor]

Albania: Etrit Berisha 6,10 - Andi Lila 6,40, Ermir Lenjani 5,60 (78' Odise Roshi), Elseid Hysaj 6,30, Ansi Agolli 6,30, Mergim Mavraj 6,30, Arlind Ajeti 6,60, Migjen Basha 6,30 (83' Lorik Cana), Ledian Memushaj 7,20, Amir Abrashi 6,40, Armando Sadiku 7,00 (58' Bekim Balaj 6,00). - coach: Giovanni De Biasi 7,20. = average: 6,38 [strong]

Player ratings Switzerland 0-0 France.

Att: 45.616 (Lille).

Schweiz: Yann Sommer 6,60 - Stephan Lichtsteiner 6,10, Ricardo Rodríguez 5,80, Johan Djourou 5,70, Fabian Schär 6,40, Granit Xhaka 6,30, Valon Behrami 5,80, Blerim Džemaili 6,00, Xherdan Shaqiri 5,60 (79' Gelson Fernandes), Breel-Donald Embolo 5,50 (74' Haris Seferović), Admir Mehmedi 5,80 (86' Michael Lang). - coach: Vladimir Petković 6,20. = average: 5,96 [acceptable]

France: Hugo Lloris 6,00 - Patrice Evra 5,60, Adil Rami 6,10, Bacary Sagna 5,70, Laurent Koscielny 6,40, Yohan Cabaye 6,30, Paul Pogba 6,90, Moussa Sissoko 6,40, Kingsley Coman 6,00 (63' Dimitri Payet 6,50), Antoine Griezmann 5,60 (77' Blaise Matuidi), André-Pierre Gignac 5,60. - coach: Didier Deschamps 6,10. = average: 6,09 [satisfactory]

19 June, 2016

Player ratings Belgium 3-0 Ireland.

1-0 48' Romelu Lukaku l. (Kevin De Bruyne), 2-0 61' Axel Witsel h. (Thomas Meunier), 3-0 70' Romelu Lukaku l. (Eden Hazard). Att: 39.493 (Bordeaux).

Belgium: Thibaut Courtois 6,10 - Toby Alderweireld 6,40, Thomas Vermaelen 6,20, Jan Vertonghen 6,10, Thomas Meunier 6,80, Axel Witsel 6,90, Kevin De Bruyne 6,90, Eden Hazard 6,60, Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco 5,90 (64' Dries Mertens 6,00), Mousa Dembélé 6,30 (57' Radja Nainggolan 6,00), Romelu Lukaku 7,20 (83' Christian Benteke). - coach: Marc Wilmots 6,80. = average: 6,42 [strong]

Ireland: Darren Randolph 5,70 - Séamus Coleman 5,80, Ciaran Clark 5,20, John O'Shea 5,40, Stephen Ward 5,20, Robbie Brady 5,90, Glenn Whelan 5,50, James McCarthy 5,20 (62' James McClean 5,40), Jeff Hendrick 5,90, Wes Hoolahan 5,60 (71' Aiden McGeady 5,70), Shane Long 5,80 (79' Robbie Keane). - coach: Martin O'Neill 5,40. = average: 5,56 [failing]

Player ratings Iceland 1-1 Hungary.

1-0 40' Gylfi Sigurðsson PK (Aron Gunnarsson), 1-1 88' og Birkir Sævarsson. Att: 60.842 (Marseille).

Iceland: Hannes Halldórsson 6,00 - Birkir Sævarsson 5,40, Ragnar Sigurðsson 6,40, Kári Árnason 6,00, Ari Skúlason 6,00, Jóhann Guðmundsson 6,10, Birkir Bjarnason 6,20, Gylfi Sigurðsson 6,50, Aron Gunnarsson 5,90 (66' Emil Hallfreðsson 5,60), Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 6,20 (84' Eiður Guðjohnsen), Jón Böðvarsson 5,80 (69' Alfreð Finnbogason 5,60). - coach: Lars Lagerbäck 6,20. = average: 5,98 [acceptable]

Hungary: Gábor Király 5,30 - Ádám Lang 5,80, Tamás Kádár 5,20, Richard Guzmics 5,90, Roland Juhász 6,00 (84' Ádám Szalai), Ádám Nagy 6,00, Zoltán Gera 5,90, László Kleinheisler 6,00, Zoltán Stieber 5,30 (66' Nemanja Nikolić 6,40), Balázs Dzsudzsák 6,60, Tamás Priskin 5,00 (66' Dániel Böde 6,10). - coach: Bernd Storck 6,20. = average: 5,81 [mediocre]

Player ratings Portugal 0-0 Austria.

Cristiano Ronaldo missed a PK (79'). Att: 44.291 (Paris).

Portugal: Rui Patrício 6,10 - Pepe 6,10, Raphaël Guerreiro 6,50, Ricardo Carvalho 6,30, Vieirinha 6,00, João Moutinho 5,70, William Carvalho 6,10, André Gomes 5,80 (83' Éder), Cristiano Ronaldo 5,30, Nani 6,00 (89' Rafa Silva), Ricardo Quaresma 5,70 (71' João Mário 6,10). - coach: Fernando Santos 6,00. = average: 5,98 [acceptable]

Austria: Robert Almer 7,40 - Martin Hinteregger 5,40, Christian Fuchs 5,90, Sebastian Prödl 6,10, Florian Klein 5,90, Stefan Ilsanker 6,10 (87' Kevin Wimmer), David Alaba 5,60 (65' Alessandro Schöpf 5,80), Julian Baumgartlinger 6,40, Marko Arnautović 5,60, Martin Harnik 5,70, Marcel Sabitzer 5,40 (85' Lukas Hinterseer). - coach: Marcel Koller 5,70. = average: 5,94 [vulnerable]

18 June, 2016

Memory Lane: Spain in the Euro 2012.

July 1st - final:
Spain 4, Italy 0
1-0 14' Silva, 2-0 41' Jordi Alba, 3-0 84' Fernando Torres, 4-0 88' Mata. Referee: Proença 6,00. Att: 63.170 (Kiev). 
Spain: Casillas 7,10 - Arbeloa 6,70, Piqué 6,90, Sergio Ramos 7,20, Jordi Alba 7,80 - Busquets 7,10, Xabi Alonso 7,20, Xavi 8,30 - Iniesta 8,20 (86' Mata 6,50), Silva 7,40 (59' Pedro 6,60), Fàbregas 7,70 (75' Fernando Torres 7,10). - coach: Del Bosque 7,90. = average: 7,27 [matchless]
Italy: Buffon 5,90 - Abate 5,40, Barzagli 5,30, Bonucci 5,30, Chiellini 4,80 (21' Balzaretti 5,80) - Marchisio 5,10, Pirlo 5,80, De Rossi 5,70, Montolivo 5,60 (56' Thiago Motta) - Cassano 5,80 (46' Di Natale 5,50), Balotelli 5,80. - coach: Prandelli 5,50. = average: 5,52 [poor]

June 27th - semifinal:
Portugal 0, Spain 0 (2-4 penalties)
Penalties: Xabi Alonso saved, João Moutinho saved - Iniesta goal, Pepe goal - Piqué goal, Nani goal - Sergio Ramos goal ("panenka"), Bruno Alves crossbar - Fàbregas goal. Referee: Çakιr 6,50. Att: 48.000 (Donetsk).‎
Portugal: Rui Patrício 7,10 - João Pereira 6,10, Bruno Alves 6,40, Pepe 6,70, Fábio Coentrão 6,60 - Raul Meireles 6,60 (112' Varela), Miguel Veloso 6,40 (105' Custódio), João Moutinho 6,40 - Nani 5,80, Hugo Almeida 5,60 (76' Nélson Oliveira 5,50), Cristiano Ronaldo 6,30. - coach: Paulo Bento 6,60. = average: 6,29 [good]
Spain: Casillas 6,90 - Arbeloa 6,10, Piqué 6,40, Sergio Ramos 6,90, Jordi Alba 6,60 - Busquets 6,20, Xabi Alonso 6,20 - Silva 5,40 (60' Jesús Navas 6,20), Xavi 5,70 (87' Pedro 6,50), Iniesta 6,80 - Negredo 5,10 (54' Fàbregas 6,60). - coach: Del Bosque 6,00. = average: 6,26 [solid]

June 23rd - quarterfinal:
Spain 2, France 0
1-0 19' Xabi Alonso, 2-0 91' Xabi Alonso penalty. Referee: Rizzoli 6,80. Att: 47.000 (Donetsk).
Spain: Casillas 6,70 - Arbeloa 6,20, Piqué 6,60, Sergio Ramos 7,10, Jordi Alba 7,30 - Xabi Alonso 8,10, Busquets 6,70, Xavi 6,60 - Iniesta 6,70 (85' Cazorla), Fàbregas 6,20 (67' Fernando Torres 6,10), Silva 6,10 (65' Pedro 6,60). - coach: Del Bosque 6,60. = average: 6,69 [superiour]
France: Lloris 6,70 - Clichy 5,80, Rami 5,90, Koscielny 6,40, Réveillère 5,40 - M'Vila 5,70 (79' Giroud), Cabaye 5,90, Malouda 5,30 (65' Nasri 5,30), Debuchy 5,20 (65' Ménez 5,00), Ribéry 5,90 - Benzema 5,30. - coach: Blanc 4,60. = average: 5,68 [disappointing]

June 18th:
Croatia 0, Spain 1
0-1 88' Jesús Navas. Referee: Stark 5,40. Att: 39.076 (Gdansk).
Croatia: Pletikosa 6,60 - Vida 5,90 (65' Jelavić 5,70), Ćorluka 6,50, Schildenfeld 6,70, Strinić 6,20 - Vukojević 5,90 (81' Eduardo), Rakitić 6,30 - Srna 6,30, Modrić 6,70, Pranjić 5,80 (65' Perišić 6,10) - Mandžukić 6,20. - coach: Bilić 5,20. = average: 6,22 [solid]
Spain: Casillas 7,00 - Arbeloa 5,80, Piqué 6,20, Sergio Ramos 6,10, Jordi Alba 5,90 - Xabi Alonso 6,20, Busquets 5,90 - Silva 6,40 (73' Fàbregas 6,20), Xavi 6,60 (89' Negredo), Iniesta 6,50 - Fernando Torres 5,70 (61' Jesús Navas 6,80). - coach: Del Bosque 6,20. = average: 6,25 [solid]

June 14th:
Spain 4, Ireland 0
1-0 4' Fernando Torres, 2-0 49' Silva, 3-0 70' Fernando Torres, 4-0 82' Fàbregas. Referee: Proença 6,00. Att: 39.150 (Gdansk).
Spain: Casillas 6,30 - Arbeloa 6,50, Piqué 6,50, Sergio Ramos 6,30, Jordi Alba 6,30 - Xavi 7,00, Busquets 6,60, Xabi Alonso 6,50 (65' Javi Martínez 6,20) - Silva 7,20, Fernando Torres 7,30 (75' Fàbregas 6,70), Iniesta 7,10 (80' Cazorla). - coach: Del Bosque 6,80. = average: 6,65 [excellent]
Ireland: Given 5,40 - O'Shea 5,80, St Ledger 5,40, Dunne 4,70, Ward 5,20 - Duff 5,30 (76' McClean), Andrews 5,50, Whelan 5,60 (84' Green), McGeady 5,40 - Cox 5,00 (46' Walters 5,50), Robbie Keane 5,80. - coach: Trapattoni 5,80. = average: 5,38 [feeble]

June 10th:
Spain 1, Italy 1
0-1 60' Di Natale, 64' Fàbregas. Referee: Kassai 5,90. Att: 38.869 (Gdansk).  
Spain: Casillas 6,70 - Arbeloa 5,70, Piqué 6,20, Sergio Ramos 6,30, Jordi Alba 5,70 - Xavi 6,70, Busquets 6,20, Xabi Alonso 6,30 - Silva 6,50 (63' Jesús Navas 6,30), Fàbregas 6,80 (74' Fernando Torres 5,40), Iniesta 7,40. - coach: Del Bosque 6,10. = average: 6,32 [good]
Italy: Buffon 7,20 - Bonucci 6,20, De Rossi 7,20, Chiellini 6,60 - Maggio 6,00, Marchisio 6,40, Pirlo 7,20, Thiago Motta 6,40 (89' Nocerino), Giaccherini 5,90 - Balotelli 5,40 (56' Di Natale 7,30), Cassano 6,50 (63' Giovinco 6,30). - coach: Prandelli 7,00. = average: 6,51 [very good]

Ratings: Gazzetta dello Sport, France Football, Kicker, Guerin Sportivo, The Independent, The Times, Corriere della Sera.

Las notas de España en la Eurocopa de 2012.

Player ratings Czech Republic 2-2 Croatia.

0-1 37' Ivan Perišić l., 0-2 59' Ivan Rakitić r. (Marcelo Brozović), 1-2 76' Milan Škoda h. (Tomáš Rosický), 2-2 90' Tomáš Necid PK. Att: 38.376 (Saint-Étienne).

Czech Rep: Petr Čech 6,10 - Pavel Kadeřábek 5,10, Roman Hubník 5,00, Tomáš Sivok 5,20, David Limberský 5,20, Tomáš Rosický 6,20, Jaroslav Plašil 5,00 (85' Tomáš Necid 6,40), Ladislav Krejčí 5,40, Jiří Skalák 5,00 (67' Josef Šural 5,90), Vladimír Darida 5,50, David Lafata 5,00 (67' Milan Škoda 6,70). - coach: Pavel Vrba 5,90. = average: 5,55 [failing]

Croatia: Danijel Subašić 5,90 - Ivan Strinić 6,20 (90' Gordon Schildenfeld), Vedran Ćorluka 6,20, Darijo Srna 6,70, Domagoj Vida 5,10, Ivan Perišić 7,00, Ivan Rakitić 7,20 (90' Šime Vrsaljko), Luka Modrić 6,80 (62' Mateo Kovačić 5,50), Marcelo Brozović 6,80, Milan Badelj 6,50, Mario Mandžukić 6,00. - coach: Ante Čačić 6,20. = average: 6,32 [good]

Player ratings Italy 1-0 Sweden.

1-0 88' Éder r. (Simone Zaza). Att: 35.472 (Toulouse).

Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 6,10 - Giorgio Chiellini 6,70, Andrea Barzagli 6,50, Leonardo Bonucci 6,40, Antonio Candreva 6,20, Alessandro Florenzi 5,90 (85' Stefano Sturaro), Daniele De Rossi 5,80 (74' Thiago Motta 6,00), Marco Parolo 6,10, Emanuele Giaccherini 6,10, Graziano Pellè 5,00 (60' Simone Zaza 6,50), Éder 7,20. - coach: Antonio Conte 6,60. = average: 6,19 [solid]

Sweden: Andreas Isaksson 6,00 - Victor Lindelöf 5,90, Erik Johansson 5,90, Andreas Granqvist 5,90, Martin Olsson 6,00, Sebastian Larsson 5,80, Albin Ekdal 6,30 (79' Jimmy Durmaz), Kim Källström 6,20, Emil Forsberg 5,90 (79' Oscar Lewicki), John Guidetti 5,40 (85' Marcus Berg), Zlatan Ibrahimović 5,50. - coach: Erik Hamrén 5,80. = average: 5,89 [vulnerable]

Player ratings Spain 3-0 Turkey.

1-0 34' Morata h. (Nolito), 2-0 37' Nolito r., 3-0 48' Morata r. (Jordi Alba). Att: 33.409 (Nice).

Spain: De Gea 6,10 - Piqué 6,80, Sergio Ramos 6,20, Juanfran 6,50, Jordi Alba 7,00 (81' Azpilicueta), Busquets 6,80, Iniesta 7,60, Cesc Fàbregas 6,30 (71' Koke 6,10), David Silva 6,70 (64' Bruno Soriano 6,20), Morata 7,60, Nolito 7,20. - coach: Vicente Del Bosque 7,10. = average: 6,70 [superiour]

Turkey: Volkan Babacan 5,70 - Hakan Balta 4,90, Gökhan Gönül 5,20, Mehmet Topal 4,20, Caner Erkin 5,10, Hakan Çalhanoğlu 5,20 (46' Nuri Şahin 5,10), Selçuk İnan 4,90 (70' Yunus Mallı 5,10), Arda Turan 4,70, Oğuzhan Özyakup 4,80 (62' Olcay Şahan 5,20), Ozan Tufan 5,10, Burak Yılmaz 5,40. - coach: Fatih Terim 4,90. = average: 5,04 [hopeless]

17 June, 2016

Player ratings Ukraine 0-2 Northern Ireland.

0-1 49' Gareth McAuley h. (Oliver Norwood), 0-2 90' Niall McGinn r. Att: 51.043 (Lyon).

Ukraine: Andriy Pyatov 5,80 - Evgen Khacheridi 5,20, Vyacheslav Shevchuk 5,60, Artëm Fedetskiy 5,30, Yaroslav Rakitskiy 5,60, Taras Stepanenko 5,50, Viktor Kovalenko 5,20 (83' Oleksandr Zinchenko), Sergiy Sydorchuk 5,60 (76' Denys Garmash), Andriy Yarmolenko 5,10, Evgen Konoplyanka 5,40, Evgen Seleznyov 5,30 (71' Roman Zozulya 5,30). - coach: Mikhail Fomenko 4,90. = average: 5,41 [feeble]

Northern Ireland: Michael McGovern 6,70 - Gareth McAuley 7,20, Jonny Evans 6,60, Aaron Hughes 6,50, Craig Cathcart 6,40, Steven Davis 6,20, Corry Evans 6,30 (90' Paddy McNair), Stuart Dallas 6,40, Oliver Norwood 6,50, Jamie Ward 6,50 (69' Niall McGinn 6,70), Conor Washington 6,10 (84' Josh Magennis). - coach: Michael O'Neill 7,10. = average: 6,51 [very good]

Player ratings Germany 0-0 Poland.

Att: 73.648 (St Denis).

Germany: Manuel Neuer 6,00 - Jonas Hector 6,00, Benedikt Höwedes 5,80, Mats Hummels 6,20, Jérôme Boateng 6,60, Sami Khedira 5,90, Mesut Özil 5,60, Julian Draxler 5,50 (71' Mario Gomez 5,70), Toni Kroos 6,30, Thomas Müller 5,50, Mario Götze 5,20 (66' André Schürrle 6,00). - coach: Joachim Löw 5,60. = average: 5,87 [vulnerable]

Poland: Łukasz Fabiański 6,30 - Michał Pazdan 6,70, Artur Jędrzejczyk 6,20, Kamil Glik 6,30, Łukasz Piszczek 6,10, Krzysztof Mączyński 6,00 (76' Tomasz Jodłowiec), Grzegorz Krychowiak 6,50, Kamil Grosicki 6,40 (87' Sławomir Peszko), Jakub Błaszczykowski 6,10 (80' Bartosz Kapustka), Arkadiusz Milik 5,10, Robert Lewandowski 6,10. - coach: Adam Nawałka 6,60. = average: 6,16 [solid]

Player ratings England 2-1 Wales.

0-1 42' Gareth Bale freekick, 1-1 56' Jamie Vardy r., 2-1 90'     Daniel Sturridge r. (Dele Alli). Att: 34.033 (Lens).

England: Joe Hart 4,70 - Kyle Walker 6,80, Danny Rose 6,20, Gary Cahill 5,80, Chris Smalling 5,90, Raheem Sterling 4,80 (46' Daniel Sturridge 7,00), Adam Lallana 6,00 (73' Marcus Rashford 6,10), Wayne Rooney 6,50, Eric Dier 5,60, Dele Alli 5,90, Harry Kane 4,80 (46' Jamie Vardy 6,70). - coach: Roy Hodgson 6,10. = average: 5,91 [vulnerable]

Wales: Wayne Hennessey 5,80 - Chris Gunter 5,80, Neil Taylor 5,50, Ben Davies 5,90, James Chester 6,00, Ashley Williams 5,80, Joe Allen 6,50, Aaron Ramsey 6,50, Joe Ledley 6,20 (67' Dave Edwards 5,90), Hal Robson-Kanu 5,80 (72' Jonathan Williams 5,90), Gareth Bale 6,50. - coach: Chris Coleman 5,90. = average: 6,01 [acceptable]

16 June, 2016

Player ratings Russia 1-2 Slovakia.

0-1 32' Vladimír Weiss r. (Marek Hamšík), 0-2 45' Marek Hamšík r. (Vladimír Weiss), 1-2 80' Denis Glushakov h. (Oleg Shatov). Att: 38.989 (Lille).

Russia: Igor Akinfeev 5,90 - Igor Smolnikov 5,20, Sergey Ignashevich 5,20, Vasiliy Berezutskiy 5,20, Georgiy Shchennikov 5,60, Roman Neustädter 4,70 (46' Pavel Mamaev 5,50), Aleksandr Golovin 4,40 (46' Denis Glushakov 6,30), Oleg Shatov 5,60, Aleksandr Kokorin 4,90 (75' Roman Shirokov 6,10), Fedor Smolov 5,30, Artëm Dzyuba 5,90. - coach: Leonid Slutskiy 5,50. = average: 5,41 [feeble]

Slovakia: Matúš Kozáčik 5,80 - Peter Pekarík 5,90, Martin Škrtel 6,20, Ján Ďurica 5,90, Tomáš Hubočan 6,10, Vladimír Weiss 7,00 (72' Dušan Švento 5,80), Marek Hamšík 7,80, Juraj Kucka 6,10, Róbert Mak 6,20 (79' Michal Ďuriš), Viktor Pečovský 6,10, Ondrej Duda 6,00 (67' Adam Nemec 5,90). - coach: Ján Kozák 6,50. = average: 6,22 [solid]

Player ratings Romania 1-1 Switzerland.

1-0 19' Bogdan Stancu PK, 1-1 57' Admir Mehmedi l. Att: 43.576 (Paris).

Romania: Ciprian Tătăruşanu 6,40 - Răzvan Raţ 6,20 (62' Steliano Filip 6,00), Vlad Chiricheş 6,40, Dragoş Grigore 5,80, Cristian Săpunaru 6,30, Alexandru Chipciu 6,50, Mihai Pintilii 5,80 (46' Ovidiu Hoban 5,90), Gabriel Torje 6,10, Andrei Prepelită 5,90, Claudiu Keșerü 5,40, Bogdan Stancu 6,50 (83' Florin Andone). - coach: Anghel Iordănescu 6,30. = average: 6,09 [satisfactory]

Switzerland: Yann Sommer 5,90 - Stephan Lichtsteiner 5,10, Ricardo Rodríguez 6,20, Johan Djourou 6,00, Fabian Schär 5,90, Granit Xhaka 5,80, Valon Behrami 6,20, Blerim Džemaili 5,80 (83' Michael Lang), Xherdan Shaqiri 5,80 (90' Shani Tarashaj), Haris Seferović 5,40 (63' Breel-Donald Embolo 6,00), Admir Mehmedi 6,60. - coach: Vladimir Petković 6,00. = average: 5,89 [vulnerable]

Player ratings France 2-0 Albania.

1-0 90' Antoine Griezmann h. (Adil Rami), 2-0 90' Dimitri Payet r. (André-Pierre Gignac). Att: 63.670 (Marseille).

France: Hugo Lloris 5,90 - Patrice Evra 5,70, Adil Rami 6,30, Bacary Sagna 5,90, Laurent Koscielny 6,20, N'Golo Kanté 6,50, Blaise Matuidi 5,70, Kingsley Coman 6,10 (68' Antoine Griezmann 6,80), Dimitri Payet 7,20, Olivier Giroud 5,70 (77' André-Pierre Gignac), Anthony Martial 4,80 (46' Paul Pogba 6,10). - coach: Didier Deschamps 6,00. = average: 6,07 [satisfactory]

Albania: Etrit Berisha 5,90 - Andi Lila 5,90 (71' Odise Roshi 5,80), Ermir Lenjani 6,10, Elseid Hysaj 6,60, Ansi Agolli 5,80, Mergim Mavraj 5,90, Arlind Ajeti 6,60 (85' Freddie Veseli), Ledian Memushaj 6,30, Burim Kukeli 6,10 (74' Taulant Xhaka 5,40), Amir Abrashi 6,10, Armando Sadiku 5,20. - coach: Giovanni De Biasi 6,60. = average: 5,98 [acceptable]

15 June, 2016

Player ratings Austria 0-2 Hungary.

0-1 62' Ádám Szalai r. (László Kleinheisler), 0-2 87' Zoltán Stieber r. (Tamás Priskin). Sent off: 66' Aleksandar Dragović. Att: 34.424 (Bordeaux).

Austria: Robert Almer 6,10 - Aleksandar Dragović 4,80, Martin Hinteregger 5,60, Christian Fuchs 5,60, Florian Klein 5,70, David Alaba 6,30, Zlatko Junuzović 5,70 (59' Marcel Sabitzer 5,40), Julian Baumgartlinger 5,80, Marko Arnautović 5,80, Martin Harnik 5,40 (77' Alessandro Schöpf), Marc Janko 5,30 (65' Rubin Okotie 5,10). - coach: Marcel Koller 5,20. = average: 5,58 [disappointing]

Hungary: Gábor Király 6,50 -  Ádám Lang 6,20, Tamás Kádár 6,20, Attila Fiola 6,10, Richard Guzmics 6,00, Ádám Nagy 6,10, Zoltán Gera 6,20, László Kleinheisler 6,90 (79' Zoltán Stieber), Balázs Dzsudzsák 6,10, Ádám Szalai 6,70 (69' Tamás Priskin 6,50), Krisztián Németh 6,40 (89' Ádám Pintér). - coach: Bernd Storck 6,90. = average: 6,32 [good]

Player ratings Portugal 1-1 Iceland.

1-0 31' Nani r. (André Gomes), 1-1 50' Birkir Bjarnason r. (Jóhann Guðmundsson). Att: 38.742.

Portugal: Rui Patrício 6,30 - Pepe 5,80, Raphaël Guerreiro 5,90, Ricardo Carvalho 5,80, Vieirinha 5,00, João Moutinho 5,40 (71' Renato Sanches 5,70), João Mário 5,80 (76' Ricardo Quaresma), Danilo 5,80, André Gomes 6,50 (84' Éder), Cristiano Ronaldo 5,30, Nani 6,40. - coach: Fernando Santos 5,10. = average: 5,81 [mediocre]

Iceland: Hannes Halldórsson 6,80 - Birkir Sævarsson 6,00, Ragnar Sigurðsson 6,60, Kári Árnason 6,20, Ari Skúlason 5,80, Jóhann Guðmundsson 6,50 (90' Teddy Bjarnason), Birkir Bjarnason 6,80, Gylfi Sigurðsson 6,20, Aron Gunnarsson 6,50, Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 6,00 (81' Alfreð Finnbogason), Jón Böðvarsson 5,90. - coach: Lars Lagerbäck 6,90. = average: 6,30 [good]

14 June, 2016

Player ratings Spain 1-0 Czech Republic.

1-0 87' Piqué h. (Iniesta). Att: 29.400 (Toulouse).

Spain: De Gea 6,40 - Piqué 6,80, Sergio Ramos 6,20, Juanfran 6,50, Jordi Alba 6,30, Busquets 6,10, Iniesta 7,50, Cesc Fàbregas 5,70 (70' Thiago Alcântara 5,90), David Silva 6,00, Morata 6,00 (62' Aduriz 5,60), Nolito 5,70 (82' Pedro). - coach: Vicente Del Bosque 6,20. = average: 6,21 [solid]

Czech Rep: Petr Čech 6,90 - Pavel Kadeřábek 6,00, Theodor Gebre Selassie 5,70 (86' Josef Šural), Roman Hubník 6,20, Tomáš Sivok 6,10, David Limberský 5,80, Tomáš Rosický 5,50 (88' David Pavelka), Jaroslav Plašil 5,80, Ladislav Krejčí 5,70, Vladimír Darida 5,60, Tomáš Necid 5,30 (75' David Lafata). - coach: Pavel Vrba 5,50. = average: 5,87 [vulnerable]

Player ratings Belgium 0-2 Italy.

0-1 32' Emanuele Giaccherini r. (Leonardo Bonucci), 0-2 90' Graziano Pellè r. (Antonio Candreva). Att: 55.408 (Lyon).

Belgium: Thibaut Courtois 6,70 - Toby Alderweireld 5,10, Thomas Vermaelen 5,50, Jan Vertonghen 5,60, Laurent Ciman 5,90 (76' Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco), Radja Nainggolan 5,90 (62' Dries Mertens 6,00), Axel Witsel 5,60, Kevin De Bruyne 5,00, Marouane Fellaini 5,20, Eden Hazard 5,90, Romelu Lukaku 4,80 (73' Divock Origi). - coach: Marc Wilmots 4,80. = average: 5,60 [disappointing]

Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 6,50 - Giorgio Chiellini 7,00, Andrea Barzagli 6,80, Leonardo Bonucci 7,60, Matteo Darmian 5,50 (58' Mattia De Sciglio 6,60), Antonio Candreva 6,80, Daniele De Rossi 6,60 (79' Thiago Motta), Marco Parolo 6,40, Emanuele Giaccherini 7,10, Graziano Pellè 6,80, Éder 6,10 (75' Ciro Immobile 6,60). - coach: Antonio Conte 7,70. = average: 6,65 [excellent]

Player ratings Ireland 1-1 Sweden.

1-0 48' Wes Hoolahan r. (Séamus Coleman), 1-1 71' og Ciaran Clark. Att: 73.419 (St Denis).

Ireland: Darren Randolph 6,10 - Séamus Coleman 6,40, Ciaran Clark 4,80, John O'Shea 6,30, Robbie Brady 6,60, Glenn Whelan 6,30, James McCarthy 6,00 (85' Aiden McGeady), Jeff Hendrick 6,90, Wes Hoolahan 7,00 (78' Robbie Keane), Shane Long 5,70, Jon Walters 5,60 (64' James McClean 5,70). - coach: Martin O'Neill 6,50. = average: 6,12 [satisfactory]

Sweden: Andreas Isaksson 6,40 - Mikael Lustig 5,40 (45' Erik Johansson 5,90), Andreas Granqvist 5,70, Martin Olsson 6,60, Victor Lindelöf 5,70, Emil Forsberg 5,90, Sebastian Larsson 5,40, Kim Källström 5,50, Oscar Lewicki 5,30 (86' Albin Ekdal), Zlatan Ibrahimović 6,30, Marcus Berg 5,10 (59' John Guidetti 6,00). - coach: Erik Hamrén 5,30. = average: 5,78 [mediocre]