Player ratings Real Madrid 4-2 Napoli

0-1 9' Giovanni Simeone (Giovanni Di Lorenzo), 1-1 11' Rodrygo (Brahim Díaz), 2-1 22' Jude Bellingham h. (David Alaba), 2-2 47' Frank Anguissa, 3-2 84' Nico Paz, 4-2 90'+4 Joselu (Jude Bellingham). Att: 73.562.

Madrid: Andriy Lunin 5,40 - Dani Carvajal 6,00, Antonio Rüdiger 6,10, David Alaba 6,30, Ferland Mendy 5,80 (87' Nacho), Jude Bellingham 7,50, Toni Kroos 6,50, Federico Valverde 6,10, Dani Ceballos 5,30 (57' Joselu 5,80), Brahim Díaz 6,30 (65' Nico Paz 6,70), Rodrygo 6,90  (87' Lucas Vázquez). - coach: Carlo Ancelotti 6,90. = average: 6,21 [solid]

Napoli: Alex Meret 5,00 - Giovanni Di Lorenzo 6,70, Amir Rrahmani 5,60, Natan 5,20, Juan Jesus 5,60 (87' Giacomo Raspadori), Piotr Zieliński 5,80 (65' Eljif Elmas 5,50), Stanislav Lobotka 5,40 (87' Alessandro Zanoli), Frank Anguissa 6,60, Matteo Politano 5,70 (78' Jens-Lys Cajuste), Giovanni Simeone 6,20 (46' Victor Osimhen 5,60), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia 6,00. - coach: Walter Mazzarri 6,00. = average: 5,76 [mediocre]

Player ratings Milan 1-3 Bor. Dortmund

 0-1 10' Marco Reus PK (Jamie Bynoe-Gittens), 1-1 37' Samuel Chukwueze (Davide Calabria), 1-2 59' Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (Marcel Sabitzer), 1-3 69' Karim Adeyemi (Marco Reus). Olivier Giroud missed a PK (6'). Att: 75.292.

Milan: Mike Maignan 4,90 - Davide Calabria 4,50, Fikayo Tomori 5,90, Theo Hernández 5,10, Malick Thiaw 5,70 (53' Rade Krunić 5,40), Yacine Adli 5,60 (77' Luka Jović 6,00), Ruben Loftus-Cheek 5,60, Samuel Chukwueze 6,60 (77' Chaka Traorè), Tijjani Reijnders 5,60, Olivier Giroud 4,40, Christian Pulišić 5,50. - coach: Stefano Pioli 5,10. = average: 5,45 [feeble]

Dortmund: Gregor Kobel 7,00 - Julian Ryerson 6,50, Mats Hummels 6,80, Nico Schlotterbeck 5,90 (55' Salih Özcan 6,00), Ramy Bensebaïni 5,80, Marco Reus 6,60 (79'Julian Brandt), Marcel Sabitzer 6,50, Emre Can 6,50, Donyell Malen 5,80 (56' Karim Adeyemi 6,90), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens 7,50 (66' Marius Wolf 6,00), Niclas Füllkrug 6,20. - coach: Edin Terzić 7,00. = average: 6,43 [good]

Player ratings PSG 1-1 Newcastle

 0-1 24' Alexander Isak, 1-1 90'+8 Kylian Mbappé PK. Att: 46.435.

PSG: Gianluigi Donnarumma 4,90 - Achraf Hakimi 5,80, Milan Škriniar 5,30, Danilo 5,90 (85' Gonçalo Ramos), Lucas Hernández 5,80, Manuel Ugarte 5,50 (62' Vitinha 6,10), Fabián Ruiz 5,80, Kang-in Lee 5,40 (82' Marco Asensio), Ousmane Dembélé 5,60, Randal Kolo Muani 5,20 (62' Bradley Barcola 5,40), Kylian Mbappé 5,90. - coach: Luis Enrique 5,90. = average: 5,58 [failing]

Newcastle: Nick Pope 7,30 - Kieran Trippier 6,40, Jamaal Lascelles 6,30, Fabian Schär 6,40, Tino Livramento 6,20, Joelinton 6,20, Miguel Almirón 6,40, Bruno Guimarães 6,30, Lewis Miley 6,10, Alexander Isak 6,60, Anthony Gordon 6,10. - coach: Eddie Howe 6,90. = average: 6,39 [good]

Player ratings Juventus 1-1 Inter

 1-0 27' Dušan Vlahović  (Federico Chiesa), 1-1 33' Lautaro Martínez (Marcus Thuram). Att: 41.507.

Juventus: Wojciech Szczęsny 6,00 - Federico Gatti 5,30, Bremer 5,80, Daniele Rugani 5,80, Andrea Cambiaso 5,90, Filip Kostić 5,80 (89' Alex Sandro), Weston McKennie 6,10, Adrien Rabiot 6,10, Hans Nicolussi Caviglia 5,90 (61' Manuel Locatelli 6,20), Federico Chiesa 6,40 (80' Arkadiusz Milik), Dušan Vlahović 6,80 (80' Moise Kean). - coach: Massimiliano Allegri 6,20. = average: 6,01 [adequate]

Inter: Yann Sommer 6,00 - Matteo Darmian 6,00, Stefan de Vrij 6,00, Francesco Acerbi 6,10, Denzel Dumfries 5,50 (70' Juan Cuadrado 5,60), Federico Dimarco 5,80 (70' Carlos Augusto 5,80), Hakan Çalhanoğlu 5,90 (83' Kristjan Asllani), Henrikh Mkhitaryan 5,70, Nicolò Barella 6,00 (88' Davide Frattesi), Lautaro Martínez 6,80, Marcus Thuram 6,40 (89' Marko Arnautović). - coach: Simone Inzaghi 6,00. = average: 5,97 [adequate]

Player ratings Belgium 0-2 Morocco [today one year ago]

 0-1 73' Romain Saïss r. (Abdelhamid Sabiri), 0-2 90'+2 Zakaria Aboukhlal r. (Hakim Ziyech). Att:

Belgium: Thibaut Courtois 4,70 - Jan Vertonghen 5,70, Toby Alderweireld 5,60, Timothy Castagne 5,20, Thomas Meunier 5,10 (81' Romelu Lukaku), Axel Witsel 5,00, Kevin De Bruyne 5,50, Amadou Onana 6,10 (60' Youri Tielemans 5,50), Thorgan Hazard 5,50 (75' Leandro Trossard 5,30), Eden Hazard 5,50 (60' Dries Mertens 5,80), Michy Batshuayi 4,90 (75' Charles De Ketelaere 5,30). - coach: Roberto Martínez 4,50. = average: 5,38 [feeble]

Morocco: Munir 6,30 - Achraf Hakimi 6,10 (68' Abdelhamid Sabiri 6,90), Romain Saïss 6,60, Nayef Aguerd 6,40, Noussair Mazraoui 6,10, Sofyan Amrabat 6,80, Azzedine Ounahi 6,00 (78' Jawad El-Yamiq), Selim Amallah 6,10 (68' Yahia Attiat-Allah 6,40), Hakim Ziyech 7,40, Youssef En-Nesyri 5,80 (73' Abderrazak Hamdallah 6,00), Sofiane Boufal 6,30 (73' Zakaria Aboukhlal 7,00). - coach: Walid Regragui 7,20. = average: 6,41 [strong]

Player ratings Man City 1-1 Liverpool

 1-0 27' Erling Haaland l. (Nathan Aké), 1-1 80' Trent Alexander-Arnold r.  (Mo Salah). Att:

Man City: Ederson 6,40 - Kyle Walker 6,00, Manuel Akanji 6,10, Rúben Dias 6,30, Nathan Aké 6,60, Rodri 6,80, Bernardo Silva 6,60, Phil Foden 6,10, Jérémy Doku 7,10, Julián Álvarez 5,60, Erling Haaland 6,80. - coach: Pep Guardiola. = average: 6,40 [good]

Liverpool: Alisson 4,90 - Trent Alexander-Arnold 6,90, Joel Matip 5,90, Virgil van Dijk 6,10, Kostas Tsimikas 5,60, Dominik Szoboszlai 5,80 (73' Cody Gakpo 6,00), Alexis Mac Allister 6,00 (85' Wataru Endo), Curtis Jones 4,90 (54' Ryan Gravenberch 5,80), Mo Salah 6,50, Diogo Jota 5,00 (54' Luis Díaz 5,80), Darwin Núñez 5,50 (85' Harvey Elliott). - coach: Jürgen Klopp. = average: 5,77 [mediocre]

Player ratings Ukraine 0-0 Italy

 Att: 26.403 (BayArena, Leverkusen).

Ukraine: Anatoliy Trubin 6,60 - Yukhym Konoplya 5,40 (86' Oleksandr Tymchyk), Oleksandr Svatok 6,00 (90'+1 Ruslan Malinovskiy), Ilya Zabarnyi 6,10, Vitaliy Mykolenko 6,40, Taras Stepanenko 6,00 (80' Oleksandr Pikhalyonok), Viktor Tsygankov 6,30 (80' Oleksandr Zubkov), Oleksandr Zinchenko 5,90 (86' Danylo Sikan), Georgiy Sudakov 6,20, Mykhaylo Mudryk 5,70, Artem Dovbyk 5,80. - coach: Serhiy Rebrov 6,00. = average: 6,04 [adequate] 

Italy: Gianluigi Donnarumma 6,50 - Giovanni Di Lorenzo 6,30, Alessandro Buongiorno 6,70, Francesco Acerbi 6,70, Federico Dimarco 6,40, Nicolò Barella 6,60, Davide Frattesi 6,00, Jorginho 5,80 (71' Matteo Politano - 90'+1 Matteo Darmian), Nicolò Zaniolo 5,60 (71' Bryan Cristante 5,30), Giacomo Raspadori 5,50 (46' Gianluca Scamacca 5,40), Federico Chiesa 7,30 (80' Moise Kean). - coach: Luciano Spalletti 6,60. = average: 6,16 [solid]

Top rated players First Division 1991/92

Ratings: Match - Shoot!

7,38 Steve Nicol (Liverpool)

7,28 Peter Beardsley (Everton)

7,23 Ray Houghton (Liverpool)

7,21 Darren Peacock (QPR)

7,16 Clive Wilson (QPR) 

7,12 Steve McManaman (Liverpool)

7,12 Andy Townsend (Chelsea) 

7,11 Nicky Tanner (Liverpool)

7,08 Craig Short (Notts County) 

7,08 Roy Keane (Nott'm Forest) 

7,07 Carlton Palmer (Sheff Weds) 

6,90 Robert Fleck (Norwich) 

6,85 Steve Bruce (Man United) 

6,84 John Gannon (Sheff United) 

 

 

Player ratings Milan 4-0 IFK Göteborg [today 31 years ago]

 1-0 34' van Basten, 2-0 52' van Basten PK, 3-0 61' van Basten, 4-0 62' van Basten. Att: 55.697.

Milan: Antonioli 6,00 — F. Baresi 6,00, Tassotti 6,17, Albertini 6,17, Costacurta 6,17 (66' Nava) — Massaro 6,50, Lentini 6,33 (73' Simone), Rijkaard 6,17, Eranio 7,00 — van Basten 9,33, Papin 6,50. — coach: Capello 7. = average: 6,58 [very good]

IFK: Thomas Ravelli 5,83 — Magnus Johansson 5,00, Tore Pedersen 5,50, Ola Svensson 5,17, Kåmark 5,50 — Peter Eriksson 5,67, Stefan Rehn 6,17 (68' Fredrik Leksell), Håkan Mild 5,67, Mikael Nilsson 5,67 — Thomas Andersson 5,67, Johnny Ekström 6,17. — coach: Roger Gustafsson 6. = average: 5,64 [disappointing]

Player ratings Juventus 1-0 Ajax [today 19 years ago]

 1-0 15' Zalayeta. Att: 6865(sic!).

Juventus: Buffon 6,25 — Birindelli 6,00 (88' F. Cannavaro), Thuram 6,50, Montero 6,00, Zambrotta 6,00 — Camoranesi 6,25 (73' Olivera), Emerson 6,00, Tacchinardi 6,00, Nedved 6,50 — Ibrahimovic 6,25 (80' Kapo), Zalayeta 7,00. = average: 6,24 [solid]

Ajax: Vonk 6,00 — Trabelsi 6,00, Grygera 5,50, Escudé 5,75, Maxwell 5,25 — De Jong 5,75 (73' Sneijder), Galàsek 5,75, van der Vaart 6,25 — Rosales 5,50, Babel 5,75 (82' Anastasiou), Boukhari 5,25 (61' Mitea 5,25). = average: 5,67 [disappointing]

Ratings: Gazzetta dello Sport-Corriere della Sera. 

Player ratings Real Madrid 0-2 Ajax [today 28 years ago]

0-1 64' Litmanen, 0-2 76' Kluivert. Att: 65.000.

Real Madrid: Buyo 6,33 — Chendo 4,67 (72' Michel), Sanchís 5,33, Alkorta 5,33, Quique 5,00 — Luis Enrique 6,00, Redondo 5,33, M. Laudrup 4,67 (72' Milla), Amavisca 5,33 — Raúl 4,67, Zamorano 4,67. — coach: Valdano. = average: 5,21 [lame]

Ajax: van der Sar 7,00 — Reiziger 7,00, Blind 7,00, Bogarde 7,00, R. de Boer 7,00 — Litmanen 7,67, Davids 7,67, Musampa 7,00 (89' Reuser) — Finidi 7,67, Kluivert 7,00, Overmars 7,67. — coach: van Gaal. = average: 7,24 [perfect]

Top rated players First Division 1972/73

Ratings: The People.

7,63 Howard Kendall (Everton)

7,41 Terry Hibbitt (Newcastle)

7,33 Tony Currie (Sheff United)

7,12 Terry Paine (Southampton), Peter Osgood (Chelsea)

7,11 Emlyn Hughes (Liverpool)

7,08 Ian Callaghan (Liverpool)

7,07 Jimmy Smith (Newcastle)

Player ratings France 1-1 Ireland [today 14 years ago]

 0-1 32' Robbie Keane (Damien Duff), 1-1 102' William Gallas h (Thierry Henry). Att: 79.145

France: Hugo Lloris 7,00 - Bacary Sagna 6,10, William Gallas 6,20, Julien Escudé (9' Sébastien Squillaci 5,50), Patrice Evra 6,20, Lassana Diarra 5,50, Alou Diarra 5,50, Nicolas Anelka 6,30, Yoann Gourcuff 5,50 (88' Florent Malouda), Thierry Henry 5,70, André-Pierre Gignac 5,10 (57' Sidney Govou 5,80). - coach: Raymond Domenech 5,30. = average: 5,85 [mediocre]

Ireland: Shay Given 6,70 - John O'Shea 6,30 (67' Paul McShane 5,80), Richard Dunne 6,80, Sean St Ledger 6,80, Kevin Kilbane 6,20, Keith Andrews 6,80, Glenn Whelan 6,40 (63' Darron Gibson 6,00), Liam Lawrence 6,80 (107' Aiden McGeady), Kevin Doyle 6,50, Damien Duff 7,00, Robbie Keane 7,00. - coach: Giovanni Trapattoni 6,80. = average: 6,55 [very good]

Player ratings Real Madrid 5-1 Valencia

 1-0 3' Dani Carvajal (Toni Kroos), 2-0 42' Vinícius Junior (Rodrygo), 3-0 49' Vinícius Junior (Rodrygo), 4-0 50' Rodrygo, 5-0 84' Rodrygo (Fran García), 5-1 88' Hugo Duro (Hugo González). Att: 72.475.

Real Madrid: Andriy Lunin 2,5 - Dani Carvajal 2,5 (82' Nico Paz), Nacho 2,0, David Alaba 1,0, Ferland Mendy 1,0 (71' Lucas Vázquez 1,0), Toni Kroos 2,0, Eduardo Camavinga 3,0, Federico Valverde 2,0 (60' Luka Modrić 1,5), Brahim Díaz 1,0 (71' Fran García 1,0), Vinícius Junior 3,0 (82' Joselu), Rodrygo 3,0. - coach: Carlo Ancelotti. = average: 1,89 [top-class]

Valencia: Giorgi Mamardashvili 0,5 - Thierry Correia 0,0 (55' Dimitri Foulquier 0,0), Cristhian Mosquera 0,5, Gabriel Paulista 0,0, Gayà 1,0 (55' Yarek Gasiorowski 1,0), Javier Guerra 1,0, Pepelu 1,5 (70' Hugo González 0,5), Sergi Canós 1,0 (64' Hugo Guillamón 0,5), Diego López 1,0, Fran Pérez 1,0 (70' Roman Yaremchuk 0,0), Hugo Duro 0,5. - coach: Rubén Baraja. = average: 0,60 [lame]

Ratings: Marca - As.

Player ratings Arsenal 2-0 Sevilla

 1-0 29' Leandro Trossard (Bukayo Saka), 2-0 64' Bukayo Saka  (Gabriel Martinelli). Att: 60.024.

Arsenal: David Raya 6,50 - Ben White 6,50, William Saliba 7,00, Gabriel 6,75, Takehiro Tomiyasu 6,25 (46' Oleksandr Zinchenko 6,75), Jorginho 6,75 (90' Mohamed Elneny), Kai Havertz 6,25, Declan Rice 7,00, Gabriel Martinelli 7,25 (81' Fábio Vieira 6,25), Leandro Trossard 6,75 (81' Reiss Nelson 5,75), Bukayo Saka 7,50 (85' Jakub Kiwior). - coach: Mikel Arteta. = average: 6,66 [top-class]

Sevilla: Marko Dmitrović 5,50 - Juanlu Sánchez 4,75, Loïc Badé 5,75, Nemanja Gudelj 5,50, Joan Jordán 5,50 (65' Ivan Rakitić 5,50), Adrià Pedrosa 5,75 (76' Tanguy Nianzou 5,75), Kike Salas 5,50 (76' Lucas Ocampos 5,25), Djibril Sow 4,75 (65' Boubakary Soumaré 4,50 - 73' Mariano 6,00), Fernando 6,00, Érik Lamela 4,75, Youssef En-Nesyri 4,50. - coach: Diego Alonso. = average: 5,34 [feeble]

Player ratings Bor. Dortmund 2-0 Newcastle

 

1-0 26' Niclas Füllkrug (Marcel Sabitzer), 2-0 79' Julian Brandt (Karim Adeyemi). Att: 81.365.

Dortmund: Gregor Kobel 6,20 - Niklas Süle 6,20, Mats Hummels 6,70, Nico Schlotterbeck 6,40, Julian Ryerson 6,00, Salih Özcan 6,20, Felix Nmecha 6,30, Karim Adeyemi 6,40 (80' Marco Reus), Marcel Sabitzer 6,40, Julian Brandt 7,30, Niclas Füllkrug 6,80 (87' Youssoufa Moukoko). - coach: Edin Terzić 6,80. = average: 6,45 [strong]

Newcastle: Nick Pope 6,40 - Lewis Hall 4,80 (46' Anthony Gordon 5,70), Fabian Schär 5,50, Jamaal Lascelles 5,40, Kieran Trippier 5,80, Joelinton 5,60, Joe Willock 5,50 (80' Lewis Miley), Sean Longstaff 5,70, Bruno Guimarães 5,90, Callum Wilson 5,20 (46' Miguel Almirón 6,00), Tino Livramento 6,00. - coach: Eddie Howe 5,50. = average: 5,65 [failing]

Player ratings Milan 2-1 PSG

 0-1 9' Milan Škriniar h. (Marquinhos), 1-1 12' Rafael Leão bi., 2-1 50' Olivier Giroud h. (Theo Hernández). Att: 75.649.

Milan: Mike Maignan 6,30 - Davide Calabria 6,40, Fikayo Tomori 6,40, Malick Thiaw 6,30, Theo Hernández 6,80, Ruben Loftus-Cheek 7,00, Tijjani Reijnders 6,20, Yunus Musah 6,20 (84' Rade Krunić), Christian Pulišić 5,60 (90'+2 Alessandro Florenzi), Olivier Giroud 7,00, Rafael Leão 7,40 (84' Noah Okafor). - coach: Stefano Pioli 7,20. = average: 6,51 [very good]

PSG: Gianluigi Donnarumma 6,90 - Achraf Hakimi 5,20, Marquinhos 5,40, Milan Škriniar 5,40 (89' Bradley Barcola), Lucas Hernández 5,60 (64' Nordi Mukiele 5,60), Manuel Ugarte 5,10 (60' Fabián Ruiz 5,60), Warren Zaire-Emery 5,60, Vitinha 5,40 (60' Kang-in Lee 6,50), Ousmane Dembélé 5,80, Randal Kolo Muani 4,90 (60' Gonçalo Ramos 5,40), Kylian Mbappé 4,90. - coach: Luis Enrique 5,20. = average: 5,55 [failing]

The ten most wasted talents in the world of football

Former players only.

1. Antonio Cassano (Italy)
2. Paul Gascoigne (England)
3. Stan Bowles (England)
4. Antonio Angelillo (Argentina)
5. Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria)
6. Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria)
7. Mario Basler (Germany)
8. Nicolas Anelka (France)
9. Andy van der Meyde (Holland)
10. Adriano (Brazil)

France Football, February 2021.

Player ratings Man United 0-3 Man City

 

Played on Oct 29.

0-1 26' Erling Haaland PK, 0-2 50' Erling Haaland h. (Bernardo Silva), 0-3 79' Phil Foden l. (Erling Haaland). Att: 73.502.

Man Utf: André Onana 6,67 - Victor Lindelöf 4,83 (73' Reguilón 5,50), Harry Maguire 4,67, Diogo Dalot 4,67, Jonny Evans 4,67, Sofyan Amrabat 4,50 (46' Mason Mount 4,50), Bruno Fernandes 4,33, Christian Eriksen 4,50 (86' Anthony Martial), Scott McTominay 5,67, Marcus Rashford 4,33 (86' Antony), Rasmus Højlund 5,33 (73' Alejandro Garnacho 5,50). - coach: Erik ten Hag. = average: 4,94 [disastrous]

Man City: Ederson 6,50 - Kyle Walker 6,67, Rúben Dias 6,50, John Stones 6,67, Joško Gvardiol 7,00, Rodri 7,17, Bernardo Silva 7,83, Phil Foden 7,00, Julián Álvarez 6,33 (87' Jérémy Doku), Jack Grealish 6,83 (87' Mateo Kovačić), Erling Haaland 7,67. - coach: Pep Guardiola. = average: 6,93 [top-class]

Player ratings Napoli 1-0 Juventus [today 38 years ago]

1-0 72' Diego Maradona freekick. Att: 81.041.

Napoli: Claudio Garella 6,00 - Moreno Ferrario 6,75, Giuseppe Bruscolotti 6,50, Alessandro Renica 6,50, Antonio Carannante 7,25, Costanzo Celestini 6,75, Eraldo Pecci 7,50 (90' Ruben Buriani), Salvatore Bagni 6,50, Diego Maradona 7,25, Bruno Giordano 5,25 (60' Luigi Caffarelli), Daniel Bertoni 6,75. - coach: Ottavio Bianchi. = average: 6,62 [very good]

Juventus: Stefano Tacconi 6,75 - Luciano Favero 6,25, Stefano Pioli 6,25, Sergio Brio 5,75, Gaetano Scirea 6,50, Antonio Cabrini 6,50, Michael Laudrup 5,00, Massimo Bonini 6,50, Michel Platini 5,25, Massimo Mauro 5,25 (75' Gabriele Pin), Aldo Serena 6,00. - coach: Giovanni Trapattoni. = average: 6,00 [acceptable]

Euro 2004 average ratings

 

Ratings in Italian, German, French and Swedish press.

7,50: Rooney (Eng)
7,30: Cassano (Ita)
7,00: Buffon (Ita)
6,90: Dellas (Gre)
6,80: Ballack (Ger), Baroš (Cze)
6,75: H. Larsson (Swe), Kahn (Ger), Zambrotta (Ita)
6,70: Zagorakis (Gre), Lampard (Eng)
6,65: Campbell (Eng), Ljungberg (Swe), Charisteas (Gre), Gravesen (Dan), Kolinko (Let), Ricardo Carvalho (Por)
6,60: Nesta (Ita), Nedvěd (Tch), Tomasson (Dan), Miguel (Por), Etxeberria (Esp),
6,55: Poborský (Cze)
6,50: Casillas, Vicente & Joaquín (Esp), Seitaridis & Basinás (Gre), Gerrard (Eng), Čech (Cze), Malafeyev (Rus)
6,45: A. Cole (Eng), Jankulovski (Cze), Grønkjær (Dan), Cristiano Ronaldo (Por), Barthez & Zidane (Fra), F. Cannavaro (Ita), Tsiartas (Gre)
6,40: Nuno Gomes & Maniche (Por), Nikopolidis (Gre), Isaksson (Swe), Vieira (Fra), Gattuso (Ita), Rommedahl (Dan)
6,35: Giannakopoulos & Kapsís (Gre), Mellberg & Ibrahimović (Swe), Verpakovskis (Let), Karagounis (Gre), Rosický & Šmicer (Tch)
6,30: Ricardo & Figo (Por), Puyol (Esp), Lahm (Ger), Helveg, Laursen & Martin Jørgensen (Dan), Scholes (Eng), Perrotta (Ita), Ovchinnikov (Rus), Ujfaluši (Cze)
6,25: G. Neville (Eng), Katsouranis (Gre), Bolf & Koller (Cze), Aleinichev (Rus), Panucci (Ita), T. Linderoth (Swe), Rubins (Let), Baraja (Esp)
6,20: N. Jensen & D. Jensen (Dan), A. Svensson (Swe), Galásek (Cze)
6,15: Nuno Valente (Por), Gallas (Fra), Marchena & Albelda (Esp), Poulsen (Dan), Fyssas (Gre), Henry (Fra), Schweinsteiger (Ger), Jakobsson & M. Jonson (Swe), Rosso (Cro)
6,10: Terry (Eng), Helguera (Esp), Jiránek (Cze), Zdravkov & M. Petrov (Bul), Deco (Por), Pirlo (Ita), Cabanas (Sui), Bugajev (Rus), Edman (Swe)
6,05: James & Owen (Eng), Vryzas (Gre), T. Sørensen (Dan), Wicky (Sui), Stjepanovs, Prohorenkovs & Astafjevs (Let), Thuram (Fra), Jorge Andrade (Por), Xabi Alonso (Esp)
6,00: Wilhelmsson & Källström (Swe), Frings (Ger), Butina & N. Kovać (Cro), Costinha (Por), Karyaka (Rus),
5,95: M. Yakin & H. Yakin (Sui), Zemlinskis (Let), Beckham (Eng), Morientes (Esp), Bulikin (Rus)
5,90: Simão (Por), Grygera (Cze), Pršo (Cro), M. Nilsson (Swe), Henriksen (Dan), Gusev (Rus), Anders Andersson (Swe), Živković (Cro), Friedrich (Ger), Lobanovs (Let)
5,85: Rui Costa (Por), Vogel (Sui), Radimov (Rus), Bøgelund (Dan)
5,80: Raúl Bravo (Esp), Šimunić (Cro), Berbatov (Bul), Blagonadezdins (Let), Lizarazu (Fra), Spycher (Sui)
5,75: Pirès (Fra), Müller (Sui), Hristov (Bul), Smertin (Rus), Nikolaidis (Gre)
5,70: Raúl (Esp), Sand (Dan), Bleidelis (Let), Makelele (Fra), R. Kovać, Rapajić & Bjelica (Cro), Huggel (Sui), Lazarov (Bul)
5,65: Šimić (Cro)
5,60: Stiel (Sui), Wörns (Ger), Dacourt (Fra), Aldonin & Sichev (Rus), Kirilov (Bul)
5,55: Isakovs (Let), Celestini (Sui), Sharonov (Rus), Nowotny (Ger)
5,50: Izmailov, Evseyev & Sennikov (Rus), Hamann & Baumann (Ger), Gygax (Sui), Peyev (Bul)
5,45: Yankovic (Bul), Haas (Sui), Olić (Cro)
5,40: Frei (Sui), Del Piero (Ita), I. Petkov & S. Petrov (Bul)
5,30: Kuranyi (Ger), Paulo Ferreira (Por), Mornar (Cro)
5,25: Silvestre (Fra), Schneider (Ger), Vieri (Ita), Trezeguet (Fra)
5,15: Pazin (Bul)
5,00: Šokota (Cro)
4,90: Pauleta (Por), Tudor (Cro), Ivanov (Bul)
4,70: Chapuisat (Sui).

La Liga 2008/09

 

Man of the Match in sports newspaper As. 

9 times: Messi (Barcelona)
7: Iniesta (Barcelona), Agüero (Atlético), Higuaín (Real Madrid), Kanouté (Sevilla)
6: Xavi (Barcelona)
5: Villa (Valencia), Robben (Real Madrid), Eto'o (Barcelona), Diego López (Villarreal)
4: Forlán (Atlético), Raúl (Real Madrid), Cazorla (Villarreal), Luís Fabiano (Sevilla)
3: Marcos Senna, G. Rossi & Llorente (Villarreal), Silva & Mata (Valencia), Squillaci & Jesús Navas (Sevilla), Henry & Bojan (Barcelona)
2: Simão (Atlético), Guti & Gago (Real Madrid), Vicente (Valencia)

El duro (the rough one):
8 times: Marchena (Valencia)
4: Eguren (Villarreal), Dani Alves (Barcelona), Perea (Atlético)
3: Márquez (Barcelona), Seitaridis & Assunção (Atlético)