Player ratings Real Madrid 1-3 Milan

 0-1 12' Malick Thiaw h. (Christian Pulišić), 1-1 23' Vinícius Junior PK, 1-2 39' Álvaro Morata (Rafael Leão), 1-3 73' Tijjani Reijnders (Rafael Leão). Att: 75.561.

Real Madrid: Andriy Lunin 6,40 - Lucas Vázquez 5,00, Eder Militão 5,20, Antonio Rüdiger 5,50, Ferland Mendy 5,50 (74' Fran García 6,00), Jude Bellingham 5,10 (74' Rodrygo 6,00), Federico Valverde 5,20 (46' Brahim Díaz 5,80), Luka Modrić 5,50 (63' Dani Ceballos 5,40), Aurélien Tchouaméni 4,20 (46' Eduardo Camavinga 5,60), Vinícius Junior 5,90, Kylian Mbappé 5,10. - coach: Carlo Ancelotti 5,10. = average: 5,46 [lame]

Milan: Mike Maignan 7,10 - Emerson Royal 5,70 (90'+3 Strahinja Pavlović), Malick Thiaw 6,90, Fikayo Tomori 6,50, Theo Hernández 6,50, Tijjani Reijnders 7,80, Youssouf Fofana 6,70, Yunus Musah 7,10 (90'+3 Davide Calabria), Christian Pulišić 6,90 (70' Ruben Loftus-Cheek 5,80), Rafael Leão 7,70 (77' Noah Okafor), Álvaro Morata 7,40 (70' Tammy Abraham 5,80). - coach: Paulo Fonseca 8,00. = average: 6,76 [top-class]

Today 33 years ago: Kaiserslautern 3-1 Barcelona

 1-0 35' Demir Hotić, 2-0 49' Hotić, 3-0 76' Bjarne Goldbæk, 3-1 90' Bakero. Att: 30.200.

Lautern: Gerald Ehrmann 7 - Uwe Scherr 7, Oliver Schäfer 7, Wolfgang Funkel 7, Marco Haber 7, Frank Lelle 6 (87' Markus Kranz), Bjarne Goldbæk 8, Demir Hotić 8, Guido Hoffmann 7, Marcel Witeczek 7, Stefan Kuntz 7. - coach: Karlheinz Feldkamp. = average: 7,09.

Barcelona: Zubizarreta 8 - Cristóbal Parralo 6, Nando 5, Ronald Koeman 6, Eusebio Sacristán 5, Pep Guardiola 6 (78' Nadal), Bakero 9, Richard Witschge 4, Begiristáin 5 (67' Serna), Michael Laudrup 6, Hristo Stoichkov 7. - coach: Johan Cruyff. = average: 6,09.

Combined goals/assists table in Europe's five "big" leagues

17: Harry Kane (England, Bayern) 11 goals+6 assists

16: Robert Lewandowski (Poland, Barcelona) 14+2

16: Omar Marmoush (Egypt, Frankfurt) 10+6

14: Mateo Retegui (Italy, Atalanta) 11+3

14: Raphinha (Brazil, Barcelona) 7+7

12: Cole Palmer (England, Chelsea) 7+5

12: Mo Salah (Egypt, Liverpool) 7+5

12: Lamine Yamal (Spain, Barcelona) 5+7

11: Erling Haaland (Norway, Man City) 11+0

10: Bradley Barcola (France, PSG) 8+2

10: Ademola Lookman (Nigeria, Atalanta) 6+4

10: Tim Kleindienst (Germany, Mönchengladbach) 6+4

10: Ousmane Dembélé (France, PSG) 5+5

10: Bukayo Saka (England, Arsenal) 3+7

9: Marcus Thuram (France, Inter) 7+2

9: Nicolas Jackson (Sénégal, Chelsea) 6+3

9: Vinícius Junior (Brazil, Real Madrid) 5+4

8: Bryan Mbeumo (Cameroon, Brentford) 8+0

8: Chris Wood (New Zealand, Nott'm Forest) 8+0

8: Mason Greenwood (England, Marseille) 7+1

8: Danny Welbeck (England, Brighton) 6+2

8: Christian Pulišić (USA, Milan) 5+3

8: Michael Olise (France, Bayern) 5+3

8: Loïs Openda (Belgium, RB Leipzig) 5+3

8: Romelu Lukaku (Belgium, Napoli) 4+4

8: Luis Henrique (Brazil, Marseille) 4+4

8: Vincenzo Grifo (Italy, Freiburg) 3+5

8: Nuno Tavares (Portugal, Lazio) 0+8

Per nationality:

5: England

4: France

3: Brazil

2: Egypt, Italy, Belgium

Today 21 years ago: Monaco 8-3 Deportivo

 1-0 3' Rothen, 2-0 11' Giuly, 3-0 26' Pršo, 4-0 29' Pršo, 4-1 40' Tristán, 4-2 45' Scaloni, 5-2 46' Pršo, 6-2 47' Plašil, 7-2 49' Pršo, 7-3 53' Tristán, 8-3 71' E. Cissé. Att: 15.882.

Monaco: Roma 7,50 — Givet 7,25, Squillaci 7,25, Rodriguez 7,25, Evra 7,25 (84' Ibarra) — Plašil 7,50 (66' Zikos 6,50), E. Cissé 7,25, Bernardi 7,50, Rothen 7,50 — Giuly 8,25, Pršo 8,50 (76' Adebayor). — coach: Deschamps. = average: 7,46 [fantabulous]

Deportivo: Molina 4,25 (46' Munúa 4,25) — Manuel Pablo 4,00 (46' Munitis 4,00), Andrade 4,00, Naybet 4,00, Romero 4,00 — Sergio 4,00 (61' Pandiani), Mauro Silva 4,00 — Scaloni 4,50, Valerón 4,00, Amavisca 4,00 — Tristán 5,50. — coach: Irureta. = average: 4,19 [abysmal]

Top 25 South American players in Premier League history

1. Sergio Agüero, Argentina (Man City) 

2. Luis Suárez, Uruguay (Liverpool) 

3. Carlos Tévez, Argentina (West Ham, Man United, Man City) 

4. Gilberto Silva, Brazil (Arsenal)

5. Alexis Sánchez, Chile (Arsenal, Man United) 

6. Roberto Firmino, Brazil (Liverpool) 

7. Fernandinho, Brazil (Man City) 

8. Alisson Becker, Brazil (Liverpool) 

9. David Luíz, Brazil (Chelsea, Arsenal) 

10. Javier Mascherano, Argentina (West Ham, Liverpool) 

11. Ederson, Brazil (Man City) 

12. Juninho Paulista, Brazil (Middlesbrough) 

13. Gustavo Poyet, Uruguay (Chelsea, Tottenham) 

14. Nolberto Solano, Peru (Newcastle, Aston Villa, West Ham, Leicester, Hull) 

15. Antonio Valencia, Ecuador (Wigan, Man United) 

16. Edu, Brazil (Arsenal) 

17. Lucas Leiva, Brazil (Liverpool) 

18. Ramires, Brazil (Chelsea) 

19. Willian, Brazil (Chelsea, Arsenal, Fulham) 

20. Robinho, Brazil (Man City) 

21. Hernán Crespo, Argentina (Chelsea) 

22. Diego Forlán, Uruguay (Man United) 

23. Tino Asprilla, Colombia (Newcastle) 

24. Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombia (Aston Villa) 

25. Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentina (Man United) 

Today 21 years ago: Lazio 0-4 Chelsea

 

0-1 15' Crespo, 0-2 70' Gudjohnsen, 0-3 76' Duff, 0-4 81' Lampard. Sent off: 53' Mihajlovic, 90' Johnson. Att: 48.485. 

Lazio: Sereni 4,17 — Zauri 5,17, F. Couto 5,00, Mihajlovic 3,33, Favalli 5,00 — Fiore 6,17 (60' Negro 5,25), Albertini 5,67 (72' Muzzi 5,25), Liverani 5,33, D. Stankovic 6,50 — Corradi 5,33, S. Inzaghi 5,83 (72' C. López). — coach: Mancini. = average: 5,23 [lame]

Chelsea: Cudicini 7,50 — Johnson 6,33, Terry 6,33, Gallas 6,67, Bridge 6,67 — Makelele 7,00 — Lampard 7,50, Duff 7,83, Verón 7,83 (77' A. Cole), Mutu 6,17 (58' Grønkjær 6,17), Crespo 6,50 (68' Gudjohnsen 6,83). — coach: Ranieri. = average: 6,87 [top-class]

 

Allsvenskan top 20 players 2023-24

1. Sebastian Nanasi (Malmö FF) 

2. Derek Cornelius (Malmö FF) 

3. Nahir Besara (Hammarby) 

4. Samuel Gustafson (Häcken) 

5. Lasse Berg Johnsen (Malmö FF) 

6. Mikkel Rygaard (Häcken) 

7. Warner Hahn (Hammarby) 

8. Hakon Valdimarsson (Elfsborg) 

9. Pontus Jansson (Malmö FF) 

10. Gabriel Busanello (Malmö FF) 

11. Shaquille Pinas (Hammarby) 

12. Nikola Vasic (Brommapojkarna) 

13. Sebastian Holmén (Elfsborg) 

14. Sergio Peña (Malmö FF) 

15. Tashreeq Matthews (Sirius) 

16. Gustav Lundgren (GAIS Göteborg) 

17. Jacob Ondrejka (Elfsborg) 

18. Hugo Bolin (Malmö FF) 

19. Ibrahim Sadiq (Häcken) 

20. Anton Salétros (AIK Stockholm) 

1958 World Cup: combined goal & assist table

17: Just Fontaine (Fra) : 13 goals+4 assists

9: Raymond Kopa (Fra) : 3+6

7: Pelé (Bra) : 6+1 

7: Vavá (Bra) : 5+2

7: Kurt Hamrin (Swe) : 4+3

6: Helmut Rahn (BRD) : 6+0

6: Hans Schäfer (BRD) : 2+4

5: Peter McParland (Nir) : 5+0

5: Vaclav Hovorka (Cze) : 2+3

5: José Parodi (Par) : 2+3

4: Agne Simonsson (Swe) : 4+0

4: Zdeněk Zikán (Cze) : 4+0

4: Todor Veselinović (Yug) : 3+1

4: Oreste Corbatta (Arg) : 3+1

4: Lajos Tichy (Hun) : 3+1

4: Didi (Bra) : 1+3

4: Lennart "Nacka" Skoglund (Swe) : 1+3

4: Nils Liedholm (Swe) : 2+2

4: Roger Piantoni (Fra) : 2+2

3: Altafini ("Mazzola") : 2+1

3: Uwe Seeler (BRD) : 2+1

3: Jorge Romero (Par) : 2+1

3: Djalma Santos (Bra) : 1+2

3: Garrincha (Bra) : 0+3

Today 39 years ago: Napoli 1-0 Juventus

 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 [satisfactory]

Top 30 French Premier League players

1. Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 

2. Éric Cantona (Leeds, Man United) 

3. Patrick Vieira (Arsenal, Man City) 

4. Claude Makélélé (Chelsea) 

5. David Ginola (Newcastle, Tottenham, Aston Villa, Everton) 

6. Robert Pirès (Arsenal, Aston Villa) 

7. N'Golo Kanté (Leicester, Chelsea) 

8. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal, Chelsea) 

9. Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal, Chelsea) 

10. Marcel Desailly (Chelsea) 

11. Patrice Evra (Man United) 

12. Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City, Bolton, Chelsea, WBA) 

13. Paul Pogba (Man United) 

14. Samir Nasri (Arsenal, Man City, West Ham) 

15. William Gallas (Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham) 

16. Bacary Sagna (Arsenal, Man City) 

17. Hugo Lloris (Tottenham) 

18. Florent Malouda (Chelsea) 

19. Laurent Blanc (Man United) 

20. Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle, Crystal Palace) 

21. Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal) 

22. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) 

23. Gaël Clichy (Arsenal, Man City) 

24. Youri Djorkaeff (Bolton, Blackburn) 

25. Louis Saha (Newcastle, Fulham, Man United, Everton, Sunderland) 

26. Fabien Barthez (Man United) 

27. Anthony Martial (Man United) 

28. Dimitri Payet (West Ham) 

29. Didier Six (Aston Villa) 

30. Olivier Dacourt (Everton, Leeds, Fulham) 

Today 20 years ago: Barcelona 2-1 Milan

 0-1 18' Shevchenko, 1-1 37' Eto'o, 2-1 89' Ronaldinho. Att: 90.465.

Barcelona: Víctor Valdés 6,17 — Belletti 5,83, Puyol 6,83, Oleguer 5,50, van Bronckhorst 5,83 — Xavi 7,33, Rafa Márquez 6,00 (80' H. Larsson), Deco 6,33 — Giuly 5,17 (68' Iniesta 5,83), Ronaldinho 7,33, Eto'o 7,00. = average: 6,26 [good]

Milan: Dida 6,33 — Cafú 6,33, Maldini 5,83, Nesta 6,17, Kaladze 5,83 — Gattuso 5,83, Pirlo 6,17, Ambrosini 5,67, Serginho 5,17 (74' Seedorf) — Kaká 5,33 (77' Rui Costa), Shevchenko 6,67 (88' Tomasson). = average: 5,94 [vulnerable]

Scandinavian goalscorers in the European Cups, 1955-1999

Goals scored in Champions League, European Cup, UEFA Cup, Cupwinners' Cup, Intercontinental Cup and Super Cup.

Total goals:

43 : Allan Simonsen (Den)

33 : Torbjörn Nilsson (Swe)

26 : Stefan Pettersson (Swe)

24 : Jari Litmanen (Fin)

23 : Kenneth Brylle (Den)

21 : Michael Laudrup (Den), Kurt Hamrin (Swe)

18 : Søren Lerby (Den), Harald Brattbakk (Nor)

16 : Johnny Ekström (Swe), Bent Christensen (Den)

15 : Preben Elkjær (Den), Ralf Edström, Conny Torstensson (Swe)

14 : Ove Kindvall (Swe)

13 : Henning Jensen, Benny Nielsen (Den), Ismo Lius (Fin), Henrik Larsson (Swe)

12 : Ásgeir Sigurvinsson (Isl), Owe Ohlsson (Swe)

11 : Frank Arnesen (Den), Hallvar Thoresen, Sigurd Rushfeldt (Nor), Bo Larsson, Mats Magnusson (Swe)

9 : Michael Manniche (Den), Tore Cervin (Swe), Arnór Gudjohnsen, Lárus Gudmundsson (Isl) 

8 : Benny Wendt, Stig Fredriksson (Swe), Johnny Bjerregaard (Den), Pétur Pétursson (Isl)

 

Goals per game (min. 25 played):

0,750 T. Nilsson

0,606 Simonsen

0,583 Hamrin

0,538 Kindvall

0,516 Christensen

0,500 Litmanen

0,460 Brylle

0,455 Elkjær

0,450 Brattbakk

0,419 H. Larsson

0,366 Torstensson

0,357 Edström

0,355 B. Larsson, M. Magnusson

0,348 Ekström

0,329 S. Pettersson

0,324 Thoresen

0,286 J. Bjerregaard

0,273 M. Laudrup, Manniche, Lerby

0,267 Pétursson

0,255 H. Jensen

0,240 Arnesen

0,207 Sigurvinsson

0,205 S. Fredriksson

0,184 A. Gudjohnsen

Ove Kindvall & Torbjörn Nilsson

Today eight years ago: 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]

UEFA Cup topscorers in the 1980s

1979/80

7: Dieter Hoeneß (Bayern), Harald Nickel (2 PK, Mönchengladbach)

6: Atanas Mihaylov (1, Lokomotiv Sofia)

5: Harald Karger (Eintr. Frankfurt), Michel Platini (2), Johnny Rep (2, Saint-Étienne), 

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern)

1980/81

14: John Wark (5, Ipswich, photo)

9: Kees Kist (1, AZ '67 Alkmaar)

8: Dieter Müller (FC Köln)

7: Horst Hrubesch (Hamburger SV)

6: Bernard Genghini (Sochaux), Paul Mariner (Ipswich Town), Pier Tol (AZ '67 Alkmaar)

1981/82

9: Torbjörn Nilsson (IFK Göteborg)

5: Horst Hrubesch, Thomas von Heesen (Hamburger SV), Stig Fredriksson (4, IFK Göteborg),

 Friedhelm Funkel (Kaiserslautern), Dinos Kouis (2, Aris Saloniki), Ronny Martens (Beveren)

1982/83

8: Zoran Filipović (Benfica)

7: Erwin Vandenbergh (2, Anderlecht)

6: Alain Giresse (1, Bordeaux)

5: Hans-Peter Briegel (1, Kaiserslautern), Lozano (1), Kenneth Brylle (Anderlecht), 

Michel Decastel (Servette), Rudi Völler, Norbert Meier (Werder Bremen), Husref Musemić 

(FK Sarajevo), Nené (2, Benfica), Miroslav Příložný (1, Bohemians Prague)

 

1983/84

9: Tibor Nyilasi (Austria Vienna)

6: Kenneth Brylle (3, Anderlecht), Mark Falco (Tottenham), 

Yuriy Gavrilov (3, Spartak Moscow)

5: Steve Archibald (Tottenham), Marián Tomčák (1), Karol Březík (Inter Bratislava), 

Herbert Prohaska (3, Austria Vienna), Hans Richter (Lok Leipzig)

  

1984/85

7: Edin Bahtić (Željezničar), József Szabó (1, Videoton)

6: Gary Bannister (QPR)

5: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Inter), Santillana (Real Madrid), Marco van Basten (Ajax)

1985/86

9: Klaus Allofs (3, Köln)

8: Zlatko Vujović (2, Hajduk Split)

7: Jorge Valdano (Real Madrid)

6: Alessandro Altobelli (Inter), Danny Veyt (Waregem), Pietro Virdis (1, Milan)

 

1986/87

5: Peter Houtman (Groningen), Wim Kieft (1, Torino), Paulinho Cascavel 

(1, Vitória Guimarães), Jari Rantanen (IFK Göteborg)

4: Rob McDonald, Raphael Meade (Sporting CP), Miloš Bursać (Hajduk Split), 

John Clark (Dundee United), Antonio Comi (1, Torino), David Fairclough (Beveren), 

Uwe Rahn (1, Mönchengladbach)

1987/88

6: Kenneth Brylle (Club Brugge), Kálmán Kovács (Budapest Honvéd), 

Dimitris Saravakos (Panathinaikos)

5: Jan Ceulemans (Club Brugge), Preben Elkjær (2, Verona)

1988/89

6: Careca (Napoli), Torsten Gütschow (2, Dynamo Dresden)

5: Olaf Thon (1), Jürgen Wegmann (Bayern), Mike Galloway (Hearts), 

Ulf Kirsten (Dynamo Dresden)

Players' market value 44 years ago

 

Values estimated by weekly magazine Guerin Sportivo April 1980, in perspective of the opening of Italian borders. Spanish players, extremely reluctant to leave their country, not taken into consideration.

In Italics, players that eventually played in the Serie A.

3000 m. lire (apprx 1,5 m€):

Maradona (Argentinos Juniors)

1.000.000€:

Zico (Flamengo)

550.000-650.000€:

T. Francis (Nottingham Forest), Woodcock (Köln), Cunningham (Real Madrid)

500.000-600.000€:

Brady (Arsenal), Sócrates (Corinthians)

450.000-550.000€:

Kh Rummenigge (Bayern Munich), H. Müller (Stuttgart)

400.000-500.000€:

Birtles (Nottingham Forest), Dalglish (Liverpool), Keegan (HSV), Schachner (Austria Vienna), 

Krankl (First Vienna)

350.000-450.000€:

Stapleton (Arsenal), Ward (Brighton), Regis (West Bromwich), Coppell (Man United), K. Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf), Kaltz (HSV), Platini (St-Etienne), Prohaska (Austria Vienna), Simonsen (Barcelona)

300.000-400.000€:

Case (Liverpool), Mariner (Ipswich), D. Müller (Köln), Breitner (Bayern Munich), Stielike (Real Madrid), 

Gomes (FC Porto)

250.000-350.000€:

R. Kennedy & Johnson (Liverpool), Thijssen (Ipswich), Wallace (Coventry), Williams (Southampton), Neumann (Köln), Kempe (Duisburg), Dell'Haye (M'gladbach), Hartwig (HSV), Abramczik (Schalke 04), Bonhof (Valencia), Carpegiani (Flamengo), Falcão (Internacional), Ischia (Vélez)

200.000-300.000€:

McDermott (Liverpool), McQueen (Man United), Ritchie (Morton), Schuster (Köln), Nickel (M'gladbach), Hrubesch (HSV), D. Hoeness (Bayern Munich), Sigurvinsson (Standard de Liège), Vandenbergh (Lierse), Van der Elst (Anderlecht), Ceulemans (Brugge), Pécout (FC Nantes), Tahamata (Ajax), Kist (AZ '67), Pétursson (Feyenoord), Morena (Rayo Vallecano), D. Bertoni (Sevilla), Dirceu (Atlético de Madrid), Reinaldo & Jordão (Benfica), Sulser (Grasshoppers), Júlio César (Flamengo), Jorge Mendonça (Vasco da Gama), Nílton Batata (Santos), Toninho Cerezo (Atlético Mineiro), Passarella & R. Díaz (River Plate)

150.000-250.000€:

Somner (St Mirren), McAdam (Partick Thistle), McCluskey (Celtic), Hannes (M'gladbach), Fischer (Schalke 04), Voordeckers (Standard de Liège), Van der Eycken (Brugge), Elkjær (Lokeren), Rep, Zimako & Rocheteau (St-Etienne), Alves (Paris SG), Krol, La Ling, Arnesen & Lerby (Ajax), R. van der Kerkhof, W. van der Kerkhof & Brandts (PSV), Zenon & Careca (Guarani), Pita (Santos), Edinho (Fluminense), Randazzo (Boca Juniors), Beto Alonso (River Plate), Bochini (Independiente), Gallego (Newell's Old Boys), Reinaldi (Talleres Córdoba),  J. Olsen (Næstved)

150.000-200.000€:

Deyna (Man City), Edström (Standard de Liège), Christophe (Monaco), Stopyra (Sochaux), Wildschut (PSV), Vermeulen (Roda), Ponte (Grasshoppers), Zé Sérgio (São Paulo), Fortunato (Estudiantes), 

Bravo (Talleres Córdoba)

100.000-150.000€:

H. Jensen (Ajax), Thychosen (M'gladbach)

Today nine years ago: Chelsea 1-3 Liverpool

 

1-0 4' Ramires h. (Azpilicueta), 1-1 45' Coutinho l. (Roberto Firmino), 1-2 74' Coutinho r. (Christian Benteke), 1-3 83' Christian Benteke r. (Nathaniel Clyne). Att: 41.577.

Chelsea: Asmir Begović 6,10 - Kurt Zouma 5,10, Gary Cahill 5,00, John Terry 4,70, Azpilicueta 6,00 (76' Radamel Falcao), Ramires 6,00, Oscar 5,80, Eden Hazard 4,40 (59' Kenedy 5,60), John Mikel 5,30 (70' Cesc Fàbregas 5,20), Willian 6,10, Diego Costa 5,30. - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 5,43 [feeble]

Liverpool: Simon Mignolet 6,00 - Nathaniel Clyne 6,40, Mamadou Sakho 6,90, Alberto Moreno 5,60, Martin Škrtel 6,60, James Milner 6,00 (64' Christian Benteke 6,80), Coutinho 7,50, Roberto Firmino 6,10 (76' Jordon Ibe), Adam Lallana 6,70 (90' Dejan Lovren), Lucas Leiva 6,30, Emre Can 6,30. - tr: Jürgen Klopp. = average: 6,43 [strong]

Top 30 female footballers in the 2020s

1. Aitana Bonmatí (Spain) 

2. Sam Kerr (England) 

3. Alexia Putellas (Spain) 

4. Salma Paralluelo (Spain) 

5. Caroline Graham Hansen (Norway) 

6. Alexandra Popp (Germany) 

7. Beth Mead (England) 

8. Jennifer Hermoso (Spain) 

9. Sophia Smith (USA) 

10. Fridolina Rolfö (Sweden) 

11. Lena Oberdorf (Germany) 

12. Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands) 

13. Lindsey Horan (USA) 

14. Mary Earps (England) 

15. Lieke Martens (Netherlands) 

16. Mallory Swanson (USA) 

17. Olga Carmona (Spain) 

18. Christine Sinclair (Canada) 

19. Marie-Antoinette Katoto (France) 

20. Ada Hegerberg (Norway) 

21. Pernille Harder (Denmark) 

22. Mariona Caldentey (Spain) 

23. Patricia Guijarro (Spain) 

24. Wendie Renard (France) 

25. Ashley Lawrence (France) 

26. Linda Caicedo (Colombia) 

27. Catarina Macario (France) 

28. Jessie Fleming (England)

29. Trinity Rodman (USA) 

30. Rachel Daly (England) 

Juventus' worst flops in history

 

According to ledieci.net.

1. Ian Rush
2. Juan Esnaider
3. Aleksander Zavarov
4. Amauri
5. Tiago
6. Athirson
7. Diego
8. Thierry Henry
9. Marino Magrin
10. Sergei Aleinikov

Serie A ratings 1986/87

 

6,76 Zenga (Inter)
6,65 Magrin (Atalanta)
6,63 De Agostini (Verona)
6,60 Ferrara (Napoli), F. Baresi (Milan)
6,59 Bagni (Napoli), Virdis (Milan)
6,53 Tacconi (Juventus)
6,51 Romano (Napoli)
6,50 Renica (Napoli), Mancini (Sampdoria)
6,49 Maradona (Napoli)

Today 27 years ago: Russia 1-1 Italy [WC playoff qualifier]

 0-1 40' Christian Vieri, 1-1 51' og Fabio Cannavaro. Att: 15-20.000 (Dinamo Stadion).

Russia: Sergey Ovchinnikov 6,00 - Viktor Onopko 6,17 (43' Akhrik Tsveiba 5,83), Igor Chugaynov 5,67, Yuri Kovtun 6,00, Dmitriy Alenichev 6,83, Andrey Kanchelskis 6,00 (46' Dmitriy Khokhlov 6,33), Igor Yanovski 6,67, Dmitri Popov 5,83 (78' Andrey Tikhonov), Vladislav Radimov 5,83, Sergey Yuran 6,17, Igor Kolyvanov 6,17. - coach: Boris Ignatyev 6,00. = average: 6,12 [satisfactory]

Italy: Gianluca Pagliuca (32' Gianluigi Buffon 6,83) - Gianluca Pessotto 5,50 (54' Antonio Benarrivo 6,17), Alessandro Nesta 6,83, Alessandro Costacurta 7,33, Fabio Cannavaro 6,50, Dino Baggio 6,50, Paolo Maldini 7,67, Demetrio Albertini 6,83, Roberto Di Matteo 6,33, Fabrizio Ravanelli 5,83 (60' Alessandro Del Piero 6,17), Christian Vieri 7,50. - coach: Cesare Maldini 7,00. = average: 6,61 [very good]

Ipswich Town ratings 1980/81

 

League and UEFA Cup. 

7,29 Frans Thijssen
7,24 Russell Osman
7,20 Terry Butcher
7,13 Arnold Mühren
7,07 Alan Brazil
7,06 John Wark
7,00 Paul Cooper
6,93 Paul Mariner
6,87 Mick Mills
6,82 Eric Gates
6,80 George Burley
6,62 Steve McCall
6,00 Kevin O'Callaghan     

2018 World Cup: Gazzetta dello Sport average ratings

 

Minimum four rated appearances.

7,42 Eden Hazard (cap, Bel)
7,12 Denis Cheryshev (Rus)
7,07 Luka Modrić (cap, Cro)
7,00 Edinson Cavani (Uru)
6,93 Didier DESCHAMPS (Fra)
6,88 Kasper Schmeichel (Den)
6,83 Kylian Mbappé (Fra)
6,80 Janne ANDERSSON (Swe), Philippe Coutinho (Bra)
6,79 Roberto MARTÍNEZ (Bel), Ivan Rakitić (Cro)
6,75 N'Golo Kanté (Fra), Kevin De Bruyne (Bel)
6,67 Harry Kane (cap, Eng), Romelu Lukaku (Bel)
6,64 Antoine Griezmann (Fra), Ivan Perišić (Cro)
6,62 Igor Akinfeev (cap, Rus), Cristiano Ronaldo (cap, Por), Isco (Esp), Juan Carlos OSORIO (Mex)
6,60 Andreas Granqvist (cap, Swe), Thomas Meunier (Bel), Óscar TABÁREZ, Diego Godín (Uru), Thiago Silva (cap, Bra)
6,58 Paul Pogba (Fra), Mario Mandžukić (Cro)
6,57 Thibaut Courtois (Bel)

Today six years ago: Barcelona 5-1 Real Madrid

 1-0 11′ Coutinho, 2-0 30′ Suárez PK, 2-1 50′ Marcelo, 3-1, 4-1 75′, 83′ Suárez, 5-1 87′ Vidal. Att: 90.985.

Barcelona: Ter Stegen 6,50 - Sergi Roberto 7,30, Piqué 6,70, Lenglet 6,70, Jordi Alba 7,50 - Rakitic 6,90, Busquets 6,90, Arthur 6,60 (84′ Vidal) - Rafinha 6,40 (69′ Semedo 6,10), Suárez 8,00, Coutinho 6,90 (74′ Dembélé). - coach: Ernesto Valverde. = 6,88 [first-class]

Real Madrid: Courtois 5,40 -  Nacho 4,60, Varane 4,90 (46′ Lucas Vasquez 5,80), Sergio Ramos 4,70 Marcelo 5,80 (82′ Mariano) - Kroos 5,10, Casemiro 5,30, Modric 5,20 - Bale 5,00 (78′ Asensio), Benzema 4,90, Isco 5,40. - coach: Julen Lopetegui. = average: 5,18 [disastrous]

West Germany ratings in the 1970 World Cup

 

7,46 Wolfgang Overath
7,35 Franz Beckenbauer
6,95 Jürgen Grabowski, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
6,75 Uwe Seeler
6,70 Sigfried Held
6,67 Willi Schulz
6,58 Gerd Müller
6,46 Berti Vogts
6,44 Reinhard Libuda
6,25 Hannes Löhr
6,20 Sepp Maier
6,06 Horst-Dieter Höttges

Today 11 years ago: Chelsea 2-1 Man City

 1-0 33' André Schürrle (Fernando Torres), 1-1 49' Kun Agüero (Samir Nasri), 2-1 90' Fernando Torres. Att: 41.495.

Chelsea: Petr Čech 5,90 - Branislav Ivanović 6,40, Gary Cahill 6,10, John Terry 6,20, Ashley Cole 6,10, Ramires 6,90, Frank Lampard 5,50 (66' John Mikel 6,00), Eden Hazard 5,90 (84' Samuel Eto'o), Oscar 6,10, André Schürrle 6,50 (66' Willian 6,30), Fernando Torres 7,70. - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 6,28 [good]

Man City: Joe Hart 4,40 - Pablo Zabaleta 5,90, Martín Demichelis 5,30, Matija Nastasić 5,30, Gaël Clichy 4,90, Javi García 5,60 (80' Aleksandar Kolarov), Fernandinho 6,00, David Silva 6,40, Yaya Touré 5,60, Samir Nasri 5,80, Kun Agüero 7,00 (86' Álvaro Negredo). - coach: Manuel Pellegrini. = average: 5,65 [disappointing]

Player ratings Real Madrid 0-4 Barcelona

 0-1 54' Robert Lewandowski (Marc Casadó), 0-2 56' Lewandowski h. (Alejandro Balde), 0-3 77' Lamine Yamal (Raphinha), 0-4 84' Raphinha (Iñigo Martínez). Att: 78.192.

Real Madrid: Andriy Lunin 5,30 - Lucas Vázquez 5,30, Eder Militão 4,90, Antonio Rüdiger 4,90, Ferland Mendy 4,60 (86' Fran García), Aurélien Tchouaméni 4,90 (63' Luka Modrić 5,80), Federico Valverde 5,20, Eduardo Camavinga 5,70 (77' Brahim Díaz), Jude Bellingham 5,30, Vinícius Junior 5,60, Kylian Mbappé 4,70. - coach: Carlo Ancelotti. = average: 5,18 [lame]

Barcelona: Iñaki Peña 7,20 - Jules Koundé 6,70, Pau Cubarsí 6,70, Iñigo Martínez 7,20, Alejandro Balde 6,90, Marc Casadó 7,10 (65' Dani Olmo 6,60), Pedri 7,50 (87' Gavi), Lamine Yamal 7,20, Fermín 5,80 (46' Frenkie de Jong 7,00), Raphinha 7,70, Robert Lewandowski 7,90. - coach: Hansi Flick. = average: 7,04 [fantabulous]

Top rated players Clausura 1996

 

6,81 Guillermo Barros Schelotto (Gimnasia)
6,70 José Luis Chilavert (Vélez)
6,45 Enzo Francescoli (River)
6,43 Claudio Caniggia (Boca)
6,36 César Orlando Labarre (Belgrano)
6,35 Carlos Bossio (Estudiantes)
6,31 José Fabián Albornoz (Gimnasia), Martín Posse (Vélez)
6,28 Alberto Márcico (Gimnasia)
6,23 Danilo Tosello (Belgrano)

Best /worst of the 1997/98 season polls

MATCH OF THE SEASON

Man Utd 3 Juventus 2 31% 

Arsenal 3 Man Utd 2 30% 

Man Utd 0 Arsenal 1 26%

GOAL OF THE SEASON

Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal) v Leicester 53% 

Steve McManaman (Liverpool) v Celtic 26% 

Kevin Davies (Southampton) v Everton 11%

BEST PLAYER

Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal) 59% 

Michael Owen (Liverpool) 24% 

David Ginola (Tottenham) 9%

BEST BUY

Emmanuel Petit (Monaco-Arsenal) 39% 

Alex Manninger (Grazer AK-Arsenal) 38% 

Kevin Davies (Chesterfield-Southampton) 16%

WORST BUY

Stan Collymore (Liverpool-Aston Villa) 77% 

Itzak Zohar (Royal Antwerp-Crystal Palace) 9% 

Teddy Sheringham (Tottenham-Man Utd) 7%

BEST NEWCOMER

Michael Owen (Liverpool) 61% 

Alex Manninger (Arsenal) 30% 

Rio Ferdinand (West Ham) 3%

BEST STRIKER

Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal) 54% 

Michael Owen (Liverpool) 28% 

John Hartson (West Ham) 9%

BEST MANAGER

Arsène Wenger (Arsenal) 79% 

Danny Wilson (Barnsley) 9% 

Alex Ferguson (Man Utd) 8%

WORST MANAGER

Frank Clark (ex-Man City) 43% 

Howard Kendall (Everton) 39% 

Kenny Dalglish (Newcastle) 12%

BIGGEST MOANER

Kenny Dalglish (Newcastle) 38% 

Alex Ferguson (Man Utd) 35% 

Alan Shearer (Newcastle) 19%

UNSUNG HERO

Neil Redfearn (Barnsley) 43% 

Sammy McIlroy (Macclesfield) 37% 

Giuliano Grazioli (Stevenage) 11%

The Sun.

Allsvenskan 1976

 

Players having received the mark 4 ("national team class") or higher at least twice during the season. Ratings: Idrottsbladet.

  8 times: Anders Linderoth (Öster, photo, left)
  4: Yngve Källqvist (ÖIS), Bo Larsson (MFF, photo, right)
  3: Kenneth Ohlsson (Hammarby), Odd Lindberg (Örebro), Tommy Evesson (Öster), Lennart "Lie" Larsson (Halmstad)
  2: Jan Svensson, Bo Matsson (Hammarby), Göran Hagberg (Öster), Jan-Olof Wallgren (AIK Stockholm), Claes Cronqvist, Bo Augustsson, Sonny Johansson (Landskrona), Olle Nordin (IFK Sundsvall), Björn Alkeby (Djurgården), Thomas Sjöberg (MFF)

Today 44 years ago: Inter-Roma 2-4

 0-1 2' og Graziano Bini, 0-2 12' Roberto Pruzzo, 0-3 32' Pruzzo, 1-3 57' Alessandro Altobelli PK, 1-4 80' Pruzzo, 2-4 89'  Altobelli. Att: 56.357.

Inter: Ivano Bordon 5,5 - Roberto Mozzini 4,5 (66' Claudio Ambu), Nazzareno Canuti 5, Graziano Bini 5,5, Giancarlo Pasinato 5,5, Evaristo Beccalossi 4, Domenico Caso 5,5, Giampiero Marini 6 (46' Franco Pancheri 6), Herbert Prohaska 5,5, Carlo Muraro 5, Alessandro Altobelli 6,5. - coach: Eugenio Bersellini 5. = average: 5,38 [lame]

Roma: Franco Tancredi 6 - Vincenzo Romano 7, Maurizio Turone 6, Agostino di Bartolomei 7, Luciano Spinosi 6,5, Roberto Scarnecchia 6,5, Domenico Maggiora 6,5, Bruno Conti 6 (66' Michele De Nadai 6), Carlo Ancelotti 7, Falcão 7, Roberto Pruzzo 7,5. - coach: Nils Liedholm 7,5. = average: 6,58 [very good]

China ratings in the 2002 World Cup

5,98 Li Tie

5,88 Yang Chen

5,60 Li Weifeng, Zhao Junzhe

5,50 Jiang Jin, Ma Mingyu 

5,47 Hao Haidong

5,38 Xu Yunlong

5,37 Wu Chengying

5,35 Li Xiaopeng

5,20 Du Wei

Today 26 years ago: Milan 3-2 Roma

 0-1 9' Delvecchio, 1-1 45'+ Leonardo, 2-1 59' Ziege, 2-2 70' Delvecchio, 3-2 72' Weah. Utvisade: 80' Boban, 92' D. Conti. Publik: 57.331.

Milan: S. Rossi 7,67 — N'Gotty 5,33, Cruz 5,00, Maldini 5,67 — Helveg 5,33, Albertini 6,00 (46' Ambrosini 6,17), Boban 5,33, Ziege 6,33 — Leonardo 6,50 (79' Morfeo), Bierhoff 6,50, Weah 6,50 (82' Ayala). — coach: Zaccheroni. = average: 6,02 [satisfactory]

Roma: Chimenti 5,00 — Aldair 6,00, Petruzzi 5,33, Zago 6,00 (80' D. Conti), Wome 5,67 — Tomic 4,50 (80' Bartelt), Tommasi 6,83, Di Francesco 7,00 — Paulo Sérgio 6,50, Delvecchio 7,50, Totti 6,50. — coach: Zeman. = average: 6,07 [satisfactory]

Player ratings Barcelona 4-1 Bayern

 

1-0 1' Raphinha (Fermín), 1-1 18' Harry Kane (Serge Gnabry), 2-1 36' Robert Lewandowski (Fermín), 3-1 45' Raphinha (Marc Casadó), 4-1 56' Raphinha (Lamine Yamal). Att: 50.312 (Olímpic Lluís Companys). 

Barcelona: Iñaki Peña 6,00 - Iñigo Martínez 6,50, Pau Cubarsí 6,67, Jules Koundé 6,67, Alejandro Balde 6,33, Fermín 7,67 (61' Frenkie de Jong 6,17), Lamine Yamal 7,50 (85' Gavi), Raphinha 7,67 (75' Dani Olmo), Pedri 7,33 (85' Pau Víctor), Marc Casadó 7,17, Robert Lewandowski 7,00 (85' Ansu Fati). - coach: Hansi Flick. = average; 6,88 [top-class]

Bayern: Manuel Neuer 5,17 - Dayot Upamecano 5,00, Min-jae Kim 4,17, Alphonso Davies 5,00, Raphaël Guerreiro 5,00 (85' Konrad Laimer), Joshua Kimmich 5,00, João Palhinha 5,33 (60' Leon Goretzka 5,67), Serge Gnabry 5,33 (60' Kingsley Coman 5,50), Thomas Müller 4,50 (60' Leroy Sané 5,67), Michael Olise 4,83 (60' Jamal Musiala 5,67), Harry Kane 6,50. - coach: Vincent Kompany. = average: 5,22 [lame]

Most sensational wins in World Cups 2002-2022

Average odds:

27,03 Saudi Arabia 2-1 Argentina (2022)

18,77 South Korea 2-0 Germany (2018)

13,73 Switzerland 1-0 Spain (2010)

8,91 Costa Rica 3-1 Uruguay (2014)

8,82 Senegal 1-0 France (2002)

8,73 Cameroon 1-0 Brazil (2022)

7,52 Australia 1-0 Denmark (2022)

7,46 USA 3-2 Portugal (2002)

7,33 Mexico 1-0 Germany (2018)

7,21 Japan 2-1 Germany (2022)

7,09 Japan 2-1 Spain (2022)

6,89 Slovakia 3-2 Italy (2010)

Serie A topscorer tables 1980s

1979/80
16: Bettega (Juventus)
15: Altobelli (Inter)
13: P. Rossi (Perugia)
12: Graziani (Torino), Pruzzo (Roma), Selvaggi (Cagliari)
11: Savoldi (Bologna)
 9: Giordano (Lazio), Palanca (Catanzaro)

1980/81
18: Pruzzo (Roma)
13: Palanca (Catanzaro)
12: Altobelli (Inter)
11: Graziani (Torino), C. Pellegrini (Napoli)
 9: Antognoni (Fiorentina), Chimenti (Pisa), Pulici (Torino)
 8: Brady (Juventus), Selvaggi (Cagliari), Zanone (Udinese)

1981/82
15: Pruzzo (Roma)
12: Bivi (Catanzaro)
11: C. Pellegrini (Napoli)
 9: Altobelli &  Beccalossi (Inter), Bertoni & Graziani (Fiorentina), Garlini (Cesena), Mancini (Bologna), Piras (Cagliari), Schachner (Cesena), Virdis (Juventus)

1982/83
16: Platini (Juventus)
15: Altobelli (Inter), Penzo (Verona)
12: Pruzzo (Roma)
 9: Antognoni (Fiorentina), Briaschi (Genoa), Piras (Cagliari)
 8: Berggreen (Pisa), Scanziani (Sampdoria), Schachner (Cesena), Selvaggi (Torino)

1983/84
20 Platini (Juventus)
19: Zico (Udinese)
14: Iorio (Verona)
13: P. Rossi (Juventus)
12: Briaschi (Genoa), Monelli (Fiorentina)
11: P. Hernández (Torino)
10: Altobelli (Inter), D. Bertoni (Fiorentina), Virdis (Udinese)

1984/85
18: Platini (Juventus)
17: Altobelli (Inter)
14: Maradona (Napoli)
12: Briaschi (Juventus)
11: D. Bertoni (Napoli), Galderisi (Verona)
 9: Briegel (Verona), Serena (Torino), Virdis (Milan)
 8: Elkjær (Verona), Pruzzo (Roma), Rummenigge (Inter)

1985/86
19: Pruzzo (Roma)
13: Rummenigge (Inter)
12: Platini (Juventus)
11: Maradona (Napoli), Passarella (Fiorentina), Serena (Juventus)
10: Borgonovo (Como), R. Díaz (Avellino), Giordano (Napoli)
 9: Altobelli (Inter), Cantarutti (Atalanta), Carnevale (Udinese), Elkjær (Verona)
 8: Hateley (Milan)

1986/87
17: Virdis (Milan)
12: Vialli (Sampdoria)
11: Altobelli (Inter)
10: R. Díaz (Fiorentina), Serena (Juventus), Maradona (Napoli)
 8: Carnevale (Napoli), Kieft (Torino), Elkjær (Verona)
 7: Magrin (Atalanta), Gritti (Brescia), Manfredonia (Juventus), Graziani (Udinese)

1987/88
15: Maradona (Napoli)
13: Careca (Napoli)
11: Virdis (Milan), Giannini (Roma)
10: Vialli (Sampdoria)
 9: Schachner (Avellino), Altobelli (Inter), Gullit (Milan), Polster (Torino)
 8: Cucchi (Empoli), Giordano (Napoli), Slišković (Pescara)

1988/89
22: Serena (Inter),
19: van Basten (Milan), Careca (Napoli),
15: R. Baggio (Fiorentina),
14: Borgonovo (Fiorentina), Vialli (Sampdoria),
13: Carnevale (Napoli),
12: R. Díaz (Inter), Rui Barros (Juventus),
11: M. Agostini (Cesena), Müller (Torino)

Top three
5 times: Altobelli
4: Platini
3: Pruzzo
2: Maradona, Virdis, Careca. 

Double digits per club
11 times: Napoli
10: Juventus
9: Inter
7: Roma
6: Fiorentina
4: Torino, Milan
3: Verona, Sampdoria
2: Udinese, Catanzaro
1: Perugia, Cagliari, Bologna, Genoa, Cesena, Ascoli, Atalanta.