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.

Scotland ratings in the 1998 World Cup

6,03 Jim Leighton

6,02 John Collins

6,01 Paul Lambert

5,94 Christian Dailly

5,90 Gordon Durie

5,81 Jackie McNamara

5,79 Colin Hendry 

5,67 Kevin Gallacher

5,62 Colin Calderwood, Tom Boyd

5,52 Darren Jackson

5,48 David Weir

Spain ratings in the 1998 World Cup

6,69 Hierro

6,53 Luis Enrique

6,50 Morientes

6,48 Aguilera

6,29 Sergi

6,12 Raúl, Nadal, Alfonso

6,10 Alkorta

6,04 Etxeberria

6,03 Zubizarreta 

5,98 Amor

Top rated players in the 1998 World Cup

At least 4 rated appearances. Source: Guerin Sportivo.

7,12 Luis Hernández (4, Mex)

7,10 Zinédine Zidane (5, Fra), Gianluca Pagliuca (5, Ita)

7,08 Lilian Thuram (6, Fra)

7,00 Christian Vieri (5, Ita)

6,88 Roberto Baggio (4, Ita), José Luis Chilavert (4, Par), Vladimir Jugović (4, Yug)

6,80 Luigi Di Biagio (5, Ita), Oliver Bierhoff (5, Ger)

6,75 Emmanuel Petit (6, Fra), Edgar Davids (6, Ned), Michael Owen (4, Eng)

6,67 Didier Deschamps (6, Fra)

6,62 Miguel Ángel Benítez (4, Par), Jesús Arellano, Cuauhtémoc Blanco (4, Mex)

6,60 Paolo Maldini (5, Ita), Martin Jørgensen, Michael Laudrup (5, Den)

6,57 Aimé Jacquet (Fra), Ronaldo (7, Bra), Davor Šuker (7, Cro)

Lazio ratings 1997/98

6,53 Alessandro Nesta

6,52 Pavel Nedvěd

6,42 Vladimir Jugović

6,41 Alen Bokšić

6,32 Luca Marchegiani

6,28 Paolo Negro

6,24 Diego Fuser

6,15 Matías Almeyda, Giorgio Venturin

6,13 Guerino Gottardi

6,12 Dario Marcolin

6,05 Pierluigi Casiraghi

6,04 Giuseppe Favalli, Roberto Mancini

5,96 Giuseppe Pancaro

5,87 José Chamot

5,67 Giovanni Lopez, Roberto Rambaudi

5,54 Alessandro Grandoni

Lazio ratings 1998/99

Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson.

6,75 Christian Vieri

6,69 Matías Almeyda

6,56 Siniša Mihajlović

6,55 Alessandro Nesta

6,29 Giorgio Venturin

6,25 Marcelo Salas

6,20 Luca Marchegiani

6,17 Paolo Negro

6,16 Roberto Mancini

6,15 Giuseppe Pancaro

6,12 Sérgio Conceição

6,08 Dejan Stanković

6,05 Pavel Nedvěd

6,02 Giuseppe Favalli

5,96 Attilio Lombardo

5,94 Fernando Couto

5,65 De la Peña

Milan ratings 1998/99

Coach: Alberto Zaccheroni.

6,61 Christian Abbiati

6,52 George Weah

6,47 Zvonimir Boban

6,41 Paolo Maldini

6,35 Demetrio Albertini, Leonardo

6,29 Massimo Ambrosini

6,23 Sebastiano Rossi

6,16 Luigi Sala, Andrés Guglielminpietro

6,14 Alessandro Costacurta

6,08 Roberto Ayala

6,07 Oliver Bierhoff

5,92 Maurizio Ganz

5,89 Thomas Helveg

5,85 Bruno N'Gotty

5,54 Christian Ziege, Ibrahim Ba

Le pagelle della Fiorentina 1998/99

Allenatore: Giovanni Trapattoni.

6,56 Francesco Toldo

6,54 Rui Costa

6,45 Gabriel Batistuta

6,40 Moreno Torricelli

6,21 Christian Amoroso

6,10 Jörg Heinrich

6,08 Sandro Cois

6,07 Edmundo

6,04 Pasquale Padalino

6,01 Tomáš Řepka

5,92 Luis Oliveira

5,88 Anselmo Robbiati

5,84 Giulio Falcone

Real Madrid average ratings 1997/98

6,70 Hierro

6,59 Cañizares

6,55 Clarence Seedorf

6,45 Roberto Carlos

6,32 Predrag Mijatović

6,31 Fernando Redondo

6,20 Sanchís

6,14 Guti

6,11 Bodo Illgner

6,10 Zé Roberto, Raúl

6,05 Jaime

5,98 Morientes

5,93 Sávio

5,86 Christian Panucci

5,84 Karanka

5,80 Víctor

5,79 Christian Karembeu

5,77 Amavisca

5,76 Davor Šuker

Bologna average ratings 1998/99

6,33 Francesco Antonioli

6,31 Klas Ingesson

6,27 Giuseppe Signori

6,21 Michele Paramatti

6,14 Giancarlo Marocchi, Igor Simutenkov

6,12 Kennet Andersson, Jonatan Binotto, Davide Fontolan

6,02 Massimo Tarantino

6,00 Teddy Lučić

5,99 Eriberto ("Luciano")

5,97 Amedeo Mangone, Igor Kolyvanov

5,95 Massimiliano Cappioli

5,93 Giovanni Bia

5,92 Carlo Nervo

5,85 Alessandro Rinaldi

5,78 Stefano Bettarini

5,77 Massimo Paganin

5,65 Nicola Boselli

5,57 Giampiero Maini

Parma average ratings 1998/99

6,53 Lilian Thuram

6,46 Gianluigi Buffon

6,40 Fabio Cannavaro

6,39 Juan Sebastián Verón

6,34 Hernán Crespo

6,28 Roberto Sensini

6,23 Enrico Chiesa

6,21 Diego Fuser

6,19 Dino Baggio

6,12 Alain Boghossian

6,11 Paolo Vanoli, Mario Stanić

5,96 Antonio Benarrivo

5,86 Stefano Fiore, Abel Balbo

5,64 Luigi Sartor

Average ratings Bayern München 1998/99

6,56 Oliver Kahn

6,47 Bixente Lizarazu, Jens Jeremies

6,40 Mehmet Scholl, Carsten Jancker

6,38 Thomas Helmer

6,37 Lothar Matthäus

6,36 Giovane Élber

6,30 Stefan Effenberg

6,28 Thomas Linke

6,26 Markus Babbel

6,23 Mario Basler

6,10 Thomas Strunz

6,09 Samuel Kuffour

6,07 Thorsten Fink

5,94 Alexander Zickler

5,93 Michael Tarnat

5,78 Ali Daei

5,71 Hasan Salihamidžić

Average ratings Chelsea 1997/98

6,55 Frank Leboeuf

6,39 Dennis Wise, Gianfranco Zola

6,37 Gianluca Vialli

6,23 Roberto Di Matteo

6,20 Gustavo Poyet

6,13 Ed de Goey

6,11 Dan Petrescu, Mark Hughes

6,09 Andrew Myers

6,02 Steve Clarke

5,98 Tore André Flo

5,94 Michael Duberry

5,93 Frank Sinclair

5,91 Graeme Le Saux

5,81 Mark Nicholls

5,69 Eddie Newton

5,68 Danny Granville

Denmark ratings in the 1998 World Cup

 

6,55 Brian Laudrup
6,45 Michael Laudrup
6,20 Peter Schmeichel
6,10 Jan Heinze
6,05 Martin Jørgensen
5,95 Søren Colding
5,90 Michael Schjønberg
5,80 Marc Rieper, Allan Nielsen
5,70 Jes Høgh
5,40 Ebbe Sand

 

France ratings in the 1998 World Cup

 

Ratings: Guerin Sportivo - Kicker - El Mundo Deportivo - La Stampa - La Repubblica.

7,23 Lilian Thuram
7,00 Zinédine Zidane
6,96 Emmanuel Petit
6,74 Marcel Desailly
6,70 Frank Leboeuf
6,68 Didier Deschamps
6,64 Fabien Barthez
6,45 Bixente Lizarazu, Laurent Blanc
6,37 Alain Boghossian
6,28 Youri Djorkaeff, Thierry Henry
6,25 Christophe Dugarry
6,04 Bernard Diomède
5,97 Christian Karembeu
5,93 David Trezeguet
5,85 Robert Pires
5,38 Stéphane Guivarc'h

Lazio ratings in the 1998/99 Cupwinners' Cup

 

At least four rated appearances. 

6,62 Alessandro Nesta
6,46 Siniša Mihajlović
6,30 Giuseppe Pancaro
6,25 Luca Marchegiani, Dejan Stanković
6,20 Pavel Nedvěd
6,19 Christian Vieri
6,12 Fernando Couto
6,10 Attilio Lombardo
6,06 Matías Almeyda
6,00 Marcelo Salas 
5,88 Sérgio Conceição, Roberto Mancini 

Three appearances: 6,00 De la Peña, 5,92 Giuseppe Favalli. 

                                    
 

The 40 best players in the 1998 World Cup

 

1. Edgar Davids (Hol)
2. Lilian Thuram (Fra)
3. Rivaldo (Bra)
4. Ronaldo (Bra)
5. Marcel Desailly (Fra)
6. Zinédine Zidane (Fra)
7. Dunga (Bra)
8. José Luis Chilavert (Par)
9. Davor Šuker (Cro)
10. Michael Owen (Eng)
11. Dennis Bergkamp (Hol)
12. Frank de Boer (Hol)
13. Ariel Ortega (Arg)
14. Brian Laudrup (Dan)
15. Roberto Carlos (Bra)
16. Fabien Barthez (Fra)
17. Michael Laudrup (Dan)
18. Carlos Gamarra (Par)
19. Cafu (Bra)
20. Emmanuel Petit (Fra)
21. Laurent Blanc (Fra)
22. Jay-Jay Okocha (Nig)
23. Juan Sebastián Verón (Arg)
24. Mehdi Mahdavikia (Irn)
25. Dražen Ladić (Cro)
26. Mustapha Hadji (Mar)
27. Christian Vieri (Ita)
28. Gianluca Pagliuca (Ita)
29. Faryd Mondragón (Col)
30. Sol Campbell (Eng)
31. Bixente Lizarazu (Fra)
32. Luis Hernández (Mex)
33. Thierry Henry (Fra)
34. Didier Deschamps (Fra)
35. Paul Ince (Eng)
36. Peter Schmeichel (Dan)
37. Fabio Cannavaro (Ita)
38. Pedro Sarabia (Par)
39. Marcelo Salas (Chl)
40. Paolo Maldini (Ita)

The 40 best players in the 1998 World Cup

1. Edgar Davids (Hol)
2. Lilian Thuram (Fra)
3. Rivaldo (Bra)
4. Ronaldo (Bra)
5. Marcel Desailly (Fra)
6. Zinédine Zidane (Fra)
7. Dunga (Bra)
8. José Luis Chilavert (Par)
9. Davor Šuker (Cro)
10. Michael Owen (Eng)
11. Dennis Bergkamp (Hol)
12. Frank de Boer (Hol)
13. Ariel Ortega (Arg)
14. B. Laudrup (Dan)
15. Roberto Carlos (Bra)
16. Fabien Barthez (Fra)
17. Michael Laudrup (Dan)
18. Carlos Gamarra (Par)
19. Cafu (Bra)
20. Emmanuel Petit (Fra)
21. Laurent Blanc (Fra)
22. Jay-Jay Okocha (Nig)
23. Juan Sebastián Verón (Arg)
24. Mehdi Mahdavikia (Irn)
25. Dražen Ladić (Cro)
26. Mustapha Hadji (Mar)
27. Christian Vieri (Ita)
28. Gianluca Pagliuca (Ita)
29. Faryd Mondragón (Col)
30. Sol Campbell (Eng)
31. Bixente Lizarazu (Fra)
32. Luis Hernández (Mex)
33. Thierry Henry (Fra)
34. Didier Deschamps (Fra)
35. Paul Ince (Eng)
36. Peter Schmeichel (Dan)
37. Fabio Cannavaro (Ita)
38. Pedro Sarabia (Par)
39. Marcelo Salas (Chl)
40. Paolo Maldini (Ita)

Les notes des Bleus Champions du Monde 1998

Notes: Guerin Sportivo - Kicker - El Mundo Deportivo - La Stampa - La Repubblica.

7,23 Lilian Thuram
7,00 Zinédine Zidane
6,96 Emmanuel Petit
6,74 Marcel Desailly
6,70 Frank Leboeuf
6,68 Didier Deschamps
6,64 Fabien Barthez
6,45 Bixente Lizarazu, Laurent Blanc
6,37 Alain Boghossian
6,28 Youri Djorkaeff, Thierry Henry
6,25 Christophe Dugarry
6,04 Bernard Diomède
5,97 Christian Karembeu
5,93 David Trezeguet
5,85 Robert Pires
5,38 Stéphane Guivarc'h

Brazil: average ratings in the 1998 World Cup

 

Ratings: El Mundo Deportivo - La Stampa.

6,67 Rivaldo
6,72 Ronaldo
6,44 Dunga
6,26 Cafu
6,18 César Sampaio
6,17 Taffarel
6,00 Roberto Carlos
5,86 Bebeto
5,81 Leonardo
5,79 Aldair
5,72 Júnior Baiano