Player ratings Spain 5-4 France

 1-0 22' Nico Williams (Mikel Oyarzabal), 2-0 25' Mikel Merino, 3-0 54' Lamine Yamal PK, 4-0 55' Pedri (Nico Williams), 4-1 59' Mbappé PK, 5-1 67' Lamine Yamal (Pedro Porro), 5-2 79' Rayan Cherki (Mbappé), 5-3 84' og Daniel Vivian (Malo Gusto), 5-4 90+3' Randal Kolo Muani h. (Cherki). Att: 51.724 (MHPArena, Stuttgart). 

Spain: Unai Simón 6,90 - Pedro Porro 5,70, Robin Le Normand 6,40 (77' Daniel Vivian 5,20), Dean Huijsen 6,60, Cucurella 6,30, Mikel Merino 7,00 (90'+1 Gavi), Martín Zubimendi 6,60, Pedri 6,80 (64' Fabián Ruiz 5,80), Lamine Yamal 7,70, Mikel Oyarzabal 7,30 (77' Samu Aghehowa), Nico Williams 7,30 (64' Dani Olmo 5,80). - coach: Luis de la Fuente. = average: 6,53 [very good]

France: Mike Maignan 4,80 - Pierre Kalulu 5,10 (63' Malo Gusto 6,20), Ibrahima Konaté 4,70, Clément Lenglet 4,70 (72' Lucas Hernández), Theo Hernández 5,40, Manu Koné 5,30, Adrien Rabiot 5,40, Michael Olise 5,20 (63' Rayan Cherki 7,40), Ousmane Dembélé 5,60 (76' Randal Kolo Muani 6,40), Désiré Doué 5,60 (63' Bradley Barcola 6,60), Kylian Mbappé 6,10. - coach: Didier Deschamps. = average: 5,63 [disappointing]

The arguably best WC qualifying group in history

1982 World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

             w d l goals pt      att

Belgium      5 1 2 12-9  11   41.703

France       5 0 3 20-8  10   45.195

Ireland      4 2 2 17-11 10   34.914

Netherlands  4 1 3 11-7   9   43.243

Cyprus       0 0 8  4-29  0    7.450

5 goals:

Erwin Vandenbergh (Bel), Michel Platini (Fra) 

4 goals:

Jan Ceulemans (Bel)

3 goals:

Gerry Daly, Michael Robinson, Frank Stapleton (Irl), Bernard Lacombe, Didier Six (Fra) 

2 goals:

Jean-François Larios, Gerard Soler, Jacques Zimako (Fra), Tony Grealish, Mark Lawrenson, Paul McGee (Irl), Arnold Mühren, Kees van Kooten (Ned) 

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) 

France ratings in the Euro 2000

7,10 Zinédine Zidane

6,66 Thierry Henry

6,53 Fabien Barthez, Laurent Blanc

6,46 Sylvain Wiltord

6,38 Bixente Lizarazu

6,33 Didier Deschamps, David Trezeguet

6,31  Patrick Vieira

6,29 Marcel Desailly

6,27 Christophe Dugarry

6,21 Youri Djorkaeff

6,07 Lilian Thuram

5,79 Emmanuel Petit

5,64 Nicolas Anelka

Player ratings Spain 2-1 France

 0-1 9' Randal Kolo Muani h. (Kylian Mbappé), 1-1 21' Lamine Yamal, 2-1 25' Dani Olmo, Att: 62.042 (München Fußball Arena).

Spain: Unai Simón 6,20 - Jesús Navas 6,00 (58' Vivian 6,10), Nacho 6,50, Aymeric Laporte 6,00, Cucurella 6,50, Dani Olmo 7,20 (76' Mikel Merino 6,10), Rodri 6,90, Fabián Ruiz 6,40, Lamine Yamal 7,80 (90'+4 Ferran Torres), Álvaro Morata 6,40 (76' Mikel Oyarzabal 6,00), Nico Williams 6,30 (90'+3 Martín Zubimendi). - coach: Luis de la Fuente 7,40. = average: 6,46 [very good]

France: Mike Maignan 6,00 - Jules Koundé 5,80, William Saliba 5,90, Dayot Upamecano 5,90, Theo Hernández 5,20, N'Golo Kanté 5,50 (62' Antoine Griezmann 5,40), Aurélien Tchouaméni 5,40, Adrien Rabiot 5,30 (62' Eduardo Camavinga 5,60), Ousmane Dembélé 5,60 (79' Olivier Giroud), Kylian Mbappé 5,60, Randal Kolo Muani 6,40 (62' Bradley Barcola 6,10). - coach: Didier Deschamps 5,30. = average: 5,69 [disappointing]

Player ratings Portugal 3-5 pen. France

 Penalties: Ousmane Dembélé +, Cristiano Ronaldo + ; Youssouf Fofana +, Bernardo Silva + ; Jules Koundé +, João Félix - ; Bradley Barcola +, Nuno Mendes + ; Theo Hernández +. Att:  47.789 (Volksparkstadion Hamburg).

Portugal: Diogo Costa 6,20 - João Cancelo 6,10 (74' Nélson Semedo 6,10), Rúben Dias 6,60, Pepe 7,00, Nuno Mendes 6,20, Vitinha 6,40 (119' Matheus Nunes), João Palhinha 6,10 (90'+3 Rúben Neves 5,90), Bernardo Silva 5,90, Bruno Fernandes 5,70 (74' Francisco Conceição 6,20), Rafael Leão 6,40 (106' João Félix 5,20), Cristiano Ronaldo 5,00. - coach: Roberto Martínez 5,90. = average: 6,07 [decent]

France: Mike Maignan 7,00 - Jules Koundé 5,90, Dayot Upamecano 6,50, William Saliba 6,60, Theo Hernández 6,50, N'Golo Kanté 6,00, Aurélien Tchouaméni 6,20, Eduardo Camavinga 6,20 (91' Youssouf Fofana 6,00), Randal Kolo Muani 5,40 (86' Marcus Thuram 5,60), Antoine Griezmann 5,10 (67' Ousmane Dembélé 6,70), Kylian Mbappé 5,20 (106' Bradley Barcola 6,10). - coach: Didier Deschamps 5,90. = average: 6,07 [decent]

Match rating: 5

Player ratings France 1-0 Belgium

 

1-0 85' og Jan Vertonghen (Randal Kolo Muani). Att: 46.810  (Düsseldorf Arena).

France: Mike Maignan 6,50 - Jules Koundé 6,60, William Saliba 6,60, Dayot Upamecano 6,20, Theo Hernández 6,40, Aurélien Tchouaméni 6,60, N'Golo Kanté 6,40, Adrien Rabiot 6,00, Antoine Griezmann 5,40, Marcus Thuram 5,20 (62' Randal Kolo Muani 6,80), Kylian Mbappé 5,80. - coach: Didier Deschamps 6,20. = average: 6,21 [solid]

Belgium: Koen Casteels 6,20 - Timothy Castagne 5,90 (88' Dodi Lukébakio), Wout Faes 6,20, Jan Vertonghen 5,30, Arthur Theate 5,70, Yannick Carrasco 6,00 (88' Charles De Ketelaere), Amadou Onana 5,80, Kevin De Bruyne 5,90, Jérémy Doku 6,30, Loïs Openda 5,40 (63' Orel Mangala 5,60), Romelu Lukaku 5,00. - coach: Domenico Tedesco 5,90. = average: 5,78 [mediocre]

France ratings after the group stage

6,67 N'Golo Kanté (3)

6,63 Mike Maignan (3)

6,40 Kylian Mbappé (2)

6,37 Theo Hernández (3)

6,17 William Saliba (3)

6,10 Marcus Thuram (2)

6,07 Jules Koundé (3)

5,97 Dayot Upamecano (3)

5,95 Eduardo Camavinga (2)

5,83 Didier Deschamps (coach)

5,80 Ousmane Dembélé (3), Aurélien Tchouaméni, Olivier Giroud (2)

5,77 Adrien Rabiot (3)

5,63 Antoine Griezmann (3)

Team average: 6,09

Player ratings France 1-1 Poland

 

1-0 56' Kylian Mbappé PK, 1-1 79' Robert Lewandowski PK. Att: 59.728 (BVB Stadion Dortmund).

France: Mike Maignan 6,50 - Dayot Upamecano 5,60, Jules Koundé 5,80, William Saliba 6,20, Theo Hernández 6,20, Aurélien Tchouaméni 5,60 (81' Antoine Griezmann 5,40), N'Golo Kanté 6,20 (61' Youssouf Fofana), Adrien Rabiot 5,20 (61' Eduardo Camavinga 5,70), Ousmane Dembélé 6,20 (86' Randal Kolo Muani), Bradley Barcola 6,30 (61' Olivier Giroud 5,70), Kylian Mbappé 6,80. - coach: Didier Deschamps 5,40. = average: 5,96 [vulnerable]

Poland: Łukasz Skorupski 7,50 - Paweł Dawidowicz 6,10, Jan Bednarek 5,80, Jakub Kiwior 5,40, Jakub Moder 6,20, Piotr Zieliński 6,30, Przemysław Frankowski 5,70, Sebastian Szymański 5,90 (68' Karol Świderski 6,40), Nicola Zalewski 5,40 (68' Michał Skóraś 6,00), Kacper Urbański 6,10, Robert Lewandowski 6,70. - coach: Michał Probierz 6,50. = average: 6,12 [satisfactory]

Player rartings Netherlands 0-0 France

 Att: 38.531 (Leipzig Stadion).

Netherlands: Bart Verbruggen 6,40 - Denzel Dumfries 5,80, Stefan de Vrij 6,20, Virgil van Dijk 6,50, Nathan Aké 6,20, Jeremie Frimpong 5,70 (73' Lutsharel Geertruida 6,00), Xavi Simons 6,20 (73' Georginio Wijnaldum 6,00), Tijjani Reijnders 6,40, Jerdy Schouten 5,90 (73' Joey Veerman 6,20), Memphis Depay 5,50 (79' Wout Weghorst), Cody Gakpo 6,00. - coach: Ronald Koeman 6,00. = average: 6,07 [decent]

France: Mike Maignan 6,70 - Jules Koundé 6,20, Dayot Upamecano 6,20, William Saliba 6,40, Theo Hernández 6,10, Aurélien Tchouaméni 6,00, N'Golo Kanté 6,60, Adrien Rabiot 5,70, Ousmane Dembélé 5,60 (75' Kingsley Coman 5,80), Antoine Griezmann 5,60, Marcus Thuram 6,30 (75' Olivier Giroud 5,90). - coach: Didier Deschamps 5,90. = average: 6,08 [decent]

Player ratings Austria 0-1 France

 

0-1 38' og Max Wöber (Kylian Mbappé). Att: 46.425 (Düsseldorf Arena). 

Austria: Patrick Pentz 6,30 - Stefan Posch 5,50, Kevin Danso 5,70, Max Wöber 4,60 (59' Gernot Trauner 5,80), Phillipp Mwene 5,50 (88' Alexander Prass), Nicolas Seiwald 6,00, Marcel Sabitzer 6,10, Florian Grillitsch 6,00 (59' Patrick Wimmer 5,60), Christoph Baumgartner 5,80, Konrad Laimer 5,80 (90'+1 Romano Schmid), Michael Gregoritsch 5,60 (59' Marko Arnautović 5,70). - coach: Ralf Rangnick 6,20. = average: 5,71 [weak]

France: Mike Maignan 6,70 - Jules Koundé 6,20, Dayot Upamecano 6,10, William Saliba 5,90, Theo Hernández 6,80, N'Golo Kanté 7,20, Adrien Rabiot 6,40 (71' Eduardo Camavinga 6,20), Ousmane Dembélé 5,60 (71' Randal Kolo Muani 5,90), Antoine Griezmann 5,90 (90' Youssouf Fofana), Marcus Thuram 5,90, Kylian Mbappé 6,00 (90' Olivier Giroud). - coach: Didier Deschamps 6,20. = average: 6,22 [solid]

Match rating: 6

France ratings in the Euro 2008

Coach: Raymond Domenech.

6,25 Franck Ribéry

6,03 Claude Makélélé

6,00 Jérémy Toulalan, Thierry Henry

5,87 Grégory Coupet

5,80 Willy Sagnol

5,60 Lilian Thuram,  Sidney Govou

5,53 William Gallas

5,40 Florent Malouda

5,35 Bafétimbi Gomis

5,30 Patrice Evra

5,10 Eric Abidal

France average ratings in Euros and World Cups, 1998-2022

 Ratings: Kicker. Minimum nine rated appearances.

7,53 Kylian Mbappé (16)
7,40 Zinédine Zidane (20)*
7,27 Antoine Griezmann (26)
7,21 Paul Pogba (21)
7,20 Emmanuel Petit (10)
7,15 Laurent Koscielny (10)
7,14 Hugo Lloris (35)
7,08 Fabien Barthez (28)
7,00 N'Golo Kanté (14)
6,98 Patrick Vieira (20)
6,97 Marcel Desailly (17)
6,95 Didier Deschamps (10)
6,93 Karim Benzema, Blaise Matuidi (15)
6,90 Raphael Varane (21)
6,89 Lilian Thuram (27)
6,83 Adrien Rabiot (9)
6,82 Thierry Henry (25)
6,76 Franck Ribéry (16)
6,67 Samuel Umtiti (9)
6,62 Olivier Giroud (20), Patrice Evra (16), Youri Djorkaeff (12)
6,61 Claude Makélélé (14)
6,62 Bixente Lizarazu (16)
6,50 William Gallas (17), Sylvain Wiltord (9)
6,41 Bacary Sagna (11)
6,36 David Trezeguet (14)
6,35 Willy Sagnol (10)
6,15 Éric Abidal (10)
6,10 Benjamin Pavard (10)
6,06 Ousmane Dembélé (9)
6,04 Florent Malouda (13)

*) Zidane's average was 7,53 until his last match, where he was sent off vs Italy.

Player ratings Ireland 0-1 France

 0-1 50' Benjamin Pavard. Att: 50.219 (Aviva Stadium, Dublin).

Ireland: Gavin Bazunu 6,00 - Séamus Coleman 6,50, John Egan 6,20, Dara O'Shea 6,30 (78' Alan Browne), Nathan Collins 6,80, Jayson Molumby 6,20 (86' Michael Obafemi), Josh Cullen 5,60, Matt Doherty 5,40, Chiedozie Ogbene 6,50, Jason Knight 5,10 (77' Mikey Johnston), Evan Ferguson 5,20 (65' Adam Idah). - coach:  Stephen Kenny. = average: 5,98 [adequate]
    
France: Mike Maignan 7,00 - Benjamin Pavard 6,70 (81' Jules Koundé), Ibrahima Konaté 6,20, Dayot Upamecano 6,10, Theo Hernández 5,10, Antoine Griezmann 6,20, Eduardo Camavinga 6,50, Adrien Rabiot 5,80 (81' Aurélien Tchouaméni), Randal Kolo Muani 5,60, Olivier Giroud 5,00 (65' Moussa Diaby), Kylian Mbappé 5,70. - coach: Didier Deschamps. = average: 5,99 [adequate]

France average ratings in Euros and World Cups, 1998-2022

 Ratings: Kicker. Minimum nine rated appearances.

7,53 Kylian Mbappé (16)
7,40 Zinédine Zidane (20)*
7,27 Antoine Griezmann (26)
7,21 Paul Pogba (21)
7,20 Emmanuel Petit (10)
7,15 Laurent Koscielny (10)
7,14 Hugo Lloris (35)
7,08 Fabien Barthez (28)
7,00 N'Golo Kanté (14)
6,98 Patrick Vieira (20)
6,97 Marcel Desailly (17)
6,95 Didier Deschamps (10)
6,93 Karim Benzema, Blaise Matuidi (15)
6,90 Raphael Varane (21)
6,89 Lilian Thuram (27)
6,83 Adrien Rabiot (9)
6,82 Thierry Henry (25)
6,76 Franck Ribéry (16)
6,67 Samuel Umtiti (9)
6,62 Olivier Giroud (20), Patrice Evra (16), Youri Djorkaeff (12)
6,61 Claude Makélélé (14)
6,62 Bixente Lizarazu (16)
6,50 William Gallas (17), Sylvain Wiltord (9)
6,41 Bacary Sagna (11)
6,36 David Trezeguet (14)
6,35 Willy Sagnol (10)
6,15 Éric Abidal (10)
6,10 Benjamin Pavard (10)
6,06 Ousmane Dembélé (9)
6,04 Florent Malouda (13)

*) Zidane's average was 7,53 until his last match, where he was sent off vs Italy.

France ratings in the Euro 2016

6,82 Antoine Griezmann
6,58 Moussa Sissoko
6,37 Olivier Giroud
6,32 Hugo Lloris
6,28 Didier Deschamps
6,25 Dimitri Payet
6,20 Samuel Umtiti
6,18 Blaise Matuidi, Paul Pogba
6,17 Laurent Koscielny
6,15 Kingsley Coman
6,02 Bacary Sagna
5,97 N'Golo Kanté
5,93 Adil Rami
5,90 André-Pierre Gignac
5,80 Patrice Evra

France ratings in the 2022 World Cup

7,23 Kylian Mbappé
6,51 Antoine Griezmann
6,43 Didier Deschamps
6,41 Hugo Lloris
6,30 Olivier Giroud
6,28 Ibrahima Konaté
6,20 Randal Kolo Muani
6,15 Theo Hernández
6,13 Adrien Rabiot
6,10 Marcus Thuram
6,09 Aurélien Tchouaméni
6,00 Raphaël Varane
5,98 Dayot Upamecano
5,90 Eduardo Camavinga
5,84 Jules Koundé
5,80 Kingsley Coman
5,79 Ousmane Dembélé
5,60 Youssouf Fofana

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

Boletín de Calificaciones del mejor partido de la historia

  1-0 23' Lionel Messi de penal, 2-0 36' Ángel Di María i. (Alexis Mac Allister), 2-1 80' Kylian Mbappé de penal, 2-2 81' Kylian Mbappé d. (Marcus Thuram), 3-2 109' Lionel Messi d., 3-3 118' Kylian Mbappé de penal.

Tanda de penales: Kylian Mbappé +, Lionel Messi + ; Kingsley Coman -, Paulo Dybala + ; Aurélien Tchouaméni -, Leandro Paredes + ; Randal Kolo Muani +, Gonzalo Montiel +.

Espectadores: 88.966 (Lusail Iconic Stadium).

Argentina: Emiliano Martínez 8,20 - Nahuel Molina 5,70 (91' Gonzalo Montiel 6,10), Cristian Romero 6,20, Nicolás Otamendi 5,60, Nico Tagliafico 5,90 (120'+1 Paulo Dybala), Rodrigo De Paul 7,10 (102' Leandro Paredes 6,10), Ángel Di María 8,90 (64' Marcos Acuña 5,90), Alexis Mac Allister 7,30 (116' Germán Pezzella), Enzo Fernández 6,80, Lionel Messi 10,00, Julián Álvarez 6,90 (102' Lautaro Martínez 6,10). - seleccionador: Lionel Scaloni 7,70. = promedio: 6,84 [excelente]

Francia: Hugo Lloris 6,50 - Jules Koundé 5,30 (120'+1 Axel Disasi), Raphaël Varane 5,60 (113' Ibrahima Konaté), Dayot Upamecano 6,40, Theo Hernández 5,10 (71' Eduardo Camavinga 6,00), Aurélien Tchouaméni 5,20, Adrien Rabiot 5,60 (96' Youssouf Fofana 5,90), Antoine Griezmann 4,80 (71' Kingsley Coman 5,70), Ousmane Dembélé 4,10 (41' Randal Kolo Muani 6,40), Kylian Mbappé 9,20, Olivier Giroud 4,80 (41' Marcus Thuram 5,90). - seleccionador: Didier Deschamps 5,80. = promedio: 5,78 [mediocre]

Player ratings Argentina 3-3 France (4-2 pen.)

 1-0 23' Lionel Messi PK, 2-0 36' Ángel Di María l. (Alexis Mac Allister), 2-1 80' Kylian Mbappé PK, 2-2 81' Kylian Mbappé r. (Marcus Thuram), 3-2 109' Lionel Messi r., 3-3 118' Kylian Mbappé PK.

Penalties: Kylian Mbappé +, Lionel Messi + ; Kingsley Coman -, Paulo Dybala + ; Aurélien Tchouaméni -, Leandro Paredes + ; Randal Kolo Muani +, Gonzalo Montiel +.

Att: 88.966 (Lusail Iconic Stadium).

Argentina: Emiliano Martínez 8,30 - Nahuel Molina 6,00 (91' Gonzalo Montiel 6,30), Cristian Romero 6,40, Nicolás Otamendi 5,60, Nico Tagliafico 6,10 (120'+1 Paulo Dybala), Rodrigo De Paul 7,20 (102' Leandro Paredes 6,00), Ángel Di María 8,50 (64' Marcos Acuña 5,80), Alexis Mac Allister 7,30 (116' Germán Pezzella), Enzo Fernández 7,10, Lionel Messi 9,30, Julián Álvarez 6,70 (102' Lautaro Martínez 6,10). - coach: Lionel Scaloni 7,90. = average: 6,85 [top-class]

France: Hugo Lloris 6,40 - Jules Koundé 5,20 (120'+1 Axel Disasi), Raphaël Varane 5,50 (113' Ibrahima Konaté), Dayot Upamecano 6,20, Theo Hernández 5,00 (71' Eduardo Camavinga 6,10), Aurélien Tchouaméni 5,10, Adrien Rabiot 5,60 (96' Youssouf Fofana 5,90), Antoine Griezmann 5,00 (71' Kingsley Coman 5,90), Ousmane Dembélé 4,00 (41' Randal Kolo Muani 6,50), Kylian Mbappé 9,00, Olivier Giroud 4,90 (41' Marcus Thuram 6,10). - coach: Didier Deschamps 5,90. = average: 5,78 [mediocre]