09 March, 2013

Today 16 years ago: Inter 0, Juventus 0.

Sent off: 77' Boksic. Att: 77.648 (L. 3.226.728.000).
Inter: Pagliuca 8,00 — Angloma 6,50, M. Paganin 5,50, Galante 5,75, Bergomi 6,50 (63' Pistone) — J. Zanetti 5,50, Sforza 5,50, Fresi 6,00, Djorkaeff 6,75 — Zamorano 5,25, Ganz 5,75. — coach: Hodgson 6,00. = average: 6,09 [satisfactory]
Juventus: Peruzzi 7,75 — Torricelli (12' Porrini 6,00), Ferrara 6,75, Montero 6,50, Dimas 5,75 (72' Iuliano) — Di Livio 6,50, Deschamps 6,50, Zidane 6,75, Jugovic 5,75 — Vieri 5,25, N. Amoruso 6,00 (67' Boksic 4,50). — coach: Lippi 6,25. = average: 6,17 [solid]

Player ratings Genoa 0, Milan 2.

0-1 22' Pazzini, 0-2 60' Balotelli. Sent off: 65'  Constant. Att: 21.584.
Genoa: Frey 6,00 - Granqvist 6,30 (77' Jankovic), Portanova 5,60, Moretti 5,80 - Cassani 5,80 (59' Immobile 5,00), Bovo 6,00 (68' Jorquera 6,00), Tozser 5,60, Vargas 6,00, Antonelli 6,10 - Bertolacci 5,80, Borriello 6,00. - coach: Ballardini 6,00. = average: 5,85 [mediocre]
Milan: Abbiati 6,70 - De Sciglio 6,00, Zapata 6,30, Mexès 6,00 (46' Yepes 6,00), Constant 5,20 - Flamini 6,30, Montolivo 6,40, Muntari 6,00 - Niang 6,20, Pazzini 6,70 (70' Balotelli 6,50), El Sharaawy 5,30 (68' Abate 6,00). - coach: Allegri 6,20. = average: 6,11 [satisfactory]

08 March, 2013

England: average ratings in Euros & World Cups 2000-12.

At least five rated appearances. Ratings: Kicker.

7,16 Gerrard (rated 16 times)
7,10 R. Ferdinand (10)
7,00 S. Campbell (13)
6,93 Seaman (7)
6,80 Mills (5)
6,78 G. Neville (9)
6,75 Terry (16), Scholes (12)
6,69 Lampard (13), G. Johnson (8)
6,60 J. Cole (5)
6,59 A. Cole (22)
6,50 Rooney (13), Robinson (5)
6,36 D. James (7)
6,35 Beckham (17)
6,12 Heskey (8)
6,04 Owen (14)
5,93 Milner (7)

Player ratings Stuttgart 0, Lazio 2.

0-1 21' Ederson, 0-2 56' Onazi. Att: 28.750.
Stuttgart: Ulreich 5,70 - G. Sakai 4,90, Tasci 5,20, Rüdiger 5,00, Boka 5,00 - Kvist 5,00 (55' Harnik 5,20), Okazaki 6,20, Gentner 6,10, Maxim 6,20 (41' Hajnal 5,00), Traoré 5,70 - Macheda 5,00 (93' Holzhauser). - coach: Labbadia 5,20. = average: 5,40 [feeble]
Lazio: Marchetti 6,70 - Pereirinha 5,70, Cana 6,30, Ciani 6,20, Radu 6,30 - Onazi 7,20, Hernanes 6,00 (72' Á. González 6,00) - Candreva 6,30, Ederson 7,00 (64' C. Ledesma 6,00), Lulic 6,50 - Kozák 5,50 (84' Floccari). - coach: Petkovic 6,80. = average: 6,28 [good]

Player ratings Tottenham 3, Inter 0.

1-0 6' Bale, 2-0 18' Sigurdsson, 3-0 53' Vertonghen. Att: 34.353.
Tottenham: Brad Friedel 6,30 - William Gallas 6,30, Benoît Assou-Ekotto 6,40, Jan Vertonghen 6,80, Kyle Walker 6,00 - Gareth Bale 7,20, Scott Parker 6,80, Aaron Lennon 6,60 (82' Kyle Naughton), Mousa Dembélé 6,60 (64' Jake Livermore 6,10), Gylfi Sigurdsson 7,00 (71' Lewis Holtby 6,40) - Jermain Defoe 6,70. - coach: Villas-Boas 7,70. = average: 6,55 [excellent]
Inter: Samir Handanovic 6,60 - Juan Jesus 5,30 (46' Rodrigo Palacio 5,30), Cristian Chivu 5,10, Andrea Ranocchia 5,10, Javier Zanetti 5,70 - Esteban Cambiasso 5,10, Álvaro Pereira 5,20, Walter Gargano 5,10, Antonio Cassano 5,20, Mateo Kovacic 5,10 (56' Fredy Guarín 5,40), Ricardo Álvarez 4,70 (67' Jonathan 5,60). - coach: Stramaccioni 4,20. = average: 5,32 [lame]

Memory Lane: 2006 World Cup.

Ratings: Kicker (Germany) and Placar (Brazil) combined.

7,18 F. Cannavaro (Italy)
7,04 Buffon (Italy)
6,93 Klose (Germany)
6,90 Vieira (France), Maxi Rodríguez (Argentina)
6,85 Riquelme (Argentina)
6,81 Materazzi & Gattuso (Italy)
6,79 Zidane (France)
6,75 Pirlo (Italy), Lahm (Germany), Kingson (Ghana)
6,70 Ballack (Germany)
6,67 Lehmann (Germany)
6,62 Tévez (Argentina), Van der Sar (Holland), Viduka (Australia)
6,61 Ricardo (Portugal)
6,60 Ayala (Argentina)
6,57 Makelele (France)
6,56 Figo (Portugal), Crespo (Argentina), Appiah (Ghana), Cahill (Australia)
6,51 Gerrard (England)
6,50 Van Persie (Holland), Zuberbühler (Switzerland), Zambrotta (Italy), Rafa Márquez (Mexico)

6,45 Abbondanzieri (Argentina), Juan (Brazil)
6,44 Sorín (Argentina)
6,43 Henry (France)
6,40 Dida & Lúcio (Brazil) 
6,39 Schweinsteiger (Germany)
6,36 Thuram & Sagnol (France)
6,35 Shevchenko (Ukraine) 
6,32 Ribéry (France), Schneider (Germany)
6,31 Valencia (Ecuador)
6,30 Grosso (Italy)

07 March, 2013

Spain: average ratings in Euros & World Cups 2000-12.

Minimum 5 rated appearances. Ratings: Kicker.

7,41 Xavi (rated 16 times)
7,33 Casillas (23)
7,29 Joaquín (7)
7,28 Iván Helguera (9)
7,27 Iniesta (13)
7,23 Xabi Alonso (13)
7,21 Marcos Senna (7)
7,17 Morientes (6)
7,13 Villa (15)
7,08 Hierro (6)
7,00
Sergio Ramos (15), Piqué (7), Silva (6)
6,96 Fàbregas (12)
6,90 Etxeberria (5)
6,89 Puyol (22)
6,88 Marchena (8)
6,86 Raúl (14), Busquets (7)
6,83 Mendieta & Rubén Baraja (6)
6,73 Fernando Torres (13)
6,58 Capdevila (12)
6,40 Albelda (5)
6,00 Michel Salgado (5)



España: promedio de notas en partidos de Eurocopas y Mundiales, 2000-12.

Memory Lane: Man City 2010/11.

6,69 Tévez
6,59 Kompany, Silva
6,50 A. Johnson
6,47 Hart
6,44 N. de Jong
6,30 Y. Touré
6,29 K. Touré
6,21 Balotelli
6,10 M. Richards
6,04 Milner, J. Boateng
6,02 Adebayor
6,00 Lescott
5,92 Zabaleta
5,86 Kolarov, Dzeko
5,85 Barry
5,77 Boyata
5,73 Wright-Phillips
5,40 Jô
5,07 Bridge

Average ratings Celtic in the 2012/13 CL.

6,45 Samaras
6,30 Forster
6,27 Wanyama
6,19 Commons
6,11 Lustig
6,08 Forrest
6,05 S. Brown
5,95 Mulgrew, Ledley
5,94 K. Wilson
5,90 Matthews
5,80 Hooper
5,70 Ambrose
5,65 Miku
5,60 Izaguirre, Kayal

Memory Lane: European goalscorers in the 2006 World Cup.

Including qualifiers. In bold text, players scoring at least three goals in the finals.

12: Pauleta (Portugal)
10: Fernando Torres (Spain)
9: Tomáš Rosický (Czech Republic), Alexander Frei (Switzerland)
8: Zlatan Ibrahimović & Fredrik Ljungberg (Sweden), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Holland), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
7: Adrian Mutu (Romania), Alexei Eremenko (Finland), Fatih Tekke (Turkey), Andres Oper (Estonia), Tomasz Frankowski & Maciej Żurawski (Poland), Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria)
6: Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark), Tuncay Şanlı (Turkey), Róbert Vittek (Slovakia), Luca Toni (Italy), Eiður Guðjohnsen (Iceland), Darijo Srna (Croatia), Henrik Larsson (Sweden)
5: Michael Owen & Frank Lampard (England), Dado Pršo (Croatia), Māris Verpakovskis (Latvia), Andrei Arshavin (Russia), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Milan Baroš & Vratislav Lokvenc (Czech Republic), Goran Pandev (Macedonia), Philip Cocu (Holland), Søren Larsen (Denmark), Giorgi Demetradze (Georgia), Elvir Bolić (Bosnia), Mateja Kežman (Serbia & Montenegro)
4: David Villa & Raúl (Spain), Steven Gerrard (England), Jan Polák (Czech Republic), Mikael Forssell (Finland), Dmitri Sychev & Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Russia), Juris Laizāns (Latvia), Miroslav Karhan (Slovakia), Simão (Portugal), Djibril Cissé (France), Robbie Keane (Ireland), Yossi Benayoun (Israel), Johan Vonlanthen (Switzerland), Vitali Kutuzov (Belarus), Jacek Krzynówek (Poland), Zvonimir Vukić (Serbia & Montenegro), Erjon Bogdani (Albania)

Player ratings Juventus 2, Celtic 0.

1-0 24' Matri, 2-0 65' Quagliarella. Att: 39.011.
Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 6,60 - Luca Marrone 6,30, Andrea Barzagli 7,00, Leonardo Bonucci 6,20, Federico Peluso 5,90 (59' Kwadwo Asamoah 5,90) - Andrea Pirlo 6,50 (69' Emanuele Giaccherini 6,00), Arturo Vidal 6,50 (67' Mauricio Isla 5,80), Simone Padoin 5,90, Paul Pogba 6,50 - Alessandro Matri 6,40, Fabio Quagliarella 6,60. - coach: Conte 6,80. = average: 6,29 [good]
Celtic: Fraser Forster 5,80 - Adam Matthews 5,80 (52' James Forrest 5,60), Kelvin Wilson 5,30, Emilio Izaguirre 5,30, Victor Wanyama 5,50 (46' Efe Ambrose 5,80) - Biram Kayal 5,50, Kris Commons 6,00 (73' Lassad 5,60), Joe Ledley 5,80, Charlie Mulgrew 5,50, Gary Hooper 5,00 - Georgios Samaras 5,40. - coach: Lennon 5,30. = average: 5,56 [poor]

Player ratings Paris Saint Germain 1, Valencia 1.

0-1 55' Jonas, 1-1 66' Lavezzi. Att: 44.867.
PSG: Salvatore Sirigu 6,00 - Maxwell 6,00, Alex Costa 6,20, Christophe Jallet 5,60 (27' Gregory van der Wiel 5,80), Thiago Silva 6,50 - Blaise Matuidi 5,80, Clément Chantôme 5,60, Javier Pastore 6,00, Thiago Motta 6,00 (58' Kevin Gameiro 6,20), Lucas Moura 5,50 (83' Mamadou Sakho) - Ezequiel Lavezzi 6,70. - coach: Ancelotti 6,00. = average: 5,99 [acceptable]
Valencia: Vicente Guaita 6,00 - Víctor Ruiz 6,10, Antonio Barragán 6,10, Jeremy Mathieu 6,60, Aly Cissokho 6,00 - Jonas 7,00 (76' Nelson Valdez), Daniel Parejo 5,80, Sofiane Feghouli 5,40 (63' Pablo Piatti 5,50), David Albelda 6,20 (46' Éver Banega 5,80), Tino Costa 6,20 - Roberto Soldado 5,40. - coach: Valverde 6,40. = average: 6,01 [acceptable]



Les notes de PSG-Valence dans la presse sportive internationale.

Barycentre of the 16 CL teams in the 2nd leg matches.

58,2 m: Real Madrid
56,4 Celtic
56,0 Borussia Dortmund
54,6 Valencia
51,7 Man United
49,0 Shakhtar
48,2 Juventus
45,9 Paris St Germain

06 March, 2013

Memory Lane: Atlético de Madrid 1976/77.

League matches only.

4,21 Luís Pereira
3,55 Capón
3,52 Rubén Ayala
3,44 Alberto
3,40 Leivinha
3,34 Rubén Cano
3,30 Leal
3,20 Marcelino
3,16 Eusebio
3,03 Robi
2,92 Bermejo
2,81 Benegas
2,77 Panadero Díaz
2,60 Heredia



Las notas del Atlético de Madrid, campeón de Liga 1976/77.

Memory Lane: European goalscorers in the 2002 World Cup.

Including qualifiers. In bold text, players scoring at least 4 goals in the finals.

11: Henrik Larsson (Sweden), Pauleta (Portugal)
10: Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine), Marc Wilmots (Belgium)
9: Ebbe Sand (Denmark), Emmanuel Olisadebe (Poland)
8: Michael Ballack (Germany), Michael Owen (England), Vladimir Beschastnykh (Russia), Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark)
7: Miroslav Klose (Germany), Raúl (Spain), Nuno Gomes (Portugal), Kubilay Türkyilmaz (Switzerland), Savo Milošević (Yugoslavia), Filippo Inzaghi (Italy)
6: Hakan Şükür (Turkey), Michalis Konstantinou (Cyprus), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Holland), Luís Figo (Portugal), Alessandro Del Piero (Italy)
5: Fernando Hierro & Fernando Morientes (Spain), Alexander Frei (Switzerland), Mateja Kežman (Yugoslavia), Patrick Kluivert (Holland), Marcus Allbäck (Sweden), Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria), Pavel Nedvěd (Czech Republic), Raman Vasilyuk (Belarus), John Carew (Norway), Radosław Kałużny (Poland), Bosko Balaban  (Croatia)
4: Sérgio Conceição (Portugal), Christian Vieri (Italy), Aleksandr Iashvili (Georgia), Zlatko Zahovič (Slovenia), Yegor Titov (Russia), David Healy ( Northern Ireland), Dennis Rommedahl (Denmark), Anders Svensson (Sweden), John Hartson (Wales), Marcin Żewłakow (Poland), Andreas Herzog (Austria), Gaizka Mendieta (Spain), Mikael Forssell (Finland), David Beckham (England), Roy Keane & Robbie Keane (Ireland)

Top goalscorers in football history.

According to El Gráfico magazine (Argentina), April 2012.

768: Romário (Brazil) 1985-2007
759: Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia) 1928-56
757: Pelé (Brazil) 1956-79
709: Ferenc Puskás (Hungary) 1943-66
680: Gerd Müller (West Germany) 1964-81
625: Eusébio (Portugal) 1957-79
576: Ferenc Deak (Hungary) 1940-54
568: Uwe Seeler (West Germany) 1953-72
538: Túlio (Brazil) 1988-2012
516: Zico (Brazil) 1971-94

500: Alfredo Di Stéfano (Argentina) 1945-66
498: Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden) 1937-58
493: Jimmy McGrory (Scotland) 1922-37
493: Roberto Dinamite (Brazil) 1971-93
492: Gyula Zsengeller (Hungary) 1935-53
486: Hugo Sánchez (Mexico) 1976-97
483: Jimmy Greaves (England) 1957-80
481: Ernest Wilimowski (Poland) 1933-59
476: Imre Schlosser (Hungary) 1906-28
470: Henrik Larsson (Sweden) 1988-2009
466: Artur Friedenreich (Brazil) 1911-35
454: Johann Krankl (Austria) 1970-89
453: "Dixie" Dean (England) 1923-40
434: Raúl (Spain) 1994-2012.

Player ratings Bor. Dortmund 3, Shakhtar 0.

1-0 31' Felipe Santana, 2-0 37' Götze, 3-0 59' Blaszczykowski. Att: 65.839.
Dortmund: Roman Weidenfeller 6,30 - Neven Subotic 6,20, Marcel Schmelzer 6,30, Felipe Santana 7,00, Lukasz Piszczek 6,30 - Sven Bender 6,00 (46' Sebastian Kehl 6,20), Mario Götze 7,20, Jakub Blaszczykowski 6,70 (70' Kevin Großkreutz 6,00), Ilkay Gündogan 6,60 (82' Nuri Sahin), Marco Reus 6,50 - Robert Lewandowski 6,80. - coach: Klopp. = average: 6,47 [very good]
Shakhtar: Andriy Pyatov 4,70 - Yaroslav Rakitskiy 5,40, Razvan Rat 5,50, Darijo Srna 5,00, Olexandr Kucher 5,20 - Tomás Hübschman 5,40 (82' Taras Stepanenko), Alex Teixeira 5,20, Henrikh Mkhitaryan 5,50, Fernandinho 6,30, Taison 5,30 (46' Douglas Costa 6,00) - Luíz Adriano 5,20. - coach: Lucescu. = average: 5,39 [feeble]



Einzelkritik Borussia Dortmund-Schachtar Donezk 3:0.

Player ratings Man United 1, Real Madrid 2.

1-0 48' og Sergio Ramos, 1-1 66' Modric, 1-2 69' Cristiano Ronaldo. Sent off: 56' Nani. Ref: Cüneyt Çakir 3,40. Att: 74.958.
Man United: David De Gea 6,10 - Patrice Evra 5,80, Rio Ferdinand 6,10, Nemanja Vidic 6,50, Rafael 6,20 (87' Antonio Valencia) - Nani 5,90, Danny Welbeck 6,70 (81' Ashley Young), Tom Cleverley 5,80 (73' Wayne Rooney 5,80), Michael Carrick 6,30, Ryan Giggs 6,30 - Robin van Persie 5,80. - coach: Ferguson. 6,30. = average: 6,12 [satisfactory]
Real Madrid: Diego López 7,20 - Álvaro Arbeloa 5,70 (59' Luka Modric 7,30), Raphael Varane 6,30, Fábio Coentrão 6,30, Sergio Ramos 6,30 - Cristiano Ronaldo 6,70, Mesut Özil 6,20 (71' Pepe 5,40), Sami Khedira 6,10, Xabi Alonso 6,20, Ángel Di María 5,50 (46' Kaká 5,50) - Gonzalo Higuaín 6,30. - coach: Mourinho 5,80. = average: 6,21 [solid]



Las notas de Man United 1, Real Madrid 2 en la prensa deportiva internacional.

05 March, 2013

Memory Lane: Arsenal 2010/11.

All competitions.

6,74 Fàbregas
6,59 Fabianski
6,51 Walcott
6,49 Wilshere
6,48 Nasri
6,42 Vermaelen
6,36 Song
6,30 Chamakh
6,26 Vela
6,22 Van Persie, Szczesny
6,17 Denílson
6,14 Rosický, Squillaci
6,12 Ramsey
6,08 Koscielny
6,05 Sagna, Djourou
6,03 Arshavin
6,01 Diaby
5,96 Gibbs
5,95 Almunia
5,92 Clichy
5,85 Eboué
5,69 Bendtner

La Liga: Combined goal & assist table.

48: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 39 goals+9 assists
29: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 24+5
22: Falcao (Atlético) 21+1
19: Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad) 12+7
17: Cesc Fàbregas (Barcelona) 6+11
15: Soldado (Valencia) 13+2
15: Aduriz (Athletic) 12+3
15: Rubén Castro (Betis) 12+3
15: Iago Aspas (Celta) 9+6
15: Iniesta (Barcelona) 2+13
14: Óscar (Valladolid) 9+5
13: Álvaro Negredo (Sevilla) 13+0
13: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 7+6
13: Mesut Özil (Real Madrid) 4+9
12: Gonzalo Higuaí­n (Real Madrid) 9+3
12: Léo Baptistão (Rayo Vallecano) 7+5
12: Pizzi (Deportivo) 7+5
12: Adrián Colunga (Getafe) 6+6
11: Riki     (Deportivo) 10+1
11: Hélder Postiga (Zaragoza) 10+1
11: Piti (Rayo Vallecano) 10+1
11: Jonas (Valencia) 7+4
11: Ivan Rakitić (Sevilla) 5+6
11: Susaeta (Athletic) 5+6
11: Beñat (Betis) 4+7

Memory Lane: Man United 2010/11.

All tournaments.

6,57 Vidic
6,54 Rooney
6,53 Giggs
6,55 Nani
6,51 R. Ferdinand
6,48 Scholes
6,44 Fletcher
6,33 Hernández
6,27 Berbatov
6,26 Park
6,24 Van der Sar
6,22 Smalling
6,21 Valencia
6,18 Fábio, Obertan
6,11 Evra
6,10 Rafael
6,03 Carrick, Kuszczak
5,97 Brown
5,89 O'Shea
5,87 Owen
5,83 Evans
5,81 Anderson
5,77 Gibson
5,60 Bébé
5,40 Macheda

Memory Lane: European goalscorers in the 1982 World Cup.

Including qualifiers.

14: Kh. Rummenigge (West Germany)
9: Fischer (West Germany)
7: Platini (France), Zlatko Vujovi
ć (Yugoslavia)
6: Vandenbergh (Belgium), Blokhin (Soviet Union), L. Kiss (Hungary), Smolarek (Poland), Arnesen (Denmark), Rossi (Italy)
5: Schachner (Austria), Kaltz & Littbarski (West Germany), Shengelia (Soviet Union), Fazekas & Nyilasi (Hungary), G. Armstrong (Northern Ireland), Boniek (Poland), Kouis (Greece)
4: Slavkov (Bulgaria), Krankl & Welzl (Austria), Ceulemans (Belgium), Mariner (England), J. Robertson (Scotland), Graziani (Italy)
3: Breitner (West Germany), Daley, Robinson & Stapleton (Ireland), Giresse, Soler, Rocheteau & Genghini (France), Gavrilov, Andreyev & Oganesian (Soviet Union), Walsh (Wales), Nehoda, Kozák & Panenka (Czechoslovakia), McDermott & Robson (England), Sulser (Switzerland), Wark (Scotland), Jordão (Portugal), B. Hamilton (Northern Ireland), Tabak (Israel), Streich (GDR), V. Petrovi
ć & Halilhodžić (Yugoslavia), Elkjær (Denmark), Conti (Italy)

Assist table Serie A 2012/13.

10: Totti (Roma)
8: Borja Valero (Fiorentina)
7: Cassano (Inter); Hamsik (Napoli)
6: Diamanti (Bologna), Lodi (Catania), Cerci (Torino)
5: Vucinic, Giovinco & Vidal (Juventus), Valiani (Siena), Cossu (Cagliari)
4: Palacio (Inter), Bergessio (Catania), Weiss (Pescara), Seymour (Chievo), Pjanic (Roma), Pirlo (Juventus), Obiang (Sampdoria), Mauri (Lazio), Cuadrado, Aquilani & Pasqual (Fiorentina), Candreva (Lazio)

Golden Boot 2012/13.

1. Messi (Barcelona) : 39x2 = 78
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) : 24x2 = 48
3. Martínez (FC Porto) : 22x2 = 44
4. Falcao (Atlético) & L. Suárez (Liverpool) : 21x2 = 42
6. Van Persie (Man United) : 19x2 = 38
7. Hosiner (Admira Wacker/Austria Vienna) : 25x1,5 = 37,5
8. Cavani (Napoli) : 18x2 = 36
9. Rimkevicius (Siauliai) : 35x1 = 35
10. Bony (Vitesse) : 23x1,5 = 34,5
11. Ibrahimovic (Paris-SG) : 22x1,5 = 33
12. Bale (Tottenham), El Shaarawy (Milan), Lewandowski (Dortmund) & Kiessling (Leverkusen) : 16x2 = 32
16. Atar (Maccabi Tel Aviv) : 21x1,5 = 31,5
17. Michu (Swansea), Ba (Newcastle/Chelsea), Mandzukic (Bayern), Di Natale (Udinese) : 15x2 = 30
= . Djebbour (Olympiakos) : 20x1,5 = 30
22. Bacca (Brugge), Pellé (Feyenoord), Finnbogason (Heerenveen), Griffiths (Hibernian) & Higdon (Motherwell) : 19x1,5 = 28,5

Average ratings Man United 2012/13.

All competitions. 

6,51 Van Persie
6,43 Rooney
6,36 De Gea
6,29 Hernández
6,27 Rafael
6,21 Anderson
6,17 Carrick, Kagawa
6,16 Cleverley
6,12 Giggs
6,11 R. Ferdinand
6,10 Evans, Büttner
6,07 Scholes
6,06 Welbeck
6,04 Valencia, Fletcher, P. Jones
6,02 Vidic
6,00 Evra, Lindegaard
5,94 A. Young
5,83 Smalling
5,82 Nani

04 March, 2013

Memory Lane: topscorers 1980-81 World Cup qualifiers Europe.

9: Kh. Rummenigge (West Germany)
7: Fischer (West Germany), Zlatko Vujović (Yugoslavia) 

6: Arnesen (Denmark)
5: Kaltz (West Germany), Platini (France), Vandenbergh (Belgium), Blokhin (Soviet Union), Smolarek (Poland), Kouis (Greece)
4: Slavkov (Bulgaria), Welzl (Austria), Ceulemans (Belgium), Shengelia (Soviet Union)
3: Schachner & Krankl (Austria), Littbarski (West Germany), Daley, Robinson & Stapleton (Ireland), Lacombe & Six (France), Andreyev (Soviet Union), Walsh (Wales), Nehoda & Kozák (Czechoslovakia), McDermott & Mariner (England), Fazekas & L. Kiss (Hungary), Sulser (Switzerland), J. Robertson (Scotland), Jordão (Portugal), Tabak (Israel), Streich (GDR), Halilhodžić (Yugoslavia), Elkjær (Denmark), Graziani (Italy)
2: Kostadinov (Bulgaria), Jara & Prohaska (Austria), Schuster & Breitner (West Germany), Lawrenson & Grealish (Ireland), A. Mühren & Van Kooten (Holland), Larios, Zimako & Soler (France), Sigurvinsson (Iceland), Gavrilov & Oganesian (Soviet Union), Giles, Flynn & L. James (Wales), Janecka & Vízek (Czechoslovakia), Woodcock & Brooking (England), Iordanescu (Romania), Hareide & Thoresen (Norway), Nyilasi & Balint (Hungary), Barberis (Switzerland), Humberto Coelho & Manuel Fernandes (Portugal), G. Armstrong (Northern Ireland), Damti (Israel), Schnuphase (GDR), Petrovic, Pantelic & Šurjak (Yugoslavia), Collovati, Bettega & Conti (Italy), Kostikos & Mavros (Greece)


In bold text: players scoring at least three goals in the 1982 World Cup.

Premier League: combined goal & assist table.

26: Robin van Persie (Man United) 19 goals+7 assist
25: Luis Suárez (Liverpool) 21+4
21: Theo Walcott (Arsenal) 11+10
20: Mata (Chelsea) 10+10
19: Wayne Rooney (Man United) 11+8
18: Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) 11+7
17: Gareth Bale (Tottenham) 16+1
17: Michu (Swansea) 15+2
17: Lukas Podolski (Arsenal) 8+9
16: Carlos Tévez (Man City) 8+8
16: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) 8+8
16: Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 7+9
15: Demba Ba (Chelsea/Newcastle) 15+0
15: Rickie Lambert (Southampton) 12+3
15: Marouane Fellaini (Everton) 11+4
15: Christian Benteke (Aston Villa) 11+4
14: Edin Džeko (Man City) 12+2
14: Romelu Lukaku (West Bromwich) 12+2
13: Dimitar Berbatov (Fulham/Man United) 10+3
13: Jermain Defoe (Tottenham) 10+3
12: Frank Lampard (Chelsea) 11+1
12: Arouna Koné (Wigan) 8+4
11: Adam Le Fondre (Reading) 10+1
11: Steven Fletcher (Sunderland) 10+1
11: Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) 9+2
11: Fernando Torres (Chelsea) 7+4
10: Kun Agüero (Man City) 9+1
10: Javier Hernández (Man United) 8+2
10: Shane Long  (West Bromwich) 6+4
10: Aaron Lennon (Tottenham) 4+6
10: David Silva (Man City) 3+7

Per nationality:
8: England
5: Spain
4: Belgium
2: Argentina

Average ratings Valencia 2012/13.

6,25 Canales
6,23 Soldado
6,19 Banega
6,16 Diego Alves
6,12 Feghouli
6,07 Tino Costa
6,05 Guaita
6,02 Gago
6,00 Rami
5,98 Jonas
5,92 Cissokho
5,89 Ricardo Costa, Barragán
5,87 Piatti
5,86 Albelda
5,80 João Pereira
5,78 Mathieu
5,77 Guardado
5,64 Nelson Valdez
5,63 Victor Ruiz
5,59 Parejo, J. Veira
5,53 Bernat

Top rated players Bundesliga 2012/13.

7,80 Ribéry (Bayern Munich)
7,58 Trapp (Eintr. Frankfurt)
7,55 Götze (Bor. Dortmund)
7,34 T. Müller (Bayern Munich)
7,33 Kießling (Leverkusen)
7,22 Błaszczykowski (Bor. Dortmund)
7,21 Kroos (Bayern Munich)
7,16 Alaba & Dante (Bayern Munich)
7,15 Lewandowski (Bor. Dortmund)
7,14 Lahm  & Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)
7,12 Javi Martinez (Bayern Munich)
7,11 M. Gómez (Bayern Munich), Gündoğan & Reus (Bor. Dortmund), Schäfer (Nürnberg)
7,10 Adler (Hamburger SV), G. Castro (Leverkusen), Mandžukić (Bayern Munich)

Average ratings Tottenham Hotspur 2012/13.

6,42 Bale
6,34 Lloris
6,29 Vertonghen
6,15 Lennon, Dembélé, Dawson
6,09 Caulker
6,06 Defoe
6,05 Sandro
5,97 Friedel, S. Parker
5,95 Holtby
5,92 Dempsey
5,86 Huddlestone
5,83 Sigurdsson, Assou-Ekotto
5,82 Gallas
5,70 Naughton
5,44 Adebayor

Average ratings Paris Saint Germain 2012/13.

6,46 Thiago Silva
6,41 Ibrahimovic
6,40 Sirigu
6,37 Sakho
6,32 Matuidi, Verratti
6,29 Ménez, Lavezzi, Lucas Moura
6,27 Z. Camara
6,21 Alex Costa, Armand
6,10 Rabiot
6,09 Chamtôme
6,06 Nenê
6,03 Pastore
6,02 Maxwell
6,01 Jallet
6,00 Gameiro
5,97 Thiago Motta
5,41 Van der Wiel



La moyennne des notes du PSG dans la presse sportive.

La Liga: highest rated coaches.

Ratings: Marca.

173 Vilanova (Barcelona)
165 Paco Jémez (Rayo Vallecano)
165 Simeone (Atlético)
164 Mourinho (Real Madrid)
163,5 Pellegrini (Málaga)
162 Montanier (Real Sociedad)
160 Đukić (Valladolid)
160 Pepe Mel (Betis)
158 Mendilibar (Osasuna)
157,5 Luis García (Getafe)

Player ratings Tottenham 2, Arsenal 1.

1-0 37' Bale, 2-0 39' Lennon, 2-1 51' Mertesacker. Att: 36.170.
Tottenham: Hugo Lloris 6,40 - Benoit Assou-Ekotto 6,20, Jan Vertonghen 7,20, Kyle Walker 6,40, Michael Dawson 6,80 - Scott Parker 6,40, Aaron Lennon 6,60 (97' William Gallas), Mousa Dembélé 6,00 (88' Jake Livermore), Gylfi Sigurdsson 6,30, Gareth Bale 6,60 - Emmanuel Adebayor 5,40 (67' Jermain Defoe 6,10). - coach: Villas Boas. = average: 6,37 [strong]
Arsenal: Wojciech Szczesny 5,80 - Nacho Monreal 6,00, Thomas Vermaelen 5,30, Carl Jenkinson 6,00 (60' Tomas Rosický 5,80), Per Mertesacker 5,80 - Jack Wilshere 5,80, Mikel Arteta 5,50 (77' Lukas Podolski), Theo Walcott 5,50, Santiago Cazorla 5,80, Aaron Ramsey 6,10 - Olivier Giroud 5,40. - coach: Wenger. = average: 5,73 [disappointing]

Player ratings Catania 2, Inter 3.

1-0 7' Bergessio, 2-0 19' Marchese, 2-1 52' R. Álvarez, 2-2 71' Palacio, 2-3 92' Palacio. Att: 19.452.
Catania: Andújar 5,70 - P. Álvarez 5,80, Spolli 5,20, Rolín 4,90, Marchese 6,30 - Biagianti 6,00 (77' Almirón 5,60), Lodi 6,00 - Izco 5,90, Castro 5,60, A. Gómez 6,00 - Bergessio 6,60 (85' Cani). - coach: Maran 5,70. = average: 5,80 [mediocre]
Inter: Handanovic 6,60 - J. Zanetti 6,00, Chivu 5,60, Juan Jesus 5,20, Pereira 6,30 - Guarín 6,00 (77' Cambiasso 6,80), Kuzmanovic 5,00 (46' Stankovic 6,80), Gargano 5,70 - Schelotto 6,30, Rocchi 4,90 (46' Palacio 8,00), R. Álvarez 6,30. - coach: Stramaccioni 6,80. = average: 6,11 [satisfactory]


For the first time in 45 years, Inter come from 0-2 behind to win away.

03 March, 2013

Memory Lane: Barcelona 1973/74.

4,12 Cruyff
3,94 Marcial
3,92 Juan Carlos
3,88 Torres
3,75 Asensi
3,69 Sotil
3,36 De la Cruz, Rifé
3,34 Sadurní
3,27 Costas
3,23 Rexach
3,20 Tomé
3,00 Mora
2,91 Juanito
2,90 Gallego

Player ratings Man United 4, Norwich 0.

1-0 45'+ Kagawa, 2-0 76' Kagawa, 3-0 87' Kagawa, 4-0 90' Rooney. Att: 75.586.
Man United: David De Gea 6,10 - Jonny Evans 6,10, Chris Smalling 6,10, Nemanja Vidic 6,20, Patrice Evra 6,40 - Wayne Rooney 6,70, Anderson 5,70 (74' Tom Cleverley 5,90), Shinji Kagawa 7,60, Antonio Valencia 6,10, Michael Carrick 6,40 - Robin van Persie 6,20 (66' Danny Welbeck 5,90). - coach: Ferguson. = average: 6,26 [good]
Norwich: Mark Bunn 5,90 - Javier Garrido 5,40, Russell Martin 5,40, Michael Turner 5,70, Sébastien Bassong 5,70 - Wes Hoolahan 5,60 (72' Kei Kamara 5,40), Jonathan Howson 5,60, Anthony Pilkington 5,20, Robert Snodgrass 5,40 (74' Elliott Bennett 5,20) - Bradley Johnson 5,70, Grant Holt 5,40 (91' Luciano Becchio). - coach: Hughton. = average: 5,51 [poor]

Player ratings Reims 1, Paris Saint Germain 0.

1-0 64' Krychowiak. Att: 20.098.
Reims: Agassa 6,80 - Weber 6,10, Fofana 6,90, Signorino 6,40, Glombard 5,90 - Fortes 6,60, Devaux 6,30 (62' Ghisolfi), Ramaré 6,40 (76' Ca), Krychowiak 7,40 - Diego 6,30, Courtet 6,10 (82' Fauvergue). - coach: H. Fournier. = average: 6,47 [very good]
Paris-SG: Sirigu 6,20 - Alex Costa 5,90, Armand 5,70, Sakho 5,70, Van der Wiel 5,20 - Lucas 5,90 (77' Gameiro), Matuidi 6,00, Pastore 5,10 (67' Ménez), Verratti 5,60 (65' Beckham) - Lavezzi 5,40, Ibrahimovic 5,40. - coach: Ancelotti. = average: 5,65 [failing]

Player ratings Milan 3, Lazio 0.

1-0 40' Pazzini, 2-0 44' K. P. Boateng, 3-0 60' Pazzini. Att: 47.421.
Milan: Abbiati 6,00 - Abate 6,60, Zapata 6,00 (46' Zaccardo 6,00), Yepes 6,00, De Sciglio 7,00 - Flamini 6,30, Ambrosini 6,40, Montolivo 6,60 - K. P. Boateng 6,90 (76' Robinho), Pazzini 7,70 (67' Niang 6,10), El Shaarawy 6,60. - coach: Allegri 7,00. = average: 6,48 [very good]
Lazio: Marchetti 5,80 - Pereirinha 4,80 (46' Cana 5,30), Biava 5,20, Dias 5,00, Radu 4,80 - Candreva 4,70, Álvaro González 5,80, Hernanes 4,90 (70' Ederson 5,40), C. Ledesma 5,70, Lulic 5,00 - Floccari 5,30 (78' Saha). - coach: Petkovic 5,30. = average: 5,21 [decrepit]

Player ratings Real Madrid 2, Barcelona 1.

1-0 6' Benzema, 1-1 18' Messi, 2-1 83' Sergio Ramos. Sent off: Víctor Valdés (after end of match). Att: 83.000.
Real Madrid: Diego López 6,00 - Essien 5,80, Varane 7,00, Sergio Ramos 7,20, Fábio Coentrão 6,00 (69' Arbeloa 5,90) - Pepe 6,40, Modric 6,50 - Callejón 5,80, Kaká 5,50 (58' Khedira 6,10), Morata 6,40 - Benzema 6,20 (58' Cristiano Ronaldo 7,00). - coach: Mourinho 6,60. = average: 6,27 [solid]
Barcelona: Víctor Valdés 6,00 - Dani Alves 5,80, Piqué 5,80, Mascherano 5,70, Jordi Alba 5,80 - Busquets 6,30, Thiago 5,30, Iniesta 6,00 - Pedro 5,20 (77' Adriano 6,00), Messi 5,60, Villa 5,40 (67' Alexis 5,60). - coach: Roura 5,20. = average: 5,69 [disappointing]

02 March, 2013

Memory Lane: Euro 1980.

7,50 Schuster (West Germany)
7,17 K. Allofs (West Germany)
7,12 Kaltz (West Germany)
6,88 H. Müller (West Germany)
6,83 Krol (Holland)
6,83 Mavros (Greece)

Ratings: Corriere della Sera.

Highest and lowest rated players in the last ten Clásicos.

17/8 2011 : Barcelona-Madrid 3-2 [S] : Messi - Marcelo
10/12 2011 : Madrid-Barcelona 1-3 : Puyol - C. Ronaldo
18/1 2012 : Madrid-Barcelona 1-2 [R] : Puyol - Pepe
24/1 2012 : Barcelona-Madrid 2-2 [R] : Özil - Higuaín
21/4 2012 : Barcelona-Madrid 1-2 : C. Ronaldo - Tello
23/8 2012 : Barcelona-Madrid 3-2 [S] : Iniesta - Valdés
29/8 2012 : Madrid-Barcelona 2-1 [S] : C. Ronaldo - Adriano
7/10 2012 : Barcelona-Madrid 2-2 : Messi - Dani Alves
30/1 2013 : Madrid-Barcelona 1-1 [R] : Varane - Callejón
26/2 2013 : Barcelona-Madrid 1-3 [R] : C. Ronaldo - Puyol

4 victories Barcelona
3 draws
3 victories Madrid

19 goals Barcelona
18 goals Madrid


[S] Spanish Super Cup, [R] Copa del Rey.

Major trophies 2000-2013.

Including World Cup, Euro, Confederations Cup, Champions League, UEFA Cup, Europa League, European Super Cup, Intercontinental Cup & World Club Ch'ship.

23: Spain
8: Italy
7: England
4: Portugal
3: Russia, France
2: Turkey, Germany
1: Holland, Ukraine, Greece


Winning teams:
6: Spain (Nat'l team, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Valencia, Sevilla, Atlético)
3: Italy (Nat'l team, Milan, Inter)
3: England (Liverpool, Man United, Chelsea)
2: Russia (Zenit, CSKA)
1: France (Nat'l team)
1: Greece (Nat'l team)
1: Germany (Bayern)
1: Portugal (FC Porto)
1: Turkey (Galatasaray)
1: Holland (Feyenoord)
1: Ukraine (Shakhtar)

Shots per game in league matches 2012/13.

7,1: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
5,8: Luis Suárez (Liverpool)
5,5: Messi (Barcelona)
4,9: Ibrahimovic (Paris-SG), Bale (Tottenham)
4,5: Ba (Newcastle)
4,1: Cavani (Napoli), Gignac (Marseille)
4,0: A. Traoré (Lorient), Jovetic (Fiorentina)
3,9: Defoe (Tottenham)
3,8: Di Natale (Udinese), Mutu (Ajaccio), Diamanti (Bologna)
3,7: Miccoli (Palermo)
3,6: Falcao (Atlético), Taarabt (QPR), Totti & Osvaldo (Roma), Aubameyang (St-Étienne)
3,5: Schürrle (Leverkusen), Van Persie (Man United)
3,4: Negredo (Sevilla), Kießling (Leverkusen), Modeste (Bastia), Payet (Lille), K. P. Boateng (Milan)
3,3: Riki (Deportivo)

Current topscorer lists.

Spain
38: Lionel Messi (4 penalties, Barcelona)
24: Cristiano Ronaldo (5, Real Madrid)
21: Radamel Falcao (8, Atlético Madrid)
12: Aduriz (1, Athletic Bilbao), Rubén Castro (1, Real Betis), Soldado (2, Valencia)
11: Carlos Vela (4, Real Sociedad)
10: Álvaro Negredo (2, Sevilla),  Hélder Postiga (0, Real Zaragoza), Piti (3, Rayo Vallecano), Riki (0, Deportivo de La Coruña)

England
19: Robin van Persie (1, Manchester United)
18: Luis Suárez (0, Liverpool)
15: Gareth Bale (0, Tottenham Hotspur), Michu (2, Swansea City)
14: Demba Ba (1, Chelsea/Newcastle United)
12: Edin Džeko (0, Manchester City), Rickie Lambert (3, Southampton), Romelu Lukaku (2, West Bromwich Albion)

Germany
15: Stefan Kießling (0, Bayer Leverkusen), Mario Mandžukić (0, Bayern Munich)
14: Robert Lewandowski (1, Borussia Dortmund)
12: Alexander Meier (2, Eintracht Frankfurt), Ádám Szalai (1, 1. FSV Mainz 05)
11: Thomas Müller (2, Bayern Munich), Nils Petersen (0, Werder Bremen), Marco Reus (0, Borussia Dortmund)

France
22: Zlatan Ibrahimović (2, Paris Saint-Germain)
14: Pierre Aubameyang (0, AS Saint-Étienne)
12: Darío Cvitanich (3, OGC Nice), Bafetimbi Gomis (3, Olympique Lyon)
11: Jérémie Aliadiére (2, FC Lorient)
10: Romain Alessandrini (0, Stade Rennes), Eden Ben Basat (3, Stade Brest/Toulouse FC), Dimitri Payet (0, Lille OSC)

Italy
18: Edinson Cavani (4, Napoli)
16: Stephan El Shaarawy (0, Milan)
14: Antonio Di Natale (4, Udinese)
11: Stevan Jovetić (1, Fiorentina), Erik Lamela (0, Roma), Pablo Osvaldo (2, Roma), Marco Sau (1, Cagliari)
10: Alberto Gilardino (0, Bologna), Miroslav Klose (0, Lazio), Giampaolo Pazzini (3, Milan)

Holland
23: Wilfried Bony (4, Vitesse)
18: Graziano Pellè (0, Feyenoord)
17: Alfreð Finnbogason     (2, SC Heerenveen)
16: Jozy Altidore (0, AZ Alkmaar)
13: Georginio Wijnaldum (0, PSV Eindhoven)
12: Dries Mertens (1, PSV Eindhoven)

Portugal
22: Jackson Martínez (3, FC Porto)
13: Óscar Cardozo (6, Benfica), Éder (0, Sporting Braga), Meyong (5, Vitória de Setúbal)
11: Edinho (0, Académica de Coimbra),     Lima (1, Benfica/Sporting Braga)
10: Nabil Ghilas (0, Moreirense)

Russia
10: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (3, Zenit St Petersburg)
9: Danilo (3, Alania Vladikavkaz), Yura Movsisyan (1, FK Krasnodar), Lacina Traoré (0, Anzhi Makhachkala)
8: Aleksandr Kokorin (0, Dinamo Moskva), Ahmad Musa (0, CSKA Moskva)

Belgium
19: Carlos Bacca (1, Club Brugge)
17: Dieumerci Mbokani (1, Anderlecht)
16: Ebrahima Ibou (6, Oud-Heverlee Leuven), Jelle Vossen (0, KRC Genk)
13: Franck Berrier (1, Zulte-Waregem),  Imoh Ezekiel (0, Standard Liège)

Denmark
14: Andreas Cornelius (0, FC København), Aron Jóhannsson (0, AGF Århus)
10: Marvin Pourie (0, Silkeborg), Ronnie Schwartz (1, Randers FC)
9: César Santin (2, FC København), Simon Christoffersen (0, Brøndby IF), Joshua John (0, FC Nordsjælland), Nicolai Jørgensen (0, FC København)

Greece
18: Rafik Djebbour (1, Olympiakos)
12: Stefanos Athanasiadis (3, PAOK Salonika)
9: Aganzo (2, Aris Saloniki), Dimitrios Papadopoulos (1, Panthrakikos), Emanuel Perrone (2, Asteras Tripolis), Toché  (2, Panathinaikos)

Poland
10: Danijel Ljuboja (2, Legia Warszawa)
9: Bartosz Ślusarski (0, Lech Poznań), Abdou Traoré (4, Lechia Gdańsk)
8: Jakub Kosecki (0, Legia Warszawa)
7: Vladimer Dvalishvili  (0, Legia Warszawa/Polonia Warszawa), Arkadiusz Milik (0, Górnik Zabrze), Szymon Pawłowski (1, Zagłębie Lubin)

Turkey
14: Burak Yılmaz (0, Galatasaray)
13: Kalu Uche (4, Kasımpaşa SK)
12: Bobô (1, Kayserispor), Umut Bulut (0, Galatasaray), Pierre Webó (1, Fenerbahçe/İstanbul BBSK)
11: Necati Ateş (3, Eskişehirspor)
10: Moussa Sow (0, Fenerbahçe)

Ukraine
18: Henrikh Mkhitaryan (0, Shakhtar Donetsk)
13: Brown Ideye (0, Dinamo Kiev)
8: Alex Teixeira (0, Shakhtar Donetsk), Jonathan Cristaldo (1, Metalist Kharkov), Lucas Pérez (1, Karpaty Lviv)
7: Cleiton Xavier (2, Metalist Kharkov), Giuliano (0, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)

Per nationality
10: Spain
7: Germany, Brazil, Italy
6: France, Poland
5: Argentina
4: Nigeria, Denmark, Portugal
3: Belgium, Colombia, Holland, Turkey
2: Iceland, Greece, Ivory Coast, Serbia, Cameroon, Russia, Armenia, Senegal
1: England [...]

Today 20 years ago: Roma 1, Bor. Dortmund 0.

1-0 66' Mihajlovic. Sent off: 79' Bonacina. Att: 41.351 (L. 1.259.510.000).
Roma: Cervone 6,75 — Garzya 6,00, Piacentini 6,25, Benedetti 6,25 Aldair 6,25 Bonacina 6,25 (88' Tempestilli) — Mihajlovic 6,50, Hässler 5,75, Giannini 5,25 — Carnevale 5,75 (77' Muzzi), Rizzitelli 5,75. — coach: Boskov. = average: 6,07 [satisfactory]
Dortmund: Klos 6,00 — Kutowski 6,25, Schmidt 6,00, Schulz 6,25, Zelic 6,00 — Poschner 6,00, Reuter 5,25, Zorc 6,00 — Chapuisat 5,00, M. Rummenigge 5,25, Povlsen 5,00 (73' Sippel). — coach: Hitzfeld. = average: 5,73 [disappointing]

Player ratings Napoli 1, Juventus 1.

0-1 9' Chiellini, 1-1 42' Inler. Att: 58.143.
Napoli: De Sanctis 6,60 - Campagnaro 6,40, P. Cannavaro 6,00, Britos 5,00 (46' Dzemaili 5,00) - Maggio 5,90, Behrami 6,10, Inler 6,50 (84' Armero), Zúñiga 5,70 - Hamsik 6,00 - Cavani 5,00, Pandev 5,30 (66' Insigne 5,70). - coach: Mazzarri 6,00. = average: 5,78 [mediocre]
Juventus: Buffon 6,50 - Barzagli 6,30, Bonucci 6,30, Chiellini 6,80 - Lichtsteiner 5,80, Vidal 6,00, Pirlo 6,90, Marchisio 5,70 (90' Padoin), Peluso 6,10 - Giovinco 5,50 (73' Matri 6,00), Vucinic 5,50 (85' Pogba). - coach: Conte 6,30. = average: 6,12 [satisfactory]

01 March, 2013

Goalscorers 2013.

16: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
14: Messi (Barcelona)
9: Bale (Tottenham)
7: Falcao (Atlético), Mandzukic (Bayern Munich), Icardi (Sampdoria)
6: Ibrahimovic (Paris St Germain)

Memory Lane: Argentina in the 1986 World Cup.

7,80 Maradona (rated 7 times)
6,66 Burruchaga (7)
6,58 Valdano (7)
6,56 Ruggeri (7)
6,53 Brown (7)
6,38 Giusti (7)
6,30 Cuciuffo (6)
6,28 Pumpido (7)
6,25 Olarticoechea (5)
5,87 Batista (7)
5,79 Garré (4)
5,62 Pasculli (2)
5,52 Borghi (2).

Highest team rating: 6,84 vs Belgium (2-0, semifinal)
Lowest team rating: 6,16 vs Italy (1-1, group stage)
Highest individual rating: 9,25 Maradona (vs Belgium 2-0)
Lowest individual rating: 5,25 Garré (vs South Korea 3-1), Batista & Borghi (vs Bulgaria 2-0).

Average possession in league matches 2012/13.

69,5% Barcelona
64,3% Bayern Munich
58,7% Arsenal
58,3% Juventus
58,2% Liverpool
58,1% Man City
57,9% Milan
57,8% Lyon
57,5% Athletic Bilbao
56,5% Rayo Vallecano
56,4% Real Madrid
56,3% Roma
56,2% Man United
56,1% Paris St-Germain, Fiorentina
55,6% Chelsea
55,5% Swansea
55,0% Dortmund
54,8% Nice
54,2% St-Etienne
54,0% Marseille

Average ratings Juventus & Napoli 2012/13.

League matches only. Juventus players in bold text.

6,44 Hamsik
6,42 Marchisio
6,39 Cavani
6,35 Pogba
6,34 Pirlo
6,25 Campagnaro
6,23 Bonucci
6,22 Lichtsteiner
6,19 P. Cannavaro
6,17 Vidal
6,16 Barzagli, Inler
6,13 Behrami
6,08 Asamoah, Britos
6,07 Buffon, Vucinic
6,04 Chiellini, Insigne
6,00 Matri, Gamberini
5,98 De Sanctis
5,92 Maggio
5,89 Quagliarella
5,85 Dzemaili
5,81 Padoin, Mesto
5,75 Bendtner
5,73 M. Cáceres
5,71 Pandev
5,62 Peluso
5,55 De Ceglie
5,54 Armero