England's bogey teams in World Cups & European Ch'ships

Nations having eliminated Three Lions:

WC 2010 : Germany

EC 2008 : Croatia & Russia*

WC 2006 : Portugal

EC 2004 : Portugal

WC 2002 : Brazil

EC 2000 : Portugal & Romania

WC 1998 : Argentina

EC 1996 : Germany

WC 1994 : Norway & Holland*

EC 1992 : Sweden & Denmark

WC 1990 : Germany

EC 1988 : Holland & Soviet Union

WC 1986 : Argentina

EC 1984 : Denmark*

WC 1982 : West Germany

EC 1980 : Belgium & Italy

WC 1978 : Italy*

EC 1976 : Czechoslovakia*

WC 1974 : Poland

EC 1972 : West Germany

WC 1970 : West Germany

EC 1968 : Yugoslavia.
WC 1966 : World Champions
EC 1964 : France
WC 1962 : Hungary
EC 1960 : did not enter
WC 1958 : Soviet Union
WC 1954 : Uruguay
WC 1950 : Spain
WC 1930-1938 : did not enter

*) qualifiers.

6 times : (West) Germany

3 : Portugal

2 : Argentina, Soviet Union, Holland, Denmark & Italy
1: Uruguay, Spain, Croatia, Russia, Brazil, Romania, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia.

F&F: the world's most unequal distribution of club sympathies.

According to Sport+Markt, these are the most popular clubs in Uruguay:

51% of club sympathies: Peñarol

44% Nacional

1,4% Defensor

1,2% Danubio

0,8% Cerro & Rampla.

Assists La Liga.

10: Ángel Di María (Real Madrid)    
5: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
4: Cesc Fàbregas (Barcelona), Raúl García (Osasuna), Mesut Özil (Real Madrid), Arda Turan (Atlético Madrid)
3: José Barkero (Levante), Jesús Navas (Sevilla), Sergio Ramos & Álvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid), Gabi (Atlético), Susaeta (Athletic Club), Lass (Rayo Vallecano).

Memory Lane: Brazil WC champions 2002.

Average ratings, knockout matches only:

7,16 Marcos (rated 4 times)
7,12 Ronaldo (4)
6,88 Ronaldinho & Rivaldo (3)
6,75 Kléberson (3)
6,50 Edmílson (4)
6,47 Gilberto Silva (4)
6,25 Lúcio (4)
6,19 Cafú (4)
6,12 Roberto Carlos (4)
6,03 Roque Júnior (4).

Player ratings England 1, Spain 0 [friendly]

1-0 49' Lampard. Att: 87.189.
England: Hart 6,40 - Glen Johnson 6,40, Jagielka 6,70, P. Jones 6,00 (57' Rodwell 5,90), A. Cole 6,40 - S. Parker 7,40 (85' Walker), Lescott 7,30, Milner 6,20 (76' A. Johnson), Walcott 5,80, Lampard 6,50 (57' Barry 5,80) - Bent 6,20 (64' Welbeck 6,00). = average: 6,36.
Spain: Casillas (46' Reina 5,70) - Arbeloa 5,60, Sergio Ramos 5,90 (74' Puyol), Piqué 6,40, Jordi Alba 6,10 - Busquets 6,00 (64' Fernando Torres 5,20), Xabi Alonso 6,60 - Xavi 6,10 (46' Cesc 5,20), Iniesta 6,00 (74' Cazorla), Silva 6,10 (46' Mata 5,40) - Villa 6,00. = average: 5,88.

WC qualifiers: Argentina 1, Bolivia 1.

0-1 56' Marcelo Martins Moreno, 1-1 59' Ezequiel Lavezzi. Att: 35.000 (Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires).
Argentina: Sergio Romero 6,00 - Pablo Zabaleta 6,25, Martín Demichelis 4,25, Nicolás Burdisso 6,25, Clemente Rodríguez 6,25 - Fernando Gago 6,25, Javier Mascherano 5,75 (81' José Sosa), Ricardo Álvarez 5,25 (58' Ezequiel Lavezzi 7,00) - Lionel Messi 6,00, Gonzalo Higuaín 5,75, Javier Pastore 6,00. = average: 5,92.
Bolivia: Carlos Arias 6,75 - Cristian Vargas 6,75, Luis Méndez 6,25, Ronald Rivero 7,00, Luis Gutiérrez 6,25 - Edivaldo Rojas 6,25 (53' Ronald Segovia 6,25), Jaime Robles 6,75, Walter Flores 6,50, Rudy Cardozo 6,75, Pablo Escobar 6,00 (85' José Chávez) - Marcelo Martins Moreno 7,00 (76' Augusto Andaveris). = average: 6,54.

EC qualifiers: Turkey 0, Croatia 3.

0-1 3' Olić, 0-2 33' Mandžukić, 0-3 52' Ćorluka. Att: 45.000 (Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi Türk Telekom Arena, Istanbul).
Turkey: Volkan Demirel 5,30 - Gökhan Gönül 4,60 (46' Gökhan Töre 5,70), Giray Kaçar 4,80, Egemen Korkmaz 4,70, Hakan Balta 4,90, Hamit Altıntop 5,00, Sabri Sarıoğlu 5,10, Selçuk İnan 4,90 (69' Mehmet Topal 5,50), Emre Belözoğlu 5,50, Arda Turan 5,40, Burak Yılmaz 4,80 (81' Umut Bulut). = average: 5,09.
Croatia: Pletikosa 6,00 – Vida 6,70, Schildenfeld 6,50, Šimunić 6,70, Ćorluka 7,40 – Srna 7,10, Dujmović 6,80, Modrić 6,60, Rakitić 6,40 (83' Pranjić) – Olić 7,10 (85' Jelavić), Mandžukić 7,10 (89' Eduardo). = average: 6,76.

EC qualifiers: Bosnia Hercegovina 0, Portugal 0

Att: 15.000 (Zenica).
Bosnia Hercegovina: Begović 6,25 - Zahirović 5,00, Jahić 6,25, Spahić 6,25, Salihović 5,25 (68' Ibišević 4,75) - Rahimić 5,25, Medunjanin 5,75 (67' Maletić 5,75) – Misimović 5,75 (86' Ibričić), Pjanić 5,50, Lulić 5,50 - Džeko 5,25. = average: 5,58.
Portugal:  Rui Patrício 6,25 – João Pereira 6,25, Bruno Alves 6,25, Pepe 6,25, Fábio Coentrão 6,25 – Veloso 6,50, Raul Meireles 6,50 (62' Ruben), João Moutinho 6,50 – Cristiano Ronaldo 6,00, Hélder Postiga 5,25 (65' Hugo Almeida 5,50), Nani 6,50. = average: 6,17.

Player ratings Poland 0, Italy 2 [friendly]

0-1 30′ Balotelli, 0-2 69' Pazzini. Att: 44.000 (Wrocław).
Poland: Szczęsny 5,00 - Piszczek 5,70, Głowacki 5,50, Perquis 5,50 (68' Wasilewski), Wawrzyniak 5,40  - Murawski 5,50 (80' Dudka), Polanski 5,80  (65' Matuszczyk 5,30) - Błaszczykowski 5,30, Obraniak 5,90 (56' Brożek 5,80), Peszko 5,90 (65' Mierzejewski 5,70) - Lewandowski 6,00. = average: 5,59.
Italia: Buffon 6,60 - Abate 6,10, Ranocchia 6,40, Chiellini 6,10, Criscito 5,60 (76' Ogbonna) - De Rossi 5,90 (46' Pepe 6,20), Pirlo 5,90 (46' Thiago Motta 6,10), Marchisio 7,00 (62' Matri 5,50) - Montolivo 6,00 (62' Nocerino 6,00) - Balotelli 7,60, Pazzini 6,50 (62' Aquilani 6,20). = average: 6,23.

Average ratings Italy Under 21.

Vs Turkey (2-0).

0-1 49' Destro, 0-2 90' Destro. Att: 1000 (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Istanbul).
Bardi 7,25 - Donati 5,75, Captano 6,50, Caldirola 6,00, Crescenzi 6,00 - Saponara 5,75 (60' Crimi 6,00), Marrone 5,75 (77' Ragusa 6,25), Fausto Rossi 6,00 - Florenzi 6,25 - Destro 7,75, Paloschi 6,00 (82' Bertolacci). = average: 6,25.

Average ratings Juventus.

Serie A matches only.

6,59 Pirlo (rated 9 times)
6,52 Marchisio (9)
6,43 Barzagli (9)
6,41 Matri (7)
6,36 Pepe (9)
6,30 Del Piero (3)
6,26 Lichtsteiner (9)
6,20 Storari (2)
6,19 Vidal (7)
6,13 Buffon (6)
5,95 Bonucci (6)
5,94 Vučinić (8)
5,82 Giaccherini (4)
5,80 Grosso & Estigarribia (2)
5,71 Chiellini (9)
5,30 De Ceglie (2)
5,22 Krasic (4).

Assists Bundesliga.

8: Ribéry (Bayern)

5: Podolski (Köln), Lewandowski (Dortmund), T. Müller (Bayern)

4: Götze (Dortmund), Harnik (Stuttgart), Pekhart (Nürnberg), Risse (Mainz), F. Johnson (Hoffenheim).

Average ratings Borussia Dortmund.

Bundesliga and CL matches.

7,19 M. Götze (rated 14 times)
7,01 Hummels (16)
6,86 Weidenfeller (16)
6,78 S. Bender (13)
6,70 F. Santana (4)
6,69 Piszczek (15)
6,65 Löwe (6)
6,61 Lewandowski (16)
6,56 Leitner (5)
6,24 Perišić (10)
6,20 Kagawa (13)
6,11 Grosskreutz (11), Blaszczykowski (7)
6,10 Schmelzer (11)
6,03 Subotić (13)
6,02 Kehl (6)
5,68 Gündoğan (10).

Assists Premier League.

7: David Silva (Man City)
6: Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Samir Nasri (Man City)
5: Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham), James Milner (Man City), Ashley Young (Man Utd)
4: Charlie Adam (Liverpool), Chris Brunt (WBA), Ivan Klasnic & Chris Eagles (Bolton), Gervinho (Arsenal), Frank Lampard & Juan Mata (Chelsea), Nani (Man Utd), Micah Richards & Yaya Touré (Man City), Bobby Zamora (Fulham).

Assists Serie A.

6: Cassano (Milan)
5: Pjanic (Roma)
4: Palacio (Genoa)
3: Miccoli (Palermo), Gastón Ramírez (Bologna), Pirlo (Juventus)
2: Borriello (Roma), Cissé (Lazio), Lavezzi (Napoli), Vucinic (Juventus), Jovetic & Pasqual (Fiorentina), Zahavi (Palermo), Merkel & Jorquera (Genoa), Biabiany (Parma).

Average ratings Bayern Munich.

Bundesliga and CL matches.

7,45 Schweinsteiger (rated 15 times)
7,42 Ribéry (16)
7,04 Badstuber (15)
6,97 Kroos (14)
6,95 Lahm (16)
6,90 T. Müller (16)
6,89 M. Gómez (15), Luíz Gustavo (7)
6,87 Van Buyten (11)
6,82 Neuer (16)
6,75 Tymoshchuk (11)
6,73 Rafinha (11)
6,67 J. Boateng (12)
6,33 Alaba (3).

Average ratings Chelsea.

Vs Blackburn (1-0):
0-1 51' Lampard. Att: 21.985.
Cech 6,70 - Ivanovic 7,00, Alex 6,50, Terry 6,70, A. Cole 6,80 - Ramires 6,50 (Romeu), Mikel 6,10, Lampard 7,80, Mata 6,40 (Raul Meireles) - Sturridge 6,50, Malouda 6,10 (Fernando Torres 5,90). = average: 6,58.

Season average (PL & CL matches):
6,79 Mata (rated 12 times)
6,78 Sturridge (9)
6,58 Lampard (14)
6,56 Meireles (9)
6,52 Ramires (12)
6,51 A. Cole (15)
6,47 Terry (12)
6,41 Anelka (12)
6,31 Cech (13)
6,30 Ivanovic (13)
6,25 Fernando Torres (11)
6,15 Mikel (11)
6,12 David Luíz (6)
6,11 Bosingwa (14)
6,03 Malouda (12)
5,58 Drogba (5)
5,50 Kalou (4).

Player ratings Tottenham Hotspur.

Vs Fulham (3-1): 
0-1 10' Bale, 0-2 45' Lennon, 1-2 57' og Kaboul, 1-3 95' Defoe. Att: 25.698. 
Friedel 8,40 - K. Walker 6,70, Kaboul 6,80, Assou-Ekotto 6,50, L. King 7,20 - Lennon 6,50 (Sandro), S. Parker 6,60, Modric 5,80, Bale 6,80 - Van der Vaart 5,20 (Defoe 6,20), Adebayor 5,80. = average: 6,54.

Season average (PL matches only):
7,14 S. Parker (8)
6,80 Friedel (10)
6,82 Adebayor (8)
6,74 L. King (7)
6,68 Bale (10)
6,60 Modric (9)
6,59 K. Walker (9)
6,51 Van der Vaart (9)
6,36 Kaboul (10)
6,35 Defoe (8)
6,34 Assou-Ekotto (10)
6,33 Sandro (3)
6,18 N. Kranjčar (4)
5,86 Lennon (5)
5,63 Livermore (3).

Player ratings Milan 4, Catania 0.

1-0 7' Ibrahimovic pen, 2-0 23' Robinho, 3-0 68' og Lodi, 4-0 72' Zambrotta. Att: 44.091.
Milan: Abbiati 6,20 - Abate 6,40, Thiago Silva 6,80, Bonera 6,00 (46' Yepes 6,10), Zambrotta 6,50 - Aquilani 6,70, Seedorf 6,50 (79' Antonini), Ambrosini 6,20 - Emanuelson 6,00 - Robinho 7,00 (79' F. Inzaghi), Ibrahimovic 7,60. = average: 6,50.
Catania: Andújar 5,80 - Lanzafame 4,90 (63' Maxi López 5,30), Bellusci 4,90, Legrottaglie 5,20, Spolli 5,30, Marchese 5,50 - Almirón 5,30, Lodi 5,10 (79' Delvecchio), Ricchiuti 5,40 (52' Barrientos 5,60) - Gómez 5,70, Bergessio 5,40. = average: 5,34.



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Average ratings Real Madrid

Vs Osasuna (7-1):

1-0 23' Cristiano Ronaldo, 1-1 30' Ibrahima, 2-1 34' Pepe, 3-1 40' Higuaín, 4-1 54' Cristiano Ronaldo pen, 5-1 58' Cristiano Ronaldo, 6-1 62' Benzema, 7-1 81' Benzema. Att: 80.000.
Casillas 6,00 - Arbeloa 7,50, Sergio Ramos 6,75, Pepe 6,50, Fábio Coentrão 7,25 - Khedira 6,50 (67' Şahin 5,75), Xabi Alonso 7,25, Di María 8,00 (49' Benzema 7,75) - Özil 7,00 (67' Callejón 5,75), Cristiano Ronaldo 8,25, Higuaín 7,00. = average: 6,95.

Season average:
6,91 Cristiano Ronaldo (rated 16 times)
6,67 Xabi Alonso (16)
6,66 Arbeloa (8)
6,56 Benzema (13)
6,46 Kaká (10)
6,45 Özil (16)
6,41 Casillas (16), Sergio Ramos (15)
6,40 Di María (15)
6,28 Higuaín (12)
6,17 Fábio Coentrão (11)
6,15 Pepe (12)
6,14 Khedira (11)
6,12 Ricardo Carvalho (8)
5,97 Marcelo (12)
5,87 Callejón (6)
5,70 Albiol (4)
5,67 Lass (6).

Player ratings Athletic Bilbao 2, Barcelona 2.

1-0 19' Herrera, 1-1 23' Cesc, 2-1 79' og Piqué, 2-2 91' Messi. Att: 35.000.
Athletic: Iraizoz 7,33 - Iraola 6,33, Javi Martínez 6,17, Amorebieta 5,67, Aurtenetxe 6,50 - Iturraspe 6,33, De Marcos 6,33, Herrera 7,17 - Muniain 6,33 (88' Ibai), Llorente 7,00 (90' San José), Susaeta 6,17 (85' Íñigo Pérez). = average: 6,48.
Barcelona: Valdés 6,00 - Dani Alves 6,33, Mascherano 6,17, Piqué 6,00 (80'
Thiago 5,67), Abidal 6,83 - Busquets 6,50, Xavi 6,00 (61' Alexis 5,83), Iniesta 6,67- Messi 6,83, Cesc 7,17, Adriano 6,83 (72' Villa 5,67). = average: 6,32.

Player ratings Levante 0, Valencia 2.

0-1 31' og Javi Venta, 0-2 50' Tino Costa. Att: 19.114,
Levante: Munúa 4,50 - Javi Venta 4,75, Ballesteros 5,50, Nano 6,00, Juanfran 6,25 - Xavi Torres 5,75, Iborra 5,25 (55' Aranda 5,50), Valdo 5,75, Barkero 5,50 (77' Farinós) - Juanlu 5,75 (67' Rubén 5,50), Koné 5,50. = average: 5,50.
Valencia: Guaita 6,50 - Bruno (15' Barragán 6,00), Rami 6,25, Víctor Ruiz 6,75, Mathieu 6,25 - Feghouli 6,50 (83' Pablo), Albelda 6,25, Tino Costa 7,50, Jordi Alba 7,00 - Soldado 5,25 (74' Piatti 6,25), Aduriz 5,25. = average: 6,31.

Player ratings QPR 2, Man City 3.

1-0 28' Bothroyd, 1-1 43' Džeko, 1-2 52' Silva, 2-2 69' Helguson, 2-3 74' Yaya Touré. Att: 18.076.
QPR: Kenny 6,10 - Gabbidon 5,90, Luke Young 5,60, Anton Ferdinand 5,60, Armand Traoré 5,80 (91' Clint Hill), Wright-Phillips 6,20, Mackie 6,00 (84' Tommy Smith), Barton 6,40, Faurlin 6,50 - Bothroyd 6,50 (77' Puncheon), Helguson 6,90. = average: 6,14.
Man City: Hart 6,70 - Lescott 6,70, Micah Richards 6,30, Savic 5,90, Kolarov 6,70 - Silva 6,90, Barry 6,40 (75' Balotelli), Milner 6,90, Yaya Touré 7,00 - Džeko 7,30 (88' Kolo Touré), Agüero 6,20 (68' Adam Johnson 5,70). = average: 6,56.



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Scapegoats autumn 2011 (England)

The lowest rated players as the "big" teams went down. 

Arsenal:

0-2 vs Liverpool : Arshavin & Walcott - average rating 4,50

2-8 vs Man United : Djourou & Jenkinson - 3,80

3-4 vs Blackburn : Djourou & Koscielny - 4,50

1-2 vs Tottenham : Gervinho - 5,30

Chelsea:

1-3 vs Man United : Lampard - 5,00

0-1 vs QPR : Drogba - 4,20

3-5 vs Arsenal : Cech & Terry - 4,90

Man City:

0-2 vs Bayern Munich : Nasri - 5,10

Man United:

1-6 vs Man City : Evans - 3,70.

Tottenham:
0-3 vs Man United : K. Walker & Defoe - 5,30
1-5 vs Man City : Corluka - 4,60.

Player ratings Atlético Madrid 4, Udinese 0.

1-0 7' Adrián, 2-0 12' Adrián, 3-0 37' Diego, 4-0 67' Falcao. Att: 15.000.
Atlético: Courtois 6,20 - Perea 6,10, Godín 6,00, Álvaro Domínguez 6,20, Antonio López 6,50 - Gabi 6,40, Mario 6,80, Diego 6,90 (70' Koke 6,50), Arda Turan 6,60 - Adrián 7,50 (77' Salvio), Falcao 7,00 (82' Pizzi). = 6,56.
Udinese: Handanovic 5,90 - Ekstrand 4,40, Danilo 5,40, Domizzi 5,20 (71' Basta 5,50) - Pereyra 4,80, Badu 5,20, Doubai 4,90, Battochio 5,80, Neuton 4,60 - Fabbrini 5,10 (23' Abdi 5,80) - Floro Flores 5,50 (86' Isla). = average: 5,24.

Player ratings Bayern Munich 3, Napoli 2.

1-0 17' Mario Gómez, 2-0 23' Gómez, 3-0 42' Gómez, 3-1 45' Federico Fernández, 3-2 80' Fernández. Att: 69.000.
Bayern: Neuer 5,90 - J. Boateng 6,30, Van Buyten 5,50, Badstuber 5,10, Lahm 6,80 - Luíz Gustavo 6,40, Schweinsteiger 6,70 (52' Tymoshchuk 5,60) - T. Müller 6,50, Kroos 6,50, Ribéry 7,00 (80' Alaba) - M. Gómez 8,00. = average: 6,36.
Napoli: De Sanctis 5,70 - Campagnaro 5,40, Federico Fernández 6,60, Aronica 5,50 (42' Dossena 6,10) - Maggio 5,70, Dzemaili 5,10 (84' Pandev), Inler 5,60, Zúñiga 4,40 - Hamsík 5,00, Lavezzi 6,50 - Cavani 5,10. = average: 5,56.



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Player ratings Villarreal 0, Man City 3.

0-1 30' Y. Touré, o-2 45' Balotelli penalty, 0-3 70' Y. Touré. Att: 19.358.
Villarreal: Diego López 6,20 - Mario 5,30, Gonzalo 5,50, Musacchio 4,50, Catalá 5,70 - Marchena 5,30, Wakaso 6,00 (76' Bordás), Borja Valero 6,30, De Guzmán 6,20 (76' Ángel), Hernán Pérez 5,30 (84' Joan Oriol), Joselu 5,20. = average: 5,59.
Man City: Hart 6,20 - Kompany 6,60, Zabaleta 6,40, Savic 6,60, Clichy 6,40 - Milner 6,70, Nasri 6,50, De Jong 6,90, Y. Touré 7,70 (74' Agüero), Silva 7,70 (65' A. Johnson 6,00) - Balotelli 7,10 (81' Kolarov). = average: 6,73.

Player ratings Lyon 0, Real Madrid 2.

0-1 24' Cristiano Ronaldo freekick, 0-2 70' Cristiano Ronaldo penalty (Briand-C. Ronaldo). Att: 40.099.
Lyon: Lloris 6,50 - Dabo 4,75, Cris 5,25, Lovren 6,00 (37' Bakari Koné 5,50), Réveillère 5,25 - Källström 5,50, Gonalons 5,25 Éderson 5,50 (83' Belfodil), Gourcuff 5,50, Briand 6,25 - Gomis 5,50 (74' Lacazette 6,00). = average: 5,60.
Real Madrid: Casillas 6,50 - Lass Diarra 6,75, Pepe 6,00, Sergio Ramos 6,75, Fábio Coentrão 5,75 (62' Albiol 5,75) - Khedira 6,25, Xabi Alonso 7,00 - Di María 6,50 (83' Callejón), Özil 7,00, Cristiano Ronaldo 7,50 - Benzema 6,75 (70' Higuaín 5,50). = average: 6,46.

Average ratings Barcelona.

Vs Plzeň (4-0)
0-1 24' Messi, 0-2 45' Messi, 0-3 72' Cesc,  0-4 91' Messi. Att: 20.145 (Eden, Prague).
Valdés 6,50 - Dani Alves 5,75 (71' Maxwell 5,75), Piqué 6,25, Puyol 6,00, Abidal 5,75 (73' Alexis 6,25) - Busquets 6,50 (65' Keita 5,75), Thiago 6,50, Cesc 6,75, Adriano 6,50 - Cuenca 7,00, Messi 8,00. = average: 6,38.

Season average:
7,43 Messi (rated 16 times)
6,84 Xavi (14)
6,81 Iniesta (9)
6,62 Thiago (11)
6,59 Cesc (11)
6,52 Mascherano (12)
6,44 Alexis (5)
6,36 Dani Alves (15), Pedro (13)
6,35 Abidal (15)
6,23 Valdés (15)
6,18 Busquets (12)
6,15 Adriano (12)
6,13 Villa (15)
6,08 Puyol (6)
6,03 Piqué (6)
6,00 Keita (12)
5,80 Maxwell (7).

Player ratings Valencia 3, Leverkusen 1.

1-0 10,8 sec. Jonas, 1-1 31' Kießling, 2-1 65' Soldado, 3-1 74' Rami. Att: 35.000.
Valencia: Alves 7,25 - Miguel 6,00, Rami 7,25, Víctor Ruiz 6,00, Mathieu 7,00 - Topal 5,75, Banega 6,25 (24' Tino Costa 6,00), Pablo 6,00, Jonas 6,50 (74' Jordi Alba 6,00), Feghouli 5,25 (59' Piatti 6,25) - Soldado 7,50. = average: 6,36.
Leverkusen: Leno 4,50 - Castro 5,00, Friedrich 5,00, Toprak 5,75, Kadlec 5,50 - L. Bender 5,50 (79' Reinartz), Rolfes 6,25, Sam 5,00 (84' Jörgensen), Ballack 6,25 - Schürrle 6,50 - Kießling 6,75 (75' Derdiyok 5,50). = average: 5,62.

Player ratings Arsenal 0, Marseille 0.

Att: 59.361.
Arsenal: Szczesny 6,50 - Mertesacker 6,60, André Santos 5,80, Vermaelen 7,10, Jenkinson 5,90 - Arteta 6,00, Song 6,80, Walcott 5,80, Ramsey 6,40 (66' Rosický 5,60), Park C.Y. 5,00 (62' Van Persie 5,90) - Gervinho 6,20 (77' Arshavin). = average: 6,12.
Marseille: Mandanda 7,00 - N'Koulou 6,50, S. Diawara 7,00, Fanni 6,20, Morel 6,20 - A. Diarra 6,00, Benoît Cheyrou 6,10, Valbuena 6,00 (74' Lucho González 5,80), Remy 6,20 (69' Amalfitano 6,00), André Ayew 6,60 - Jordan Ayew 5,90 (84' Gignac). = average: 6,27.

Recent web polls (Gazzetta dello Sport).

29 October:
Inter is not far from the relegation zone. Do they need to worry seriously?
57,3% Yes
42,7% No

20 October:
Italian teams have the highest point average in the Champions League this autumn. What does that mean?
68,4% Not much: the real values will show only in the spring
31,6% That Italian football is not that much in a crisis after all

18 October:
Del Piero is playing his last season in Juventus. Did the club take the right decision?
57,1% No
42,9% Yes

17 October:
Record: five 0-0 matches today. Whose fault?
45,8% The Serie A is tight (on a low level)
27,4% The coaches' fault: too much defensive merntality, few attacks and shots on target
18,5% It's a coincidence: the difference compared to other leagues is not that big
8,3% The players' fault: there are no great strikers around.

13 October:
Totti wants to play until he's 40, Cassano has decided to stop at 33: who is right?
63,1% Antonio: like Platini, he wants to finish on the top of his carreer
36,9% Francesco: he has the passion and the class to play many years more.

Average ratings Chelsea.

6,96 Mata (rated 10 times)
6,86 Sturridge (7)
6,54 Lampard (12)
6,51 A. Cole (13)
6,50 Meireles (8)
6,47 Anelka (11)
6,45 Terry (11)
6,34 Fernando Torres (9)
6,28 David Luíz (5)
6,25 Ivanovic (11)
6,23 Cech (11)
6,16 Bosingwa (13)
6,15 Obi Mikel (10)
6,05 Malouda (10)
6,01 Ramires (10)
5,58 Drogba (5)
5,50 Kalou (4).

Average ratings Man United.

Vs Everton (1-0):
De Gea 7,50 - P. Jones 7,20, Vidic 7,60, Evans 5,80, Evra 6,40 - Welbeck 6,60 (Valencia x), Cleverley 7,20 (Nani 5,80), Fletcher 6,50, Park 6,80 - Rooney 7,00, "Chicharito" Hernández 7,20 (Berbatov 5,70). = average: 6,72.

Season average:
7,22 Rooney (rated 12 times)
7,08 Cleverley (6)
6,82 P. Jones (13)
6,74 A. Young (10)
6,63 Nani (14), Welbeck (10)
6,61 Smalling (10)
6,56 De Gea (11)
6,48 Anderson (11)
6,43 Giggs (7)
6,38 Vidic (4)
6,21 Evra (13), Fletcher (7)
6,18 Park (6)
6,03 Hernández (6)
5,97 Valencia (6)
5,88 Evans (12)
5,85 Fábio (4)
5,71 Ferdinand (7)
5,68 Carrick (6)
5,62 Berbatov (4).

Average ratings Arsenal.

Includes all PL and CL matches. 

6,86 Van Persie (rated 14 times)
6,57 Ramsey (13)
6,55 Gervinho (11)
6,51 Szczesny (15)
6,48 Song (12)
6,45 Vermaelen (4)
6,17 Sagna (10)
6,14 Koscielny (10)
6,13 Mertesacker (10)
6,07 Gibbs (7)
5,99 Rosický (7)
5,96 Walcott (14)
5,93 André Santos (6)
5,74 Arshavin (9)
5,47 Jenkinson (7)
5,40 Djourou (7)
5,28 Chamakh (4).

Average ratings AC Milan.

Includes all Serie A and CL matches. Minimum: 4 rated appearances. 

6,50 Ibrahimovic (rated 8 times)
6,31 Aquilani (8)
6,30 Cassano (12)
6,28 Thiago Silva (10)
6,25 Abate (11)
6,14 KP Boateng (7)
6,05 Nesta (10)
6,00 Seedorf (6)
5,99 Nocerino (12)
5,97 Abbiati (11)
5,83 Taiwo (3)
5,82 Antonini & Robinho (5)
5,78 Van Bommel (11)
5,74 Bonera (5)
5,62 Ambrosini (4)
5,61 Emanuelson (7)
5,60 Zambrotta (5).

Player ratings Roma 2, Milan 3.

0-1 17' Ibrahimovic, 1-1 28' Burdisso, 1-2 30' Nesta, 1-3 78' Ibrahimovic, 2-3 88' Bojan. Att: 43.978.

Roma: Stekelenburg 5,40 - Cassetti 4,40, Burdisso 6,10, Juan 4,90 (70' Heinze), José Angel 5,10 - D. Pizarro 6,00, De Rossi 5,60, Gago 5,80 (63' Lamela 6,50) - Pjanic 6,20 - Borini 5,50 (39' Bojan 6,00), Osvaldo 5,60. = average: 5,62.

Milan: Abbiati 7,10 - Abate 6,20, Nesta 6,90, Thiago Silva 6,40, Zambrotta 5,50 - Aquilani 6,80, Van Bommel 5,60, Nocerino 5,40 (88' Ambrosini) - K. P. Boateng 5,10 (65' Emanuelson) - Ibrahimovic 7,40, Robinho 5,80 (73'  Cassano 6,80). =average: 6,25.

Player ratings Inter 1, Juventus 2.

0-1 12' Vučinić, 1-1 28' Maicon, 1-2 33' Marchisio. Att: 78.072.
Inter: Castellazzi 6,00 - Maicon 6,50, Lúcio 5,40, Chivu 4,90, Nagatomo 5,20 - J. Zanetti 5,60, Cambiasso 5,50, Obi 5,20 (64' Stankovic 5,40) - Sneijder 5,60 (78' Álvarez) - Pazzini 6,10, Zárate 5,20 (46' Castaignos). = average: 5,55. 
Juventus: Buffon 6,00 - Lichtsteiner 6,60, Barzagli 6,50, Bonucci 6,00, Chiellini 6,00 - Marchisio 7,20, Pirlo 6,00 - Pepe 6,00, Vidal 6,20 (89' Pazienza), Vučinić 6,60 (84' Del Piero) - Matri 6,80 (70' Estigarribia). = average: 6,35.

Player ratings Real Madrid.

Real Sociedad 0, Real Madrid 1.
0-1 9' Higuaín. Att: 27.000.
Casillas 6,50 - Arbeloa 6,00, Pepe 6,00, Sergio Ramos 7,00, Fábio Coentrão 7,00 -  Xabi Alonso 6,50, Lass 5,75 (68' Khedira 5,75), Di María 6,50, Özil 5,00 (63' Kaká 5,75) - Cristiano Ronaldo 5,25, Higuaín 6,50 (81' Benzema). = average: 6,12.

Player ratings Barcelona.

Vs Mallorca (5-0).
1-0 13' Messi pen, 2-0 21' Messi, 3-0 30' Messi, 4-0 59' Isaac Cuenca, 5-0 91' Dani Alves. Att: 80.635.
Valdés 6,00 - Dani Alves 7,50, Mascherano 6,25, Abidal 6,25 (46' Piqué 6,25) - Thiago 6,50, Busquets 6,25 (59' Puyol 6,00), Keita 6,75 - Messi 8,25 - Cuenca 7,75, Villa 6,00 (63' Gerard Deulofeu 5,75), Adriano 7,75. = average: 6,66.

Player ratings Chelsea 3, Arsenal 5.

1-0 14' Lampard, 1-1 36' Van Persie, 2-1 45' Terry, 2-2 49' André Santos, 2-3 55' Walcott, 3-3 80' Mata, 3-4 85' Van Persie, 3-5 92' Van Persie. Att: 41.801.
Chelsea: Petr Cech 4,90 - Ashley Cole 5,70, Branislav Ivanovic 5,10, John Terry 4,90, José Bosingwa 5,30 - Frank Lampard 6,20, Ramires 5,70 (72' Romelu Lukaku 5,70), John Obi Mikel 5,20 (76' Raul Meireles) - Fernando Torres 5,40, Daniel Sturridge 5,60 (62' Florent Malouda 5,20), Juan Mata 6,90. = average: 5,52.
Arsenal: Wojciech Szczesny 5,60 - Johan Djourou 5,50 (76' Carl Jenkinson), André Santos 6,30, Per Mertesacker 5,50, Laurent Koscielny 7,20 - Theo Walcott 7,60 (79' Tomas Rosický), Aaron Ramsey 7,20, Mikel Arteta 6,40, Alexandre Song 6,70 - Gervinho 6,90 (88' Thomas Vermaelen), Robin van Persie 8,60.  = average: 6,68.

Derby d'Italia: statistical comparison Inter-Juventus.

---------------------------Inter------Juventus--------------------
Fans in Italy*: 3,9 mil. / 5,5 mil.
Fans in Europe*: 17,5 mil. / 13,1 mil.
Fanclubs: 677 / 400
Countries with fanclubs: 53 / 29
Fans on Facebook: 1,07 milj. / 2,55 milj.
Unique visitors on off. web page/3 months: 412.716 / 234.641
Average attendance 2000-2010: 57.021 / 30.612
% of fans who attend home matches 2000-10: 1,46% / 0,56%.

*) according to SportMarkt.

Memory Lane: Barcelona 1973-74.

Average ratings in Rinus Michels' Barcelona side that won their first Liga title in 14 years:

7,12 Cruyff (rated 26 times)
6,94 Marcial (33)
6,92 Juan Carlos (36)
6,88 Torres (32)
6,75 Asensi (36)
6,69 Sotil (36)
6,36 De la Cruz (36), Rifé (33)
6,34 Sadurní (32)
6,27 Costas (33)
6,23 Rexach (26)
6,20 Tomé (5)
6,00 Mora (4)
5,91 Juanito (11)
5,90 Gallego (20).

Web poll in Madrid sports newspaper "As"

How would you rate Mourinho's first 500 days in Real Madrid?

17% Outstanding (Sobresaliente)
27% Good (Notable)
18% OK (Suficiente)
38% Unsatisfactory (Suspenso).

136.677 people have voted so far.

Vote: http://www.as.com/encuestas/encuesta/Real-Madrid-16410

Player ratings Real Madrid 3, Villarreal 0.

1-0 6' Benzema, 2-0 11' Kaká; 3-0, 3-0 30' Di María. Att: apprx 60.000.
Real Madrid: Casillas 6,25 - Arbeloa 6,25, Pepe 6,50, Sergio Ramos 7,25, Marcelo 7,25 - Xabi Alonso 6,75 (80' Fábio Coentrão), Khedira 7,00 - Kaká 7,50, Di María 8,25 (70' Özil 5,75), Cristiano Ronaldo 6,00, Benzema 7,75 (75' Higuaín 5,75). = average: 6,79.
Villarreal: Diego López 5,75 - Zapata 5,00, Gonzalo 4,00, Musacchio 4,75, Catalá 5,25 - Bruno 5,75, Borja Valero 5,00, Cani 5,50, De Guzmán 4,75 (52' Camuñas 5,25) - G. Rossi 5,00 (60' Mario 4,75), Marcos Rubén 4,75 (75' Marcos Senna 5,00). = average: 5,04.

Player ratings Napoli 2, Udinese 0.

1-0 19′ Lavezzi, 2-0 43′ Maggio. Att: 35.565(sic).
Napoli: De Sanctis 7,20 - Campagnaro 6,70, P. Cannavaro 6,60, Aronica 6,60 - Maggio 6,90, Dzemaili 6,40 (80' Zúñiga), Inler 6,30, Dossena 6,20 (87' Mascara 6,90) - Hamsík 6,10 (73' Santana), Lavezzi 7,20 - Cavani 6,20. = average: 6,58.
Udinese: Handanovic 5,80 - Benatia 5,30, Danilo 5,20, Ferronetti 5,00 - Basta 5,60 (86' Abdi), Pinzi 5,80, Asamoah 5,90 (63' Neuton 5,70), Badu 5,80, Armero 5,60 - Torje 4,70  (46' Fabbrini 5,10), Floro Flores 5,90. = average: 5,47.

Player ratings Juventus 2, Fiorentina 1.

1-0 13' Bonucci, 1-1 57' Jovetic, 2-1 64' Matri. Att: 35.517.
Juventus: Storari 6,20 - Lichtsteiner 6,50, Barzagli 6,60, Bonucci 6,40, Chiellini 6,20 - Marchisio 6,50, Pirlo 6,50, Vidal 6,60 (87' Pazienza) - Pepe 7,10 (87' De Ceglie), Matri 7,40, Vučinić 5,60 (78' Estigarribia 6,00). = average: 6,47.
Fiorentina: Boruc 6,20 - De Silvestri 5,20, Gamberini 6,00, Natali 5,50, Pasqual 5,10 - Munari 5,20, Behrami 6,40, Kharja 4,80 (83' Silva) - Cerci 4,40 (46' Gilardino 6,10), Jovetic 6,80, Vargas 5,30 (70' Ljajic 5,70). = average: 5,59.

Player ratings Barcelona.

Granada 0, Barcelona 1.
0-1 32' Xavi. Att: 22.000.
Valdés 6,00 - Dani Alves 5,50, Maxwell 5,75, Mascherano 6,25, Abidal 6,25 - Busquets 6,00, Xavi 7,25 (83' Keita), Cesc 5,00 (71' Iniesta 5,25) - Pedro 6,25 (55' Villa 5,25), Isaac Cuenca 6,00, Messi 6,00.

Season average:
7,34 Messi (rated 14 times)
6,84 Xavi (14)
6,81 Iniesta (9)
6,64 Thiago (9)
6,57 Cesc (10)
6,55 Mascherano (11)
6,50 Alexis (4)
6,36 Pedro (13)
6,32 Dani Alves (13)
6,40 Abidal (13)
6,22 Valdés (13)
6,15 Busquets (10)
6,14 Villa (14)
6,12 Puyol (4)
5,95 Adriano (10)
5,94 Keita (10)
5,85 Piqué (4)
5,80 Maxwell (6).

Serie A, top rated players (Gazzetta dello Sport).

6,79: Palacio (Genoa), Marchisio (Juventus)
6,67: Domizzi (Udinese)
6,64: Barzagli (Juventus)
6,60: Basta (Udinese)
6,57: Pepe (Juventus), Nainggolan (Cagliari), De Rossi & Stekelenburg (Roma)
6,50: Giovinco (Parma), Klose (Lazio), Sneijder (Inter), Lodi (Catania)
6,43: Di Natale (Udinese), Schelotto (Atalanta), Migliaccio (Palermo), De Sanctis (Napoli)