Player ratings Real Madrid 2, Rayo Vallecano 0.

1-0 3' Morata, 2-0 13' Sergio Ramos. Sent off: 17' Sergio Ramos. Att: 63.000.
Real Madrid: Diego López 6,00 - Sergio Ramos 5,70, Pepe 5,70, Varane 6,80, Fábio Coentrão 6,10 - Essien 6,60, Khedira 6,50 - Özil 6,80 (68' Di María 6,00), Kaká 7,00 (80' Callejón), Cristiano Ronaldo 6,10 - Morata 6,50 (27' Albiol 6,30). - coach: Mourinho. = average: 6,32 [good]
Rayo Vallecano: Rubén 6,00 - Tito 5,40, Gálvez 6,00, Figueras 6,00, Casado 5,50 (64' José Carlos 6,00) - Javi Fuego 6,00, Trashorras 6,30 (73' Mudo Vázquez) - Lass 5,60, Chori Domínguez 5,90, Piti 5,50 (83' Delibasic) - Léo Baptistão 5,20. - coach: Jémez. = average: 5,78 [mediocre]

Player ratings Fiorentina 4, Inter 1.

1-0 13' Ljajic, 2-0 33' Jovetic, 3-0 55' Jovetic, 4-0 65' Ljajic, 4-1 87' Cassano. Att: 26.982.
Fiorentina: Viviano x - Tomovic 6,50, Gonzalo Rodríguez 6,80, Savic 6,30 - Cuadrado 7,10 (83' Llama), Aquilani 7,00, D. Pizarro 7,00 (69' Sissoko), Borja Valero 7,20, Pasqual 6,80 - Ljajic 7,50, Jovetic 8,00 (73' El Hamdaoui). - coach: Montella 7,60. = average: 7,02 [fantabulous]
Inter: Handanovic 6,40 - J. Zanetti 4,70, Ranocchia 4,70, Juan Jesus 4,40, Nagatomo 4,40 - Cambiasso 4,70, Kuzmanovic 5,20, Kovacic 5,00 (46' Álvarez 5,20) - Guarín 4,40 (58' Pereira 5,00) - Cassano 5,50, Palacio 4,90 (76' Schelotto). - coach: Stramaccioni 4,70. = average: 4,96 [appalling]

Average ratings Arsenal 2012/13.

All tournaments included.

6,48 Cazorla
6,36 Walcott
6,30 Wilshere
6,18 Podolski
6,16 Arteta
6,15 Gibbs
6,13 Giroud
6,09 Jenkinson
6,04 Oxlade-Chamberlain
6,01 Diaby
6,00 Vermaelen
5,99 Szczesny
5,98 Ramsey
5,96 Coquelin
5,95 Mertesacker, Sagna
5,93 Mannone
5,86 Gervinho
5,80 Koscielny
5,00 André Santos

Average ratings Valencia 2012/13.

All tournaments included.

6,19 Banega
6,16 Diego Alves
6,15 Soldado
6,08 Feghouli
6,07 Tino Costa
6,04 Guaita
6,02 Gago
6,00 Rami
5,93 Jonas
5,92 Cissokho
5,89 Ricardo Costa, Barragán
5,87 Piatti
5,83 João Pereira
5,81 Albelda
5,78 Guardado
5,59 Víctor Ruiz, J. Viera
5,53 Bernat
5,51 Parejo

Average ratings Málaga 2012/13.

All tournaments included.

6,71 Isco
6,33 Joaquín
6,32 Eliseu, Iturra
6,26 Monreal
6,25 Buonanotte
6,24 Willy Caballero, Demichelis
6,19 Toulalan
6,12 Gámez, Camacho
5,91 Weligton
5,89 Saviola
5,88 Duda
5,83 Sergio Sánchez
5,78 Portillo
5,69 Santa Cruz

Average ratings Hamburger SV 2012/13.

7,52 Adler
6,53 Jansen
6,45 Westermann
6,33 Van der Vaart
6,27 Diekmeier
6,25 Aogo
6,11 Rudnevs
6,10 Son
6,08 Badelj
5,83 Arslan
5,75 Mancienne

Player ratings Roma 1, Juventus 0.

1-0 58' Totti. Att: 54.981.
Roma: Stekelenburg 6,20 - Piris 6,30, Burdisso 6,50, Marquinhos 7,00 - Torosidis 6,20, De Rossi 5,40, Pjanic 7,00 (68' Bradley 6,00), Marquinho 5,70 (83' Balzaretti) - Lamela 6,20, Totti 7,50 (88' Florenzi) - Osvaldo 6,50. - coach: Andreazzoli 6,70. = average: 6,38 [strong]
Juventus: Buffon 6,70 - Barzagli 6,00, Bonucci 6,30, Cáceres 5,80 - Lichtsteiner 5,90, Vidal 5,00 (71' Anelka), Pirlo 5,70, Pogba 5,20, Asamoah 5,00 (56' Padoin 5,20) - Matri 5,00, Vucinic 4,70 (56' Giovinco 5,00). - coach: Conte 5,00. = average: 5,50 [poor]


Le pagelle di Roma-Juventus 1-0.

Player ratings Granada 1, Barcelona 2.

1-0 25' Ighalo, 1-1 50' Messi, 1-2 73' Messi. Att: 22.000.
Granada: Toño 5,70 - Nyom 6,60, Siqueira 6,20, Íñigo López 6,00, Mainz 6,50 - Mikel Rico 6,30, Recio 6,00, Torje 5,70 (76' Brahimi), Nolito 6,50 (73' Buonanotte) - Ighalo 6,80, Aranda 5,90 (58' El Arabi 5,80). - coach: Alcaraz. = average: 6,17 [solid]
Barcelona: Valdés 6,30 - Dani Alves 6,20, Adriano 6,00 (38' Jordi Alba 6,30), Piqué 6,60, Mascherano 6,20 - Busquets 6,80, Thiago 6,50, Fàbregas 6,70 - Pedro 6,80 (72' Iniesta 6,30), Alexis 5,50 (61' Tello 6,00), Messi 7,20. - coach: Roura. = average: 6,39 [strong]

Memory Lane: La Liga topscorer lists, 1980s.

1979/80
24: Quini (Sporting de Gijón)
23: Santillana (Real Madrid)
22: Mario Kempes (Valencia)
21: Dani (Athletic Bilbao), Fernando Morena (Rayo Vallecano)

1980/81
20: Quini (Barcelona)
19: Juanito (Real Madrid)
17: Dani (Athletic Bilbao)
16: Enrique Morán Blanco (Betis), Jesús María Satrústegui (Real Sociedad)

1981/82
27: Quini (Barcelona)
16: Pitxi Alonso (Zaragoza)
14: Carlos Diarte (Betis), Pedro Uralde (Real Sociedad)
13: Manuel Sarabia (Athletic Bilbao)

1982/83
20: Poli Rincón (Betis)
19: Raúl Vicente Amarilla (Zaragoza)
18: Dani (Athletic Bilbao)
17: Jorge Valdano (Zaragoza)
16: Manuel Sarabia (Athletic Bilbao)

1983/84
17: Jorge da Silva (Valladolid)
15: Mágico González (Cádiz)
14: Marcos Alonso (Barcelona)
12: Hugo Sánchez (Atlético de Madrid), Marcos Alonso (Barcelona), Roberto López Ufarte (Real Sociedad)

1984/85
19: Hugo Sánchez (Atlético Madrid)
17: Jorge Valdano (Real Madrid)
15: Steve Archibald (Barcelona)
14: Michel Pineda (Español), Luis Mario Cabrera (Atlético de Madrid)

1985/86
22: Hugo Sánchez (Real Madrid)
16: Jorge Valdano (Real Madrid)
15: Juan Antonio Señor (Zaragoza)
13: Luis Mario Cabrera & Jorge da Silva (Atlético de Madrid)

1986/87
34: Hugo Sánchez (Real Madrid)
20: Gary Lineker (Barcelona)
19: Enrique Magdaleno (Mallorca)
18: Gabriel Calderón (Betis)
17: Pitxi Alonso (Español)

1987/88
29: Hugo Sánchez (Real Madrid)
18: Rubén Sosa (Zaragoza)
17: José Mari Bakero (Real Sociedad)
16: Julio Salinas (Atlético de Madrid), Gary Lineker (Barcelona)

1988/89
35: Baltazar (Atlético de Madrid)    
27: Hugo Sánchez (Real Madrid)    
16: Amarildo (Celta de Vigo)
15: Julio Salinas (Barcelona), Emilio Butragueño (Real Madrid) 

Top 5
6 times: Hugo Sánchez 
3: Quini, Dani, Valdano
2: Pitxi Alonso, Sarabia, Da Silva, Cabrera, Lineker, J. Salinas

Top 5 per club
9: Real Madrid
8: Barcelona
7: Atlético de Madrid
5: Athletic Bilbao
4: Betis, Real Sociedad
2: Español
1: Sporting Gijón, Valencia, Rayo Vallecano, Valladolid, Cádiz, Mallorca & Celta.

Player ratings Milan 2, Parma 1.

1-0 39' og Paletta, 2-0 77' Balotelli, 2-1 92' N. Sansone. Att: 34.077.
Milan: Abbiati 6,00 - De Sciglio 5,70, Zapata 5,80, Yepes 6,00, Constant 6,30 - Nocerino 5,80, Montolivo 6,70, Muntari 5,50 - Niang 6,20 (87' Traoré), Balotelli 7,00, K. P. Boateng 6,00 (65' Bojan 6,00). - coach: Allegri. = average: 6,08 [satisfactory]
Parma: Pavarini 6,00 - Rosi 6,00, Coda 5,50 (66' Benalouane), Paletta 4,30, Mesbah 5,80 - Marchionni 6,00, Valdez 6,50, Parolo 5,50 (56' Ninis 5,80) - Biabany 6,30, Amauri 5,20 (71' Belfodil), N. Sansone 5,80. - coach: Donadoni. = average: 5,72 [disappointing]

Memory Lane: 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 reti: Serena (Inter),
19: reti: Van Basten (Milan), Careca (Napoli),
15: reti: R. Baggio (Fiorentina),
14: reti: Borgonovo (Fiorentina), Vialli (Sampdoria),
13: reti: Carnevale (Napoli),
12: reti: R. Díaz (Inter), Rui Barros (Juventus),
11: reti: 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.

Today 12 years ago: Real Madrid 3, Lazio 2.

0-1 5' Crespo, 1-1 32' Morientes, 2-1 82' Helguera, 2-2 84' Gottardi, 3-2 89' Figo penalty. Att: 75.000.
Real Madrid: Casillas 5,20 — Salgado 6,00, Hierro 5,80, Karanka 5,20, Roberto Carlos 6,20 — Helguera 7,00 (89' Solari), Makelele 5,90 — Figo 7,00, Raúl 6,20, McManaman 6,40 (76' Guti) — Morientes 6,20 (66' Munitis). — coach: Del Bosque 6,75. = average: 6,11 [satisfactory]
Lazio: Peruzzi 6,60 — Negro 5,60, Nesta 6,50, Fernando Couto 5,50, Pancaro 5,10 — Castromán 5,90 (60' Gottardi 5,90), Simeone 5,80 (89' Mihajlovic), Verón 5,60 (78' Baronio), Nedved 6,10 — Crespo 6,10, Salas 5,20. — coach: Zoff 6,00. = average: 5,83 [mediocre]

Memory Lane: South American WC qualifier goalscorers 1981.

5: Zico (Brazil)
3: Aragonés (Bolivia), Herrera (Colombia)
2: Sócrates & Tita (Brazil), La Rosa & Uribe (Peru), Morales & Victorino (Uruguay), Yáñez & Caszely (Chile)
1: Reinaldo & Júnior (Brazil), Aguilar & Reynardo (Bolivia), Acosta (Venezuela), Sarmiento (Colombia), Barbadillo (Peru), Paz (Uruguay), Klinger & Nieve (Ecuador), Anoli, Morel & Romero (Paraguay), Rivas & Neira (Chile).

Player ratings: Bor. M'gladbach 3, Lazio 3.

1-0 17' Stranzl penalty, 1-1 57' Floccari, 1-2 64' Kozák, 2-2 84' Marx penalty, 3-2 88' Arango, 3-3 94' Kozák.  Att: 46.279.
M'gladbach: ter Stegen 6,00 - Stranzl 5,70, Brouwers 5,50, Álvaro Domínguez 5,80, Wendt 5,40 - Nordtveit 5,50 (73' Marx 6,30), Jantschke 6,00 (75' G. Xhaka), Cigerci 6,50 (75' Hanke 6,00) - Herrmann 6,60, Arango 7,10 - L. de Jong 6,10. - coach: Favre. = average: 6,04 [acceptable]
Lazio: Marchetti 6,50 - Konko 5,70, Biava 5,70, André Dias 4,20, Radu 6,00 - Candreva 6,50 (72' Cana 5,30), C. Ledesma 5,00 (46' Kozák 7,30), Hernanes 6,30 - A. González 6,30, Lulic  6,30 (88' Ciani) - Floccari 6,80. - coach: Petkovic. = average: 5,99 [acceptable]


Einzelkritik Borussia Mönchengladbach-Lazio Rom 3:3.

Player ratings Napoli 0, Viktoria Plzeň 3.

0-1 28' Darida, 0-2 34' Rajtoral, 0-3 89' Tekl. Att: 13.606.
Napoli: De Sanctis 5,80 - Gamberini 5,20 (46' Hamšík 6,50), Rolando 4,90, Britos 5,40 - Maggio 5,00, Dzemaili 5,20, Donadel 4,70 (72' Inler), Zúñiga 4,70 - El Kaddouri 4,70 (59' Calaiò 5,30) - Pandev 4,90, Cavani 5,50.  - coach: Mazzarri. = average: 5,22 [decrepit]
Viktoria Plzeň: Kozáčik 7,00 -  Řezník 6,30, Čišovský 6,30, Procházka 6,50, Limberský 6,60 - Darida 7,00, Horváth 6,20 - Rajtoral 7,30 (86' Fillo), Kolář 6,30 (90' Hejda), Kovařík 6,30 -  Bakoš 6,00 (60' Tecl 6,50). - coach: Vrba. = average: 6,52 [very good]

Memory Lane: goalscorers in South American WC qualifiers, 1970s.

1973
5: Rubén Ayala (Argentina)
3: Morena (Uruguay), Ortiz (Colombia)
2: Escobar, Insfrán & Arrúa (Paraguay), Brindisi (Argentina), Múñoz (Ecuador), Sotil (Peru)
1: Estupiñán (Ecuador), Espárrago, Cubilla & Milar (Uruguay), Morales (Bolivia), Bareiro & Osorio (Paraguay), Fornari & Guerini (Argentina), Ahumada, Crisosto, Farias & Valdez (Chile)

1977
5: Zico (Brazil)
4: Roberto Dinamite (Brazil), Oblitas (Peru)
3: Jiménez & Aguilar (Bolivia), Velásquez (Peru)
2: Jara (Paraguay), F. Marinho & Gil (Brazil), Pizzani & Pereyra (Uruguay), Cubillas (Peru), Figueroa (Chile)
1: Báez (Paraguay), Vilarete (Colombia), Rivellino, Toninho Cerezo & Marcelo (Brazil), Flores & Iriarte (Venezuela), Oliveira (Uruguay), Mezza & Aragonés (Bolivia), Paz (Ecuador), Muñante, Luces, Sotil & Rojas (Peru), Gamboa, Ahumada & Castro (Chile)

Player ratings Shakhtar Donetsk 2, Borussia Dortmund 2.

1-0 31' Srna, 1-1 41' Lewandowski, 2-1 68' Douglas Costa, 2-2 87' Hummels. Att: 52.000.
Shakhtar: Andriy Pyatov 6,00 - Dmytri Chygrynskiy 5,30, Yaroslav Rakitskiy 5,40, Razvan Raţ 6,00, Darijo Srna 6,70 - Taison 6,30 (62' Douglas Costa 6,80), Alex Teixeira 5,90 (83' Eduardo), Tomás Hübschman 5,80, Fernandinho 6,00 - Henrikh Mkhitaryan 5,80, Luíz Adriano 5,70. - coach: Lucescu. = average: 5,98 [acceptable]
Dortmund: Roman Weidenfeller 5,30 - Mats Hummels 6,20, Marcel Schmelzer 5,90, Felipe Santana 5,50, Lukasz Piszczek 6,10 - Sven Bender 6,20, Jakub Blaszczykowski 6,10 (80' Moritz Leitner 6,60), Marco Reus 6,00 (91' Julian Schieber), Mario Götze 6,20, Sebastian Kehl 6,30 - Robert Lewandowski 6,60. - coach: Klopp. = average: 6,08 [satisfactory]

Player ratings Real Madrid 1, Man United 1.

0-1 20' Welbeck, 1-1 30' Cristiano Ronaldo. Att: 79.249.
Real Madrid: Diego López 6,60 - Raphael Varane 6,50, Álvaro Arbeloa 5,70, Fábio Coentrão 6,70, Sergio Ramos 5,60 - Xabi Alonso 6,50 (84' Pepe), Sami Khedira 6,40, Cristiano Ronaldo  6,90, Ángel Di María 6,70 (75' Luka Modric 6,00), Mesut Özil 6,70 - Karim Benzema 5,30 (60' Gonzalo Higuaín 5,50). - coach: Mourinho 6,80. = average: 6,24 [solid]
Man United: David De Gea 7,10 - Patrice Evra 6,10, Rafael 5,50, Jonny Evans 6,10, Rio Ferdinand 6,40 - Phil Jones 6,40, Michael Carrick 6,30, Wayne Rooney 6,10 (84' Anderson), Danny Welbeck 7,10 (73' Antonio Valencia 5,40), Shinji Kagawa 6,00 (64' Ryan Giggs 6,00) - Robin van Persie 6,20. - coach: Ferguson 6,80. = average: 6,21 [solid]


Las notas uno a uno de Real Madrid 1, Man United 1.

The most booked players in Champions League history.

0,52 yellow cards/match: Chivu
0,44 Perrotta
0,38 Brandão
0,33 Demichelis
0,31 Mexès, Srna
0,28 Jorge Costa, Thiago Motta
0,27 Xabi Alonso, Gattuso
0,26 Van Bommel, Samuel, Sergio Ramos, Albelda
0,25 Cris, Pepe
0,23 Scholes, Schweinsteiger
0,22 Vieira, Juninho Pernambucano, Dani Alves
0,21 Puyol
0,20 Córdoba, Verón
0,19 Tacchinardi

Benfica: average ratings Champions League 2012/13.

6,50 John
6,18 Cardozo
6,07 André Almeida
6,05 Garay, Aimar
6,04 Lima
6,00 Artur, Luisão, Bruno César, Salvio
5,90 Maxi Pereira
5,88 Melgarejo
5,85 Jardel
5,83 Gaitán
5,80 Matic
5,75 Rodrigo
5,66 Enzo Pérez

Celtic: average ratings Champions League 2012/13.

6,66 Samaras
6,40 Wanyama
6,37 Forster
6,21 Commons
6,20 Forrest
6,11 Lustig
6,05 S. Brown
6,03 K. Wilson
6,01 Mulgrew
6,00 Ledley
5,93 Hooper
5,92 Matthews
5,68 Ambrose
5,66 Izaguirre
5,65 Miku, Kayal

Photo: Adam Matthews and Georgios Samaras.

Red cards in Champions League history.

4 red cards
Edgar Davids    

3 red cards
Zlatan Ibrahimović, Didier Drogba, Patrick Vieira

2 red cards
Dmitri Loskov, Juninho Pernambucano, Paul Gascoigne, Philippe Mexès, Zinédine Zidane, Mark van Bommel, Sergio Ramos, Robin van Persie, Yuri Kovtun, Darko Kovačević, Servet Çetin, Jelle van Damme, Hakan Ünsal, Miguel Ángel Angulo, Paul Scholes, Ray Parlour, Andreas Zikos, Zdenek Grygera, Anastasios Pantos, Deividas Semberas, Celestine Babayaro, Ramiz Mamedov, Vedat Inceefe, Fucile, Cristian Chivu, Pepe, David Albelda.

Player ratings Valencia 1, Paris Saint Germain 2.

0-1 10' Lavezzi, 0-2 43' Pastore, 1-2 90' Rami. Sent off: 92' Ibrahimovic. Att: 44.000.
Valencia: Vicente Guaita 5,10 - João Pereira 6,60, Ricardo Costa 5,70, Andrés Guardado 5,40, Adil Rami 6,90 - Daniel Parejo 5,70, Éver Banega 5,60 (46' Sergio Canales 6,40), Tino Costa 6,20 - Jonas 5,20 (46' Nelson Valdez 5,80), Sofiane Feghouli 6,00 (84' Jonathan Viera), Roberto Soldado 5,80. - coach: Valverde. = average: 5,88 [vulnerable]
PSG: Salvatore Sirigu 6,40 - Maxwell 6,10, Christophe Jallet 6,50, Alex 6,30, Mamadou Sakho 6,30 - Javier Pastore 7,30 (88' Sylvain Armand), Marco Verratti 6,40, Lucas Moura 6,80 (53' Clément Chantôme 6,30), Blaise Matuidi 6,30 - Ezequiel Lavezzi 7,00 (76' Jérémy Menez), Zlatan Ibrahimovic 5,20. - coach: Ancelotti. = average: 6,41 [strong]

Player ratings Celtic 0, Juventus 3.

0-1 3' Matri, 0-2 77' Marchisio, 0-3 83' Vucinic. Att: 57.917.
Celtic: Fraser Forster 5,60 - Kelvin Wilson 5,60, Emilio Izaguirre 5,30, Efe Ambrose 4,40, Mikael Lustig 5,90 (59' Adam Matthews 5,40) - Victor Wanyama 6,00, Charlie Mulgrew 5,30, Scott Brown 5,90 (80' Biram Kayal), Kris Commons 6,20 (73' Tony Watt 5,40), Gary Hooper 5,30, James Forrest 5,80. - coach: Lennon 5,30. = average: 5,55 [poor]
Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 6,40 - Martín Cáceres 6,70, Andrea Barzagli 6,70, Leonardo Bonucci 6,60 - Claudio Marchisio 7,30, Federico Peluso 6,70 (69' Simone Padoin 6,10), Stephan Lichtsteiner 6,00, Arturo Vidal 6,00, Andrea Pirlo 6,30 - Mirko Vucinic 6,60 (86' Nicolas Anelka), Alessandro Matri 7,00 (81' Paul Pogba)- coach: Conte. = average: 6,53 [very good]

Barcelona's all time top 100.

According to Guerin Sportivo.

1. Lionel Messi
2. Ladislao Kubala
3. Xavi Hernández
4. Andrés Iniesta
5. Ronaldinho Gaúcho
6. Carles Puyol
7. Josep Guardiola
8. Samuel Eto'o
9. Hristo Stoichkov
10. Johan Cruyff
11. Ronald Koeman
12. Luis Suárez
13. Rivaldo
14. Romário
15. Ronaldo
16. César Rodríguez
17. Evaristo de Macedo
18. Eulogio Martínez
19. Diego Armando Maradona
20. Paulino Alcántara
21. Antoni Ramallets
22. Víctor Valdés
23. Josep Samitier
24. Estanislao Basora
25. Michael Laudrup
26. Bernd Schuster
27. José María Bakero
28. Quini
29. Carles Rexach
30. Juan Manuel Asensi
31. Josep Escolà
32. Andoni Zubizarreta
33. Chus Pereda
34. Gerard Piqué
35. Guillermo Amor
36. Migueli
37. Johan Neeskens
38. Joan Segarra
39. José Ramón Alexanco
40. Deco
41. Luís Figo
42. Dani Alves
43. Urruti
44. Sergio Busquets
45. Luis Enrique
46. Hugo Sotil
47. Francisco José Carrasco
48. Aitor "Txiki" Begiristain
49. Philip Cocu
50. Sándor Kocsis
51. Hans Krankl
52. Éric Abidal
53. Pedro Rodríguez
54. Patrick Kluivert
55. David Villa
56. Salvador Sadurní
57. Martí Ventolrà
58. Eusebio Sacristán
59. Ricardo Zamora
60. Miguel Ángel Nadal
61. Joan Gamper
62. Eduardo Manchón
63. Mariano Martín
64. Jon Andoni Goikoetxea
65. Albert Ferrer
66. Julio Salinas
67. Mariano Gonzalvo
68. Sigfrid Gràcia
69. Emilio Sagi-Barba
70. Allan Simonsen
71. Julio Alberto
72. Joaquim Rifé
73. Ferrán Olivella
74. Josep María Fusté
75. José Antonio Zaldúa
76. Francesc Calvet
77. Sergi Barjuán
78. Juliano Belletti
79. Gustavo Biosca
80. Thierry Henry
81. Rafael Márquez
82. Henrik Larsson
83. Iván de la Peña
84. Javier Saviola
85. Seydou Keita
86. Marcial Pina
87. Justo Tejada
88. Yaya Touré
89. Víctor Múñoz
90. Ángel Arocha
91. Cayetano Ré
92. Zoltán Czibor
93. Gary Lineker
94. Giovanni van Bronckhorst
95. Steve Archibald
96. Luis Milla
97. Cesc Fàbregas
98. Ludovic Giuly
99. Bojan Krkic
100. Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Average ratings Shakhtar Donetsk 2012/13.

Champions League matches only.

6,92 Fernandinho, Willian
6,40 Alex Teixeira
6,38 Luíz Adriano
6,35 Srna, Mkhitaryan
6,32 Hübschman
6,02 Raţ
5,98 Rakitskiy
5,93 Kucher
5,90 Stepanenko
5,75 Ilsinho
5,72 Pyatov

Champions League. probable winners 2012/13.

Based on the odds of 22 bookmakers.

28,86% Barcelona
16,56% Real Madrid
12,27% Bayern Munich
10,43% Borussia Dortmund
7,88% Juventus
6,82% Man United
4,04% Paris Saint-Germain
2,34% Shakhtar Donetsk
2,25% Arsenal
1,80% Málaga
1,69% FC Porto
1,55% Schalke
1,23% Valencia
1,04% Milan
0,66% Galatasaray
0,59% Celtic

Average ratings Man United 2012/13.

All competitions included.

6,55 Van Persie
6,45 Rooney
6,33 De Gea, J. Hernández
6,27 Anderson
6,26 Rafael
6,17 Cleverley
6,16 Carrick
6,10 Büttner
6,09 Evans
6,08 R. Ferdinand
6,07 Kagawa, Scholes
6,06 Valencia
6,04 Giggs, Fletcher
6,00 Lindegaard
5,98 Evra
5,97 Vidic
5,96 Welbeck
5,95 A. Young, P. Jones
5,80 Smalling
5,75 Nani

Coaches with most international titles.

6: Vicente del Bosque [World Cup 2010, Euro 2012, Champions League 2000 & '02, European Super Cup 2002, Intercontinental Cup 2002]
6: Alfio Basile [Copa América 1991 & '93, Recopa 2005 & '06, Copa Sudamericana 2005, Recopa Sudamericana 1988]
5: Luíz Felipe Scolari [World Cup 2002, Copa Libertadores 1995 & '99, Copa Mercosur 1998, Recopa 1996]
4: Marcello Lippi [World Cup 2006, Champions League 1996, European Super Cup 2006, Intercontinental Cup 1996]
4: José Villalonga [Euro 1964, European Cup 1956 & '57, Cup Winners' Cup 1962]
3: Roberto Fleitas [Copa América 1987, Copa Libertadores 1988, Intercontinental Cup 1988]
3: Hugo Bagnulo [Copa América 1956, Copa Libertadores 1982, Intercontinental Cup 1982]

Average ratings Man City 2012/13.

6,35 Silva
6,30 Tévez
6,18 Y. Touré, Milner
6,16 Zabaleta
6,08 Hart
6,07 Agüero
6,00 Kompany
5,99 Clichy
5,98 Barry
5,93 Nastasic
5,87 Kolarov
5,82 Maicon
5,78 Dzeko, Javi García
5,75 Lescott, Nasri
5,72 Balotelli
5,32 Rodwell

Memory Lane: Fiorentina 2008/09.

6,47 Frey
6,42 Mutu
6,34 Gilardino
6,16 Felipe Melo
6,09 Montolivo
6,08 Jovetic
6,07 Gamberini
6,06 Pasqual
6,05 Jørgensen, Santana
5,93 Vargas
5,84 Donadel
5,83 Bonazzoli
5,78 Krøldrup
5,76 Comotto, Kuzmanovic
5,45 Almirón

England: 25 year average attendances.

In all divisions, seasons 1988/89 - 2012/13.

59.463 Manchester United
42.652 Arsenal
41.132 Liverpool
40.576 Newcastle United
34.859 Manchester City
33.223 Aston Villa
33.032 Everton
32.779 Chelsea
32.625 Tottenham Hotspur
30.940 Sunderland
30.204 Leeds United
27.308 West Ham United
24.283 Middlesbrough
23.684 Sheffield Wednesday
23.083 Derby County
22.405 Wolverhampton Wanderers
22.331 Nottingham Forest
20.744 Blackburn Rovers
20.271 Southampton
20.160 Leicester City
19.664 Norwich City
19.460 Birmingham City
19.407 Sheffield United
19.156 West Bromwich Albion
16.896 Charlton Athletic
18.637 Ipswich Town
17.920 Bolton Wanderers
16.865 Coventry City
16.816 Crystal Palace
16.469 Stoke City
14.324 Portsmouth
14.156 Fulham
13.936 Queen's Park Rangers
13.088 Reading

Average age in national leagues.

28,29 Cyprus
27,07 Italy
26,90 Turkey
26,76 England
26,58 Spain
26,56 Poland
26,39 Russia
26,27 Sweden
26,16 France
26,10 Ukraine
25,94 Hungary
25,92 Portugal
25,90 Romania
25,89 Czech Republic
25,85 Greece
25,68 Bulgaria
25,67 Germany, Denmark
25,54 Scotland
25,47 Belgium
25,34 Slovakia
25,21 Norway
25,20 Switzerland
25,13 Austria
24,89 Finland
24,86 Serbia
24,56 Holland
24,12 Croatia
23,65 Slovenia

Photo: Werder Bremen vs Hoffenheim: two of Europe's youngest teams.

Average ratings Real Madrid 2012/13.

All tournaments included.

6,75 Cristiano Ronaldo
6,44 Varane
6,41 Xabi Alonso
6,35 Khedira
6,33 Özil, Diego López
6,26 Sergio Ramos
6,22 Modric
6,21 Di María
6,17 Kaká
6,15 Marcelo
6,14 Pepe, Benzema
6,10 Casillas, Morata
6,07 Callejón
6,05 Fábio Coentrão, Essien
6,04 Ricardo Carvalho
5,93 Higuaín
5,86 Arbeloa
5,83 Nacho
5,78 Adán
5,67 Albiol

Player ratings Man United 2, Everton 0.

1-0 13' Giggs, 2-0 45'+ Van Persie. Att: 75.525.
Man United: David De Gea 6,20 - Nemanja Vidic 6,20, Rafael 7,10, Patrice Evra 6,10, Jonny Evans 6,20 (81' Chris Smalling) - Phil Jones 5,90 (56' Michael Carrick 6,20), Antonio Valencia 6,20, Tom Cleverley 6,40, Ryan Giggs 6,20 - Wayne Rooney 6,20, Robin van Persie 6,90. - coach: Ferguson. = average: 6,32 [good]
Everton: Tim Howard 6,10 - Leighton Baines 5,70, Philip Neville 5,70, Johnny Heitinga 5,20, Phil Jagielka 6,10 - Steven Pienaar 5,60, Darron Gibson 5,70, Kevin Mirallas 5,70 (70' Steven Naismith 5,70), Leon Osman 6,10 - Victor Anichebe 5,20 (57' Nikica Jelavic 6,10), Marouane Fellaini 5,60. - coach: Moyes. = average: 5,73 [disappointing]

Player ratings Nigeria 1, Burkina Faso 0 [African Nations' Cup final]

1-0 40' Mba. Att: 85.000 (FNB Stadium, Johannesburg).
Nigeria: Vincent Enyeama 6,00 - Efe Ambrose 6,70, Kenneth Omeruo 6,40, Godfrey Oboabona 6,00, Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé 6,00 (66' Juwon Oshaniwa 5,90), Ogenyi Onazi 6,00, Mikel John Obi 7,00, Sunday Mba 7,10 (89' Joseph Yobo), Victor Moses 6,90, Brown Ideye 6,20 - Ikechukwu Uche 5,70 (54' Ahmed Musa 6,20). - coach: Stephen Keshi. = average: 6,32 [good]
Burkina Faso: Daouda Diakité 5,30 - Mohamed Koffi 5,90, Bakary Koné 6,00, Paul Koulibaly 5,20 (84' Moumouni Dagano), Saïdou Panandétiguiri 5,90 - Djakaridja Koné 5,80 (90' Abdou Razack Traoré), Florent Rouamba 5,60 (65' Wilfried Sanou), Prejuce Nakoulma 6,20, Charles Kaboré 6,20, Jonathan Pitroipa 5,30 - Aristide Bancé 5,40. - coach: Paul Put. = average: 5,71 [disappointing]


Player of the Tournament: Jonathan Pitroipa (Burkina Faso)
Fair Player of the Tournament: Victor Moses (Nigeria)
Goal of the tournament: Youssef Msakni, Tunisia, vs. Algeria.


Les notes de la finale CAN 2013, Nigeria-Burkina Faso 1-0.

Average ratings Tottenham Hotspur 2012/13.

6,33 Bale
6,32 Lloris
6,26 Vertonghen
6,18 Dembélé
6,14 Lennon
6,09 Caulker
6,06 Defoe
6,05 Sandro
6,03 Dawson
5,99 K. Walker
5,97 Friedel
5,92 Dempsey
5,86 Huddlestone
5,85 S. Parker
5,82 Gallas
5,72 Sigurdsson
5,70 Naughton
5,46 Adebayor

Player ratings Juventus 2, Fiorentina 0.

1-0 20' Vucinic, 2-0 41' Matri. Att: 38.551.
Juventus: Buffon 6,70 - Barzagli 7,40, Marrone 6,00, Peluso 6,00 - Lichtsteiner 6,80, Pirlo 7,30, Vidal 7,50, Marchisio 6,20, De Ceglie 6,00 (60' Cáceres 6,20) - Vucinic 6,70 (62' Giovinco 5,80), Matri 7,00 (76' Pogba). - coach: Alessio 7,00. = average: 6,58 [excellent]
Fiorentina: Viviano 6,20 - Roncaglia 4,70, Gonzalo Rodríguez 4,70, Savic 5,20 (46' Tomovic 5,50) - Cuadrado 5,80, Rômulo 4,70, D. Pizarro 5,40, Borja Valero 5,80, Pasqual 5,00 - Jovetic 5,40 (74' Ljajic 6,00), Toni 5,20 (47' El Hamdaoui 5,30). - coach: Montella 5,20. = average: 5,35 [lame]

Player ratings Southampton 3, Man City 1.

1-0 7' Puncheon, 2-0 22' Steven Davis, 2-1 39' Dzeko, 3-1 48' og Barry. Att: 31.738.
Southampton: Artur Boruc 6,10 - Nathaniel Clyne 6,40, Jos Hooiveld 5,90, Daniel Fox 6,10 (71' Frazer Richardson 6,00), Maya Yoshida 6,30 - Jay Rodríguez 6,30, Jason Puncheon 6,60 (61' Adam Lallana 6,10), Jack Cork 5,90, Morgan Schneiderlin 5,60 - Steven Davis 6,20 (80' James Ward-Prowse), Rickie Lambert 6,00. - coach: Pochettino. = average: 6,12 [satisfactory]
Man City: Joe Hart 4,50 - Javi García 5,10, Joleon Lescott 5,40 (66' Aleksandar Kolarov 5,80), Pablo Zabaleta 5,90, Gaël Clichy 5,70 - David Silva 5,40 (73' Maicon 5,80), Gareth Barry 4,70, Yaya Touré 5,60, Samir Nasri 5,50 (55' James Milner 5,80) - Edin Dzeko 5,80, Sergio Agüero 5,80. - coach: Mancini. = average: 5,49 [poor]

Player ratings Real Madrid 4, Sevilla 1.

1-0 18' Benzema, 2-0 27' Cristiano Ronaldo, 3-0 47' Cristiano Ronaldo, 4-0 60' Cristiano Ronaldo, 4-1 87' Manu del Moral. Sent off: 65' Higuaín, 80' Maduro. Att: 65.000.
Real Madrid: Diego López 6,40 - Arbeloa 6,40, Albiol 5,90, Sergio Ramos 6,70, Fábio Coentrão 6,10 - Essien 6,10, Modric 5,60 - Cristiano Ronaldo 8,40 (63' Morata 5,90), Kaká 6,90 (69' Pepe 6,10) - Benzema 6,30 (69' Callejón 6,10), Higuaín 5,10. - coach: Mourinho. = average: 6,29 [good]
Sevilla: Beto 5,80 - Coke 5,30, Fazio 4,50, Spahic 5,00, F. Navarro 4,70, Maduro 4,90 - Medel 5,90 (70' Alberto 5,80), Jesús Navas 5,70, Reyes 5,60 (70' Del Moral 6,60), Kondogbia 5,90 (78' Hervás 5,80) - Negredo 5,20. - coach: Emery. = average: 5,48 [poor]

Today 21 years ago: top rated players Serie A.

6,81 Kohler (Juventus)
6,75 Rijkaard (Milan), Zola (Napoli)
6,69 Van Basten (Milan)
6,65 F. Baresi (Milan), Marchegiani (Torino)
6,63 Fusi (Torino), Shalimov (Foggia)
6,55 Maldini (Milan)
6,53 Annoni (Torino)

Player ratings Paris St Germain 3, Bastia 1.

1-0 56' Ménez, 2-0 72' Ibrahimovic penalty, 2-1 83' Khazri, 3-1 89' Lavezzi. Att: 44.619.
Paris-SG: Sirigu 5,90 - Maxwell 6,10, Alex Costa 6,60, Armand 6,40, Van der Wiel 5,10 - Lucas 5,80 (75' Lavezzi), Pastore 6,00 (71' Matuidi), Verratti 6,80, Chantôme 6,10 - Ménez 6,90, Gameiro 5,70 (66' Ibrahimovic). - coach: Ancelotti. = average: 6,13 [satisfactory]
Bastia: Landreau 5,80 - Harek 5,40, Cioni 5,40, Marchal 5,70, Sablé 5,70 (58' Faty) - Rothen 5,70, Palmieri 5,70, Beauvue 5,10 (62' Modeste), Thauvin 6,60, Yatabaré 5,10 (80' Khazri) - Ilan 5,40. - coach: Hantz. = average: 5,60 [failing]


Les notes de PSG-Bastia dans la presse sportive.

La Liga players per Spanish region.

Number of Primera Divisón players per region 1928-2012:

2289 Andalucia
1906 Euskadi (Basque Country)
1612 Cataluña
1232 Madrid
1121 Valencia
929 Galicia
764 Asturias
763 Canarias
705 Castilla & León
453 Navarra
411 Castilla La Mancha
391 Cantabria
362 Murcia
350 Extremadura
331 Aragón
277 Baleares
169 La Rioja

Per milion inhabitants:
884 Euskadi (Basque Country)
731 Navarra
709 Asturias
659 Cantabria
547 La Rioja
360 Canarias
334 Galicia
319 Extremadura
276 Castilla & León
274 Aragón
272 Andalucia
250 Baleares
246 Murcia
237 Valencia
213 Cataluña
196 Castilla La Mancha
190 Madrid

Photo: the Basque flag, ikurriña, exposed for the first time after 39 years, during the Athletic-Real Sociedad in 1976.

Today 18 years ago: Milan 2, Arsenal 0 [European Super Cup]

1-0 41' Boban, 2-0 65' Massaro. Att: 23.973 (San Siro).
Milan: S. Rossi x — Tassotti 6,25, F. Baresi 6,25, Panucci 6,25, Costacurta 6,25 — Albertini 6,50, Donadoni 6,50, Desailly 6,25, Boban 7,00 — Savićević 6,75 (89' Eranio), Massaro 7,50 (80' Di Canio). — coach: Capello. = average: 6,55 [very good]
Arsenal: Seaman 6,75 — Adams 5,50, Dixon 5,75 (67' Keown), Winterburn 6,25, Bould 5,25 — Schwarz 5,75, Merson 5,25, Selley 5,25, K. Campbell 5,00 (77' Parlour) — Hartson 5,25, Wright 6,00. — coach: Graham. = average: 5,64 [failing]

Player ratings Italy 1, Germany 0 [U-21]

1-0 59' Borini. Att: 5000 (Andria).
Italy: Bardi 6,30 - Donati 6,00, Bianchetti 6,20 (81' Romagnoli), Caldirola 6,70, Biraghi 6,30 - Crimi 6,30, Fa. Rossi 6,80, N. Sansone 5,50 (56' Saponara 6,20), L. Insigne 7,40 (92' Frascatore) - Immobile 6,20 (77' Longo), Borini 6,40 (69' Paloschi 6,20). - coach: Mangia. = average: 6,35 [good]
Germany: Leno 6,00 (46' Trapp) - S. Jung 5,30 (46' Jantschke 4,80), Kirchhoff 6,80, Sobiech 6,30, Ostrzolek 6,00 (80' Sorg) - Vogt 6,20 (71' Rüdiger), Herrmann 5,90 (46' Leitner 5,50), Rode 6,00 (46' Beister 6,00), Arslan 5,30 (67' Koch 6,00), Esswein 6,30 - Polter 5,80. - coach: Adrion. = average: 5,88 [vulnerable]


Pagelle Italia-Germania Under 21.
Einzelkritik Italien-Deutschland U 21.

Player ratings Spain 3, Uruguay 1.

1-0 16' Fàbregas, 1-1 32' Cristian Rodríguez, 2-1 51' Pedro, 3-1 74' Pedro. Att: 50.000 (Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar)
Spain: Víctor Valdés 6,40 - Sergio Ramos 6,10, César Azpilicueta 6,10, Jordi Alba 5,80 (78' Nacho Monreal), Carles Puyol 5,40 (46' Gerard Piqué 6,60) - Andrés Iniesta 6,40 (60' Isco 6,40), Santiago Cazorla 6,10 (71' Mario Suárez 5,70), Sergio Busquets 6,10 - Pedro 6,90 (75' Álvaro Negredo), Juan Mata 6,20 (46' David Villa 6,40), Cesc Fàbregas 6,80. - coach: Del Bosque. = average: 6,23 [solid]
Uruguay: Fernando Muslera 4,10 - Diego Godín 4,90, Maxi Pereira 6,10, Martín Cáceres 6,40, Diego Lugano 5,60 - Cristian Rodríguez 6,60 (69' Gonzalo Castro), Diego Pérez 6,10 (65' Arévalo Ríos), Nicolás Lodeiro 5,40 (77' Walter Gargano), Álvaro González 6,00 (80' Matías Aguirregaray) - Edinson Cavani 6,40 (71' Diego Forlán), Luis Suárez 6,60. - coach: Tabárez. = average: 5,84 [mediocre]

Las notas de España 3, Uruguay 1 en la prensa deportiva internacional.

Player ratings France 1, Germany 2.

1-0 44' Valbuena, 1-1 T. Müller, 1-2 74' Khedira. Att: 78.000 (Stade de France).
France: Hugo Lloris 6,20 - Bacary Sagna 6,10, Mamadou Sakho 6,00, Laurent Koscielny 5,90 (46' Adil Rami 5,40), Patrice Evra 5,60 - Yohan Cabaye 5,80, Blaise Matuidi 6,10 (46' Etienne Capoue 5,10), Moussa Sissoko 5,90 (80' Olivier Giroud 5,90), Mathieu Valbuena 6,40 (86' Jérémy Menez), Franck Ribéry 6,60 - Karim Benzema 6,00. - coach: Deschamps. = average: 5,93 [vulnerable]
Germany: René Adler 6,40 - Philipp Lahm 6,20, Mats Hummels 6,20, Per Mertesacker 6,20, Benedikt Höwedes 6,00 - Lukas Podolski 6,00 (68' André Schürrle 5,80), Mesut Özil 7,00, Sami Khedira 6,80, Thomas Müller 6,50 (89' Lars Bender), Ilkay Gündogan 6,60 - Mario Gómez 5,40 (57' Toni Kroos 5,60). - coach: Löw. = average: 6,21 [solid]


Les notes de France-Allemagne 1-2.
Einzelkritik Frankreich-Deutschland 1:2.

Player ratings England 2, Brazil 1.

1-0 26' Rooney, 1-1 48' Fred, 2-1 60' Lampard. Att: 87.453 (Wembley).
England: Joe Hart 6,60 - Gary Cahill 5,70, Ashley Cole 5,60 (46' Leighton Baines 6,30), Chris Smalling 6,00, Glen Johnson 6,20 - Tom Cleverley 6,50 (46' Frank Lampard 6,50), Steven Gerrard 6,70, Jack Wilshere 7,70, Theo Walcott 6,80 (76' Aaron Lennon), Danny Welbeck 5,90 (61' James Milner 5,70) - Wayne Rooney 6,60. - coach: Hodgson. = average: 6,34 [good]
Brazil: Júlio César 6,80 - Dani Alves 5,80, Adriano 5,60 (80' Filipe Luís), David Luiz 6,30 (79' Miranda), Dante 5,70 - Ronaldinho 4,90 (46' Lucas Moura 5,90), Ramires 5,30 (46' Arouca 5,80), Paulinho 5,50 (62' Jean 5,70), Oscar 6,70, Neymar 5,60 - Luís Fabiano 4,90 (46' Fred 6,50). - coach: Scolari. = average: 5,89 [mediocre]

Notas dos jogadores Inglaterra 2 x 1 Brasil.

Player ratings Sweden 2, Argentina 3.

0-1 3' og Lustig, 1-1 17' Jonas Olsson, 1-2 19' Agüero, 1-3 23' Higuaín, 2-3 94' R. Elm. Att: 49.646 (Friends Arena, Solna).
Sweden: Andreas Isaksson 6,30 - Martin Olsson 6,00, Jonas Olsson 6,00, Andreas Granqvist 5,20, Mikael Lustig 5,00 (60' Adam Johansson 6,00) - Anders Svensson 4,80 (61' Rasmus Elm 6,30), Tobias Hysén 5,30, Sebastian Larsson 5,00, Kim Källström 5,80 (77' Pontus Wernbloom), Alexander Kačaniklić 5,80 (77' Jimmy Durmaz) - Zlatan Ibrahimović 5,80 (46' Mathias Ranégie 5,50). - coach: Hamrén. = average: 5,63 [failing]
Argentina: Sergio Romero 6,00 - Pablo Zabaleta 6,50 (61' Cristian Ansaldi 6,30), Ezequiel Garay 6,00 (87' Fabricio Coloccini), Hugo Campagnaro 5,40, Federico Fernández 5,70 - Fernando Gago 7,20 (68' Ever Banega 6,20), Ángel Di María 7,50 (46' Walter Montillo 6,30), Javier Mascherano 6,70 - Lionel Messi 6,90, Gonzalo Higuaín 7,90 (90' Franco Di Santo), Sergio Agüero 7,20 (75' Ezequiel Lavezzi). - coach: Sabella. = average: 6,56 [excellent]