Month: October 2020

Golden Boy 2020 Award Shortlist- List of 20 nominees sorted by club & player nationality

Here is a look at the official 20 member shortlist for the 2020 Golden Boy award that was officially announced earlier today (October 15, 2020).

Edit- November 21, 2020– Erling Haaland has been officially named the Golden Boy award winner for 2020.

2020 Golden Boy nominees sorted by club

Borussia Dortmund: 2 (Jadon Sancho, Erling Haaland)
Man City: 2 (Phil Foden, Ferran Torres)
Barcelona: 2 (Ansu Fati, Sergino Dest)
Real Madrid: 2 (Vinicius Jr, Rodrygo)
Bayern Munich: 1 (Alphonso Davies)
Arsenal: 1 (Bukayo Saka)
Wolves: 1 (Fabio Silva)
Ajax: 1 (Ryan Gravenberch)
Rennes: 1 (Eduardo Camavinga)
Man Utd: 1 (Mason Greenwood)
Chelsea: 1 (Callum Hudson-Odoi)
Juventus: 1 (Dejan Kulusevski)
Red Bull Salzburg: 1 (Dominik Szoboszlai)
PSG: 1 (Mitchel Bakker)
AC Milan: 1 (Sandro Tonali)
Lille: 1 (Jonathan David)

2020 Golden Boy Award Shortlist

Which club has the most Golden Boy nominees for the year 2020?

Four clubs- Dortmund, Man City, Barcelona and Real Madrid have two Golden Boy nominees each, with 12 other clubs having a single representative.

2020 Golden Boy nominees sorted by league

All club names are the player’s current ones as on October 15, 2020

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Portugal vs Sweden Newpaper Player Ratings October 14 2020 | Diogo Jota, Joao Felix, Lindelof, Kulusevski, Lustig

Here is a look at the player ratings for Portugal vs Sweden on October 14, 2020 from the big Portuguese and Swedish newspapers. New Liverpool signing Diogo Jota the star of the evening, with his brace helping the Selecao (playing without Cristiano Ronaldo) to a 3-0 win. We’ve collated these player ratings from four different papers.

Record player ratings for Portugal vs Sweden (out of 5)

Record gave Jota a 5 player rating, but were less impressed with attacking team mate Joao Felix, who got a 2 (the lowest of the Portuguese starting players)

Portugal 3-0 Sweden Player Ratings 2020 October 14 Record

O Jogo player ratings Portugal 3-0 Suecia (out of 10)

A 8/10 player rating for Jota from O Jogo. They were disappointed with the Swedish defensive trio of Pontus Jansson, Victor Lindelof and Mikael Lustig, giving them a 3/10 for their performances.

Portugal vs Sweden 2020 Player Ratings O Jogo

Aftonbladet newspaper Sweden player ratings vs Portugal NL October 2020

Mostly single and double stars for Sweden’s players from local paper Aftonbladet.

Sweden player ratings vs Portugal October 14 2020 Aftonbladet

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Newspaper Player Ratings Croatia vs France October 14 2020 | Mbappe, Griezmann, Digne

Here is a look at the player ratings for Croatia vs France on October 14, 2020 from the French and Croatian newspapers. Les Bleus came from behind to win this Nations League clash 2-1 in Zagreb.

L’Equipe player ratings Croatia-France October 14 2020 Nations League

Hugo Lloris, Clement Lenglet and Lucas Digne were the pick of the French starting XI according to L’Equipe, who gave Les Bleus a team rating of 5.9. The poorest players on show according to the paper were Vida and Pasalic (both 3/10). Referee Bjorn Kuipers got a 3 as well.

Croatia vs France 2020 Player Ratings 2020 L'Equipe

24 Sata Croatian newspaper ratings Croatia 1-2 France 2020

Like L’Equipe, 24Sata liked Vlasic’s performance for Croatia.

Croatia 1-2 France Player Ratings October 14 2020 24Sata Newspaper

France player ratings vs Croatia October 2020 Le Parisien

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