Month: April 2023

Spanish Newspaper Player Ratings Real Madrid 2-0 Chelsea UCL 2023 QF First Leg April 12

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Here is a look at the paper player ratings for Real Madrid vs Chelsea from the likes of L’Equipe, Marca and Diario Sport following the former’s 2-0 win at the Bernabeu in the first leg. Real were better than Chelsea on xG, and the player ratings show what a disappointing performance it was from the Blues.

L’Equipe player ratings Real Madrid vs Chelsea First Leg Quarter Final Champions League

A 2/10 player rating for Wesley Fofana against Real Madrid from French newspaper L’Equipe. Joao Felix and Ben Chilwell got a 3/0 rating.

Real Madrid vs Chelsea 2023 Player Ratings L'Equipe

Marca Spain newspaper player ratings Real Madrid 2-0 Chelsea 2023

Spanish sports paper Marca thought Fofana, Thiago Silva and Felix weren’t worthy of a rating here!

Real Chelsea Player Ratings UCL Marca

Diario Sport Spanish paper player ratings for RMA 2 CFC 0

Sport had Camavinga as Real’s worst player against Chelsea.

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xG AC Milan Napoli 2023 Champions League | Expected Goals MIL 1-0 NAP Attendance 74,742

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Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from AC Milan vs Napoli (Crowd Attendance 74,742 at the San Siro in Milan; UCL Quarterfinal First Leg on 12 April, 2023).

Napoli had more shots, and thus more xG, and will be ruing some of their misses, especially Kvicha’s 1st minute one that could’ve changed the tone of the game early in the fixture.

xG AC Milan 0.87-1.27 Napoli shots map (Actual score ACM 1-0 NAP)

1-0 Bennacer goal vs Napoli xG 0.12

xG AC Milan vs Napoli Champions League 2023

1st minute Khvicha Kvaratskhelia chance vs Milan xG 0.40
25th minute Rafael Leao chance vs Napoli xG 0.15
45+3′ Simon Kjaer header chance vs Napoli xG 0.21 (free header, but hits bar)
87th minute Di Lorenzo chance vs Milan xG 0.16 (saved by Maignan)
87th minute Mario Rui header chance v Milan xG 0.13 (wide)

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xG Real Madrid Chelsea 2023 Champions League | Expected Goals RMA 2-0 CHE Attendance 63,142

Click here for xG stats Chelsea 0-2 Real Madrid Second Leg UCL QF April 18 2023

Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Real Madrid vs Chelsea (Attendance of 63,142 in the first leg UCL Quarterfinal on April 12, 2023). A comfortable win for Real, with Chelsea really not troubling them.

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xG Real Madrid 2.09-0.52 Chelsea shots map (Actual score RMA 2-0 CFC)

1-0 Benzema goal vs Chelsea xG 0.96
2-0 Asensio goal vs Chelsea xG 0.06

90+2′ Benzema header chance vs Chelsea xG 0.24

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