European Championships

L’Equipe Marca Player Ratings Spain 5-4 France 2025- How did Maignan, Zubimendi, Konate & others fare?

Here is a look at the player ratings for Spain vs France in the Nations League semifinal from the big French and Spanish newspapers. European champions Spain beat the French 5-4 in a nine-goal thriller to advance a final showdown against Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo.

L’Equipe player ratings Spain 5-4 France UNL

Not surprisingly, L’Equipe had some harsh player ratings for France’s starters. Goalkeeper Mike Maignan, linked with a switch to Chelsea, got a 3/10. There were some even worse Les Bleus players in L’Equipe’s eyes, among them was Liverpool central defender Ibrahima Konate, who got a 2/10 rating (as did defensive partner Lenglet)

Spain 5-4 France L'Equipe Player Ratings 2025

Read more

Bild O Jogo Player Ratings Germany 1-2 Portugal 2025- How did Wirtz, Sane, Pedro Neto fare?

Portugal stunned Germany 2-1 in the Nations League semi-final in Munich last night, and here’s a look at the player ratings for the game from the European press, including German publication Bild and Portuguese newspaper O Jogo.

Germany 1 (Wirtz) Portugal 2 (Conceicao, Ronaldo)

Bild player ratings Germany vs Portugal UNL 2025

(Note- German rating system, so the lower the score the better)

Bild had goalkeeper Ter Stegen as the best German player against Portugal in this UNL semi-final. Florian Wirtz, linked heavily with Liverpool, and scorer of Germany’s only goal on the evening, was a little behind with a 3 rating.

Leroy Sane, linked with a surprise Arsenal switch, got a 4.

Germany vs Portugal 2025 Player Ratings Bild

Read more

L’Equipe AS Player Ratings France 2-0 Croatia 2025- How did Saliba, Gvardiol & co fare?

Here is a look at the player ratings for France v Croatia (Nations League quarter final second leg). Les Bleus won 2-0 to overturn a two goal loss from the first leg, and then prevailed on penalties.

L’Equipe player ratings France vs Croatia 2-0 March 24 2025

Both William Saliba and Ibrahima Konate had a forgettable first leg against Croatia. Arsenal’s Saliba was retained for the second leg, but LFC defender Konate made way for Bayern’s Dayot Upamecano in the heart of defence.

L’Equipe thought Upamecano was the pick of France’s defenders, giving him a 8/10 player rating, the joint highest alongside Michael Olise.

Saliba received a 6/10 for his performance as did Manchester City’s Gvardiol.

France 2-0 Croatia L'Equipe Player Ratings 2025

Read more