Here are the player ratings from Spain 3-0 Croatia at Euro 2024 from some of Europe’s biggest sports newspapers. It was a rare game when Spain had less than 50% of possession, but they won it on the back of a strong first half performance.
Marca player ratings Spain v Croatia
Spanish paper Marca thought Gvardiol wasn’t worthy of a rating in this game and gave Rodri a single star. They had a favourable view of Cucurella, giving him 2 stars.
Diario AS player ratings Spain-Croatia 3-0
Cucurella got 3 stars from Madrid based AS- the highest rating they gave to several Spanish players in this game. Gvardiol was again deemed not worthy of a rating here, while Kovacic got a single star. Two stars for Rodri from AS.
L’Equipe player ratings Spain 3 Croatia 0
L’Equipe was a rare publication which thought Cucurella had a poor game- the Chelsea left back was given a 5/10 for his performance by the French paper
Gvardiol got the same rating too while midfielder Rodri emerged with a 7/10, the next best for Spain in their eyes after Fabian Ruiz. Mateo Kovacic got a 6/10 (better than Luka Modric and Marcelo Brozovic)
