Some familiar names are jostling for position at the top of the standings for the 2025/26 Champions League Golden Boot award.
This is the second season of the competition with the new revamped league phase format. Dortmund’s Serhou Guirassy and Barca’s Raphinha were the top scorers last season with 13 goals each.
Here is a look at the SSC Napoli vs SCP player ratings from their UCL game on 1 October 2025 from the Portuguese and Italian newspapers. Napoli beat Sporting CP 2-1, with Rasmus Hojlund, the Danish striker on loan at the Serie A outfit from Manchester United, playing a starring role for Antonio Conte’s men.
Napoli 2 (Hojlund*2)
Sporting CP 1 (Suarez pen)
Napoli vs Sporting Lisbon 2025 player ratings from O Jogo Newspaper
Portuguese sports paper O Jogo had Hojlund as the pick of the players in this Napoli SCP clash, giving him a 8/10. Not too far behind was Kevin de Bruyne, with the ex Man City star getting a 7/10.
Here is a look at the BVB vs Athletic Club player ratings from their Champions League game on 1 October, 2025. Borussia Dortmund beat Bilbao 4-1, and we have player ratings from German newspaper Bild and Spanish paper Diario AS.
BVB scored four goals for the second gameweek running in this season’s UCL, having drawn 4-4 with Juventus a fortnight ago.
Dortmund 4 (Svensson, Chukwumeka, Guirassy, Brandt)
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Guruzeta)
Dortmund 4-1 Bilbao player ratings Bild newspaper
(6 very bad, 1 very good)
Karim Adeyemi the pick of the Dortmund players against Athletic Bilbao in Bild’s eyes. They however thought Jobe Bellingham didn’t have a great game.
