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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

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Marca AS Player Ratings Spain 3-3 Holland | How did Cucurella, VVD, Merino fare?

Here is a look at the Spanish newspaper player ratings following European champions Spain’s 3-3 draw against the Netherlands in Valencia. Spain went on to win the resulting penalty shootout 5-4 and progressed to the semifinals.

Diario AS player ratings Spain v Holland Second Leg

Four Spanish players were deemed as La Furia Roja’s best players on the night- goalkeeper Unai Simon, defender Dean Huijsen and forwards Mikel Oyarzabal and Nico Williams, with the quartet getting three stars.

Marc Cucurella had a forgettable first leg in Rotterdam, but managed two stars here in AS’ books.

Spain 3-3 Holland Player Ratings 2025 Diario AS

Arsenal’s Mikel Merino, a late substitute off the bench, was given a single star.

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How did Merino, Cucurella & others fare? Spanish Newspaper Player Ratings Holland 2-2 Spain 2025

Here is a look at the player ratings from some of the big Spanish sports newspapers following the country’s 2-2 draw against the Netherlands in the first leg of their Nations League quarterfinal.

Netherlands 2 (Gakpo, Reijnders) Spain 2 (Nico Williams, Merino)

Spain managed to come away with a draw thanks to a stoppage time equaliser from Arsenal’s Mikel Merino.

Diario AS player ratings Netherlands 2-2 Spain

AS thought Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella didn’t deserve a rating for his performance.

Mikel Merino, a late replacement off the bench (replacing Fabian Ruiz) got 2 stars for his impressive cameo that also produced La Furia Roja’s late equaliser.

Holland vs Spain 2025 Player Ratings Diario AS

Nobody in the Spain starting lineup got more than 2 stars, but on the Netherlands side, Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo was one of two players to get 3 stars. His Liverpool team mate, Virgil van Dijk, however got only a single star.

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