UEFA Champions League

Opponent watch- PSG vs OGC Nice 1-3 Player Ratings 2025 (from L’Equipe)

Here is a look at the Paris SG vs OGC Nice player ratings from their league clash on 25 April 2025 from well known French newspaper L’Equipe.

This was PSG’s last league game before the first leg of their upcoming Champions League semifinal against Arsenal and the Parisians lost 3-1 at home to OGCN.

PSG 1 (Ruiz)
Nice 3 (Sanson*2, Ndayishimiye)

L’Equipe player ratings Paris SG 1-3 Nice April 2025

PSG had 32 shots to Nice’s 7, 17 corners to Nice’s 0, and 76% ball possession, but lost 3-1.

PSG vs OGC Nice 2025 Player Ratings L'Equipe

The PSG team that started against Nice in this 3-1 loss was virtually the same one that had taken the field in their UCL QF against Aston Villa (with the exception of Doue starting instead of Barcola). And L’Equipe, as you’d expect weren’t too happy with the Parisians’ performance, giving them an average rating of 3.9/10

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Second Leg Marca L’Equipe Player Ratings Real Madrid 1-2 Arsenal 2025- Mbappe, Rice, Bellingham

Here is a look at the Real Madrid vs Arsenal 1-2 player ratings from the big European sports newspapers following the second leg of their Champions League quarterfinal. Arsenal won 2-1 at the Bernabeu to win the tie 5-2 on aggregate, and advanced to a semifinal clash against Paris SG.

L’Equipe player ratings Real Madrid 1 Arsenal 2 UCL QF 2nd Leg

The French newspaper gave Real Madrid a team rating of 4/10, with the likes of Alaba (2/10), Bellingham (3/10 rating) and Rodrygo (3/10) all having a disappointing evening in their books. Kylian Mbappe got a 4/10, and the only Real Madrid player to emerge with an element of credit was Belgian keeper Thibault Courtois, who got a 6/10 rating.

Real Madrid vs Arsenal FC 2025 Player Ratings L'Equipe

On the Arsenal side, as with the first leg at the Emirates Stadium, Declan Rice was again a standout player, with the midfielder getting a 8/10 rating from L’Equipe.

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Referee announced for Arsenal Real second leg- Same ref as Euro 2024 final & previous UCL QF’s!

A French referee has been appointed for the second leg of Arsenal’s upcoming Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid, with Francois Letexier set to take charge of the game. Letexier was also the ref for last year’s Euro 2024 final between Spain and England, but has never refereed an Arsenal game so far.

While this will be Arsenal’s first game with Letexier as ref, he’s already been in charge of several Real Madrid games so far, including a 2-0 loss to Liverpool FC in the league phase of this year’s Champions League.

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