UEFA Champions League

Newspaper Player Ratings Rasenballsport Leipzig 3-0 Spurs 10 March 2020 Champions League Second Leg- Alli, Dier, Sessegnon, Sabitzer

Here is a look at the player ratings from several different newspapers (English, French, Spanish, German) from RB Leipzig’s 3-0 win over Tottenham in the second leg of their Champions League Round of 16 clash.

L’Equipe player ratings Leipzig-Tottenham 3-0

L’Equipe, it appears, were horrified by Spurs’ second leg performance. Eric Dier got a 2/10 player rating, and many of his team mates were given 3/10, as was manager Jose Mourinho. Spurs had a team rating of 3.3/10, as opposed to RBL’s 6.3/10.

Leipzig vs Tottenham Player Ratings Second Leg L'Equipe

Telegraph player ratings Leipzig v Spurs Second Leg

4/10 for both Hugo Lloris and Serge Aurier from the UK Telegraph. 6/10 for the troika of Harry Winks, Dele Alli and Giovani Lo Celso.

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Newspaper Player Ratings Valencia 3-4 Atalanta 10 March 2020 Champions League Second Leg-Ilicic excellent, Diakhaby poor

Here is a look at the player ratings from different European newspapers (French, Italian, Spanish) following Atalanta’s 4-3 second leg Round of 16 win over Valencia at the Mestalla, which sealed the Italian side’s passage into the last eight at the expense of Los Che. Josip Ilicic scored all four goals for Atalanta, making him the oldest player to score a Champions League away hat trick.

L’Equipe player ratings Valencia 3-4 Atalanta

The French publication gave Ilicic a 9/10 player rating, just stopping short of awarding him one of their rare perfect 10’s. On the VCF side, Diakhaby got a player rating of 2/10!

Valencia vs Atalanta Player Ratings 2020 L'Equipe

Corriere della Sera player ratings Valencia-Atalanta 3-4

While L’Equipe thought Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Sportiello’s performance only warranted a 4/10 rating, Italian paper Corriere dello Sport gave him a 6.5/10! They also thought Gian Piero Gasperini outplayed his VCF counterpart Albert Celades, with the former getting a manager rating of 8/10 as opposed to the latter’s 5/10.

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Valencia vs Atalanta 3-4 Goals Second Leg 2020- Josip Ilicic scores four against VCF behind closed doors

Valencia vs Atalanta 2020 (VCF-Atalanta 2020)

Final score and result: VCF vs Atalanta 3-4 (Gameiro*2, Ferran Torres/Ilicic*4)- Atalanta win 8-4 on aggregate

Mestalla, Valencia- 10 March, 2020- Second Leg

Josip Ilicic becomes the oldest player to score an away hat trick in the CL (at the age of 32 years, 41 days) as Atalanta advance to the last eight following a 4-3 win at the Mestalla.

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