UEFA Champions League

Player Ratings Ajax 3-0 Lille 2019 Champions League | Renato Sanches struggles

Here are the French newspaper player ratings for Ajax 3-0 Lille from noted publication L’Equipe. Last season’s semi-finalists prevailed 3-0 over LOSC in front of a 51,441 strong crowd.

L’Equipe weren’t very pleased with Renato Sanches, to put it mildly, giving him a player rating of just 2/10. For Ajax, Tagliafico, Onana and David Neres were given 8/10 for their performance.

While Michael Oliver was given a 8/10 for his performance as referee in Lyon vs Zenit, L’Equipe weren’t very impressed with Serbian referee Jovanovic, rating him a 4/10.

Player Ratings Ajax 3-0 Lille L'Equipe

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Player Ratings Lyon 1-1 Zenit St.Petersburg 2019 Champions League- Jeff Reine-Adelaide & Sardar Azmoun impress

Here are the newspaper ratings for Lyon vs Zenit St.Petersburg from noted French paper L’Equipe. Zenit took the lead in front of the 47,201 strong crowd at the Groupama Arena through Sardar Azmoun (41), but OL equalised in the second half through a Memphis Depay penalty.

L’Equipe thought Azmoun and Reine-Adelaide were the best players from either side, giving both a 7/10. None of the other OL outfield players- Depay, Tousart and Dembele included, got more than 5. Interestingly though, referee Michael Oliver secured a higher rating than any of the players, getting a 8/10 for his performance!

Lyon 1-1 Zenit Player Ratings CL

Player Ratings Lyon 1-1 Zenit 2019 L'Equipe

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Newspaper Player Ratings RB Salzburg 6-2 Genk 2019 Champions League | Erling Braut Håland & Hwang Hee-Chan star

Here are the newspaper player ratings from both Belgium and Austria following Salzburg’s 6-2 win over KRC Genk in the Champions League. Erling Braut Haaland and Hwang Hee-Chan the stars of the show, with both instrumental in Red Bull’s win. Haaland, the son of Alf-Inge, created history by scoring on his Champions League debut- the youngest to do so!

Genk player ratings vs Salzburg (from Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad and Het Belang van Limburg)

Player Ratings Genk 2-6 Salzburg 2019 Champions League

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