O Jogo Record Player Ratings SL Benfica vs Qarabag FK 2-3 Champions League 2025

Here is a look at the Benfica vs Qarabag FK player ratings from the big Portuguese newspapers for their UCL game on 16 September, 2025. A massive, massive upset as Qarabag created history by becoming the first Azerbaijani side to win a CL league game- they came from 2-0 down to beat SLB 3-2.

Benfica sacked Bruno Lage after this defeat & it’s rumoured that former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho will take over from Lage (SLB’s next UCL game is against Chelsea)

Benfica 2 (Barrenechea 6′, Pavlidis 16′)
Qarabag FK 3 (Leandro Andrade 30′, Duran 48′, Kashchuk 86′)

O Jogo player ratings Benfica-Qarabag 2-3 Champs League

Antonio Silva and Otamendi were the worst Benfica players against Qarabag in the eyes of Portuguese sports newspapers O Jogo. No SL Benfica player got a rating of more than 6/10.

SL Benfica vs Qarabag FK Player Ratings 2025 L'Equipe

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L’Equipe Marca AS Player Ratings Athletic Bilbao 0-2 Arsenal Champions League 2025- Eze, Madueke, Gyokeres

Here is a look at the Athletic Bilbao vs Arsenal newspaper player ratings from the big European media outlets following their MD1 Champions League clash on 16 September, 2025. Arsenal won 2-0 at San Mames thanks to goals from Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard.

L’Equipe player ratings Athletic Bilbao vs Arsenal 2025 UCL

L’Equipe have notoriously tough ratings and that’s reflected here, with both Arsenal and Athletic Club having an average team rating of below 5.

No Arsenal starting player gets more than a 6/10 in L’Equipe’s books, with Eze and Gyokeres both considered to be the worst AFC players on the evening (3/10 rating) by the French paper. Noni Madueke, a summer signing from Chelsea, got a 4/10 rating here from L’Equipe.

Athletic Bilbao vs Arsenal 2025 Player Ratings UCL

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Referee announced for Athletic Bilbao vs Arsenal- Same ref who was in charge of MUFC defeats to Copenhagen & Astana

The referee for the Athletic Club vs Arsenal UCL Matchday 1 clash on September 16, 2025 has been announced as Donatas Rumsas. The 37-year-old Lithuanian is the same ref who was in charge of Manchester United’s European defeats to FC Copenhagen (4-3 loss in the 23/24 Champions League) and FC Astana (2-1 loss in the 19/20 Europa League).

In that 4-3 Man Utd defeat to FCK, Rumsas also sent off Marcus Rashford and awarded penalties to both clubs, which were converted by Diogo Goncalves and Bruno Fernandes respectively.

Interestingly, this is the first time Rumsas will also referee a game involving a La Liga club in the Champions League.

donatas rumsas referee

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