German Cup- Bayern to face S04 in last eight

Defending champions Bayern Munich have been drawn against fellow Bundesliga outfit Schalke 04 in the last eight of the German Cup. While Bayern’s recent record against Schalke has been fantastic, the Royal Blues do have home advantage, and will be hoping to make that count when they square off against the Bavarian giants.

Schalke are the third most successful team in Pokal history after Bayern and Werder Bremen, but last won the tournament back in 2011. Since then, they’ve made it past the quarterfinal stage only once in eight attempts.

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Spanish Newspaper Player Ratings Real Betis 2-3 Barcelona February 2020- How did de Jong, Messi & Griezmann play?

Here is how the big Spanish sports newpapers rated Real Betis and Barca’s players following the latter’s narrow 3-2 win at the Villamarin on 9 February, 2020

Barca starting XI v Betis 2020: Ter Stegen, Semedo, Umtiti, Lenglet, Junior Firpo, Frenkie de Jong, Arturo Vidal, Messi, Sergi Roberto, Griezmann

Sport Newspaper player ratings Real Betis vs Barcelona 9 February, 2020

Sport were scathing in their Barca player ratings- Lionel Messi and Frenkie de Jong both got 8/10, but everyone else struggled. Barca’s team rating was 5/10, as opposed to the 6/10 for Betis, who ended up on the losing side.

Player Ratings Real Betis 2-3 Barcelona 9 February 2020 Sport Newspaper

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French Newspaper Player Ratings PSG 4-2 Lyon 9 February 2020- Di Maria good; Kimpembe, Icardi, Draxler, Rafael poor

Here are the player ratings from the big French newspapers following Paris SG’s 4-2 win over Olympique Lyonnais at Parc des Princes on 9 February, 2020.

PSG starting lineup: Navas, Meunier, Kehrer, Kimpembe, Kurzawa, Gueye, Verratti, Draxler, Di Maria, Mbappe, Icardi
OL starting XI: Lopes, Rafael, Marcelo, Denayer, Marcal, Thiago Mendes, Tousart, Aouar, Cherki, Dembele, Terrier

L’Equipe player ratings PSG-Lyon 4-2

L’Equipe were critical of both sets of players- PSG had a team rating of 5, primarily bolstered by Di Maria’s 8/10 rating, while OL were given a team rating of 4/10. Aouar, Terrier and Dembele were the only starting Lyon players to be rated 5 or higher. OL left back Marcal got a 2/10 while former Man Utd player Rafael, starting at right back was given a 3/10.

Player Ratings PSG 4-2 Lyon L'Equipe

Le Parisien PSG player ratings vs OL 2020

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