Here is a look the Spain vs Saudi Arabia player ratings from the big Spanish and European newspapers for their World Cup 2026. The introduction of Lamine Yamal into the starting XI paid rich dividends for Spain as they raced to a 3-0 half time lead, and eventually won 4-0, just days after they had drawn 0-0 against Cape Verde.
Mundo Deportivo player ratings Spain vs Saudi Arabia
Here is a look at the Germany vs Cote d’Ivoire player ratings for their World Cup 2026 match from the big European sports newspapers. Germany won 2-1 thanks to a brace from Denis Undav.
Bild player ratings Germany vs Ivory Coast 2026
(Note German rating system, so 1 very good, 6 very bad)
Felix Nmecha was Germany’s standout player against Ivory Coast in the eyes of German paper Bild- he got the same rating as double goal scorer Undav did off the bench. Liverpool’s Wirtz and Arsenal’s Havertz had ordinary days, with a rating of 4 under the German system (ditto for Sane and Musiala)
L’Equipe player ratings Germany vs CIV 2026
French newspaper L’Equipe thought Ivory Coast’s starting players were better than Germany’s, as shown by their average team rating below.
Here are the player ratings for Netherlands vs Sweden at the 2026 World Cup from the big European newspapers. The Swedes suffered their biggest World Cup defeat since 1950, with Brian Brobbey and Cody Gakpo helping the Netherlands win 5-1.
Diario AS player ratings Netherlands vs Sweden 5-1
Not surprisingly, Spanish paper AS thought that new Sunderland signing Brobbey and Liverpool’s Gakpo were the pick of the Dutch players on the evening (3 stars each for both of them), and more than half the Swedish team weren’t deemed worthy of a rating.
This was a WC fixture with plenty of Premier League based players on either side.
L’Equipe player ratings Holland 5-1 Sweden World Cup 2026
A 3.3/10 average player rating for the Swedish team from L’Equipe pretty much told the story of the afternoon, with several Swedish players, including defenders Isak Hien and Victor Lindelof and goalkeeper Nordfeldt given a 2/10 rating.
L’Equipe are also generally hard to please with their ratings, but they liked the impact West Ham’s Summerville made off the bench (he got 8/10 as a sub)