South Africa

L’Equipe Diario AS Ole Newspaper Player Ratings South Africa vs Canada Soccer World Cup 2026- Mbokazi, Williams

Here is a look at the newspaper player ratings for the South Africa Bafana vs the Canada MNT for their World Cup Round of 32 clash. The Canadians won thanks to a last minute goal, ending Bafana’s World Cup dreams.

L’Equipe player ratings South Africa vs Canada football

No player on either side got a rating of more than 7/10, and Canada (average rating of 5.4) were marginally better than South Africa (5.1/10) in French newspaper L’Equipe’s eyes.

SA 0-1 Canada MNT Player Ratings World Cup 2026

Diario AS paper player ratings SA vs Canada Soccer World Cup

Spanish newspaper AS liked Mbokazi’s performance in central defence for Bafana. Despite the win, none of the Canadian starters managed a 3 star performance in AS’ player ratings.

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Mexico El Tri vs South Africa Bafana 2026 Newspaper Player Ratings CDS AS L’Equipe- World Cup opening game

Here is a look at the Mexico vs South Africa World Cup 2026 player ratings from the big European sports newspapers. El Tri comfortably beat South Africa 2-0.

Diario AS player ratings Mexico vs South Africa 2-0 World Cup 2026

Diario AS thought some of the South African players- Bafana jersey number 13 Sithole in particular, didn’t deserve a rating here.

Mexico didn’t really have to exert themselves too much for the win- as evinced by loads of El Tri players getting two stars (but no 3 star performance)

Mexico vs Bafana Player Ratings 2026 AS

L’Equipe player ratings MEX 2-0 RSA FWC 2026

Not surprisingly, poor Sithole got a brutal 2/10 rating here from French paper L’Equipe, with the rest of the Bafana players also not really impressing. Sithole was partly responsible for Mexico’s 9th minute opener, which saw Julian Quinones join 22 other players in history as one of the opening World Cup goal scorers. Cesar Montes’ red card spoilt the party a bit for Mexico at the end.

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