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Saka, Rice, Refeee Zwayer & others- L’Equipe Bild Marca Newspaper Player Ratings England v Holland Euro 2024

Here is a look at the European newspaper player ratings for England vs Netherlands. The Three Lions edged this clash 2-1 and we have ratings from French, German as well as Spanish papers (England will meet Spain in the final).

L’Equipe player ratings for England vs Netherlands

The French paper thought Arsenal midfielder Rice had a rare off-day (he was dispossessed for the Simons goal), and gave him a 5. Saka got a 6, while Real Madrid star Bellingham was given a 3.

L’Equipe was also unhappy with the performance of referee Felix Zwayer, giving him a 4/10 ref rating.

England vs Netherlands Player Ratings L'Equipe 2024

Bild player ratings Netherlands 1-2 England

(Note German rating system; 1 very good, 6 very bad)

Xavi Simons was the only player on either side to get a 2- no one got the best 1 rating. It was a pretty average game by Bild’s standards, as demonstrated by the number of 3’s and 4’s in terms of player ratings that they gave both sides.

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116 km/h- Shot power of Xavi Simons goal vs England after dispossessing Declan Rice in Euro 2024 SF

Xavi Simons’ goal against England in their Euro 2024 semifinal had a shot power of 116 km/h, as shown by the official broadcasters on TV. Simons’ goal put the Netherlands 1-0 up in the 7th minute- a powerful effort that Three Lions goalkeeper Jordan Pickford got a hand to, but was simply unable to stop from going into the back of the net.

Simons’ goal came from around 21 meters out and had a xG of 0.04 (Yamal’s goal was from 25m out and had slightly lesser speed than Simons’ one)

Shot power Simons goal vs England Euro 2024

However, Yamal’s goal had a spin of 6 (RPS), but that value was 1 for Simons’ strike (see above)

Simons dispossessed Arsenal’s Declan Rice in midfield- not many folks manage to do so, before unleashing his thunderbolt. It was his second international goal for the Netherlands and meant that Gareth Southgate’s England had conceded first in each of their knockout games at these Euros (v Slovakia, v Switzerland and now Holland)

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xG stats France vs Spain Euro 2024 Semifinal | Only 1 shot for Espana in second half

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Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats for France vs Spain from their Euro 2024 semifinal. The star of the show was Lamine Yamal, as shown in these player ratings for the game from the newspapers– his marvellous strike started Spain’s comeback.

xG France 0.81-0.49 Spain shots map (Actual score FRA 1-2 ESP)

1-0 Kolo Muani header goal vs Spain xG 0.26
1-1 Lamine Yamal goal vs France xG 0.03
1-2 Dani Olmo goal vs France xG 0.09

Spain had only one shot after the interval– one from Lamine Yamal in the 81st minute. In fact, 3 of Spain’s 6 shots in the full game were taken by Yamal (his goal plus ones in the 40th and 81st minutes). Two shots went to Fabian Ruiz (5th minute header and 36th minute shot)

xG France vs Spain Euro 2024

France had only 3 shots in the first half (two to Mbappe- both blocked) and the Kolo Muani goal.

They had some chances after the interval- not very high on xG, but decent-ish chances. They primarily went to

Hernandez 76th minute (over the bar; unmarked on edge of area), Mbappe 86th minute, Tchouameni (53rd minute header) and Upamecano (63rd minute header)

France’s overall 9 shots breakdown- Mbappe 4; Tchouameni, Greizmann, Upamecano, Hernandez and Kolo Muani 1 each.

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