Saliba, Cucurella, Walker in Euro 2024 Team of the Tournament (all Premier League based back four)

The official Euro 2024 team of the tournament has been announced by governing body UEFA, and not surprisingly, is dominated by champions Spain, with six of the eleven players coming from La Furia Roja.

Spain went 7/7 to win the tournament and dominate the attacking part of this TOTM- the midfield troika (Fabian Ruiz, Dani Olmo, Rodri) is all Spanish, as are two of the top three upfront (Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal). Olmo was not originally in the Spanish starting XI, but came into it after Pedri suffered a tournament ending injury following a Kroos tackle in their last eight clash against Germany.

Interestingly, the back four of this TOTM all play in the Premier League- left back Marc Cucurella (Chelsea), centre backs William Saliba (Arsenal) & Manuel Akanji (Man City) and right back Kyle Walker (also MCFC).

Akanji and Musiala are the only two non-semifinalists in this TOTM. There is however no Dutch player in this XI.

Euro 2024 Team of the Tournament Best XI

UEFA Euro 2024 team of the tournament (with club names and nationality)

Goalkeeper– Maignan (FRA/AC Milan/Serie A)

Defenders– Cucurella (ESP/Chelsea), Saliba (FRA/Arsenal), Akanji (SUI/Man City) and Walker (ENG/Man City)- all Premier League

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How did Saka, Cucurella & others fare? L’Equipe Bild AS Player Ratings England vs Spain Euro 2024 Final

Here is a look at the European newspaper player ratings for England vs Spain in their Euro 2024 final on July 14, 2024. Spain dominated the game on xG and ran out 2-1 winners.

L’Equipe player ratings England v Spain Euro final

The French newspaper, who are notoriously tough to please, didn’t rate a single player on either side above 7. They were particularly harsh on England skipper Harry Kane, giving him a 3/10. L’Equipe also thought Man Utd’s Kobbie Mainoo only merited a 4/10. They gave Spain an average team rating of 6.3/10, as against the 4.9/10 given to the Three Lions here.

England vs Spain Player Ratings L'Equipe

Bild player ratings England 1-2 Spain Euro 2024 Final

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

The German paper thought Nico Williams was the best player on the pitch (Williams got MOTM in this Euro 2024 final), giving him a 1 rating.

Nobody on either side got a 6, but Kane and Phil Foden were both given a 5. Chelsea left back Marc Cucurella, who provided the assist for the winning goal got a 2 here, as did Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.

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List of Man of the Match Winners at Euro 2024- Premier League based players to win MOTM awards

Here is a look at the list of Man of the Match winners for every game at Euro 2024, their nationality and the club/league they were representing. Player clubs are the clubs they were contracted to when the tournament squads were announced.

12 POTM Awards at Euro 2024 have been won by Premier League based players (club breakup below)

Man City (5)– De Bruyne*2, Akanji, Rodri, Bernardo Silva
Liverpool (2)– Cody Gakpo*2
Man Utd (2)– Christian Eriksen*2
Arsenal (1)– Bukayo Saka
Aston Villa (1)– Ollie Watkins
Tottenham Hotspur (1)– Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg

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