Here are the Serbia v England player ratings from the big European newspapers- Bild (Germany), L’Equipe (France) and Diario AS (Spain). England won 1-0 in a game that produced very few chances.
L’Equipe paper player ratings Serbia vs England
Jude Bellingham was the highest rated player on either side in L’Equipe’s player ratings- he got a 7/10. The lowest rated English player was John Stones (3/10). Vlahovic and Gudelj on the Serbian side got a 3/10 from L’Equipe too.
Here are the player ratings from Spain 3-0 Croatia at Euro 2024 from some of Europe’s biggest sports newspapers. It was a rare game when Spain had less than 50% of possession, but they won it on the back of a strong first half performance.
Marca player ratings Spain v Croatia
Spanish paper Marca thought Gvardiol wasn’t worthy of a rating in this game and gave Rodri a single star. They had a favourable view of Cucurella, giving him 2 stars.
Diario AS player ratings Spain-Croatia 3-0
Cucurella got 3 stars from Madrid based AS- the highest rating they gave to several Spanish players in this game. Gvardiol was again deemed not worthy of a rating here, while Kovacic got a single star. Two stars for Rodri from AS.
L’Equipe player ratings Spain 3 Croatia 0
L’Equipe was a rare publication which thought Cucurella had a poor game- the Chelsea left back was given a 5/10 for his performance by the French paper
Gvardiol got the same rating too while midfielder Rodri emerged with a 7/10, the next best for Spain in their eyes after Fabian Ruiz. Mateo Kovacic got a 6/10 (better than Luka Modric and Marcelo Brozovic)
The referee for this weekend’s FA Cup final has been announced, and it’s Andy Madley, the same referee who had the whistle when Manchester United lost 7-0 to Liverpool in March last year. Madley was also the referee when Brighton thrashed United 4-0 at the end of the 2021/22 season.
Has Andy Madley refereed a Manchester Derby before?
Yes, Madley was in fact also in charge of the City v United league clash a couple of months ago (March 2024) at the Etihad, which the former comfortably won 3-1.