He was at the peak of his powers and was taking defenders on and beating them with ease. Karim Benzema scored a stunning hat-trick to knock PSG out of the Champions League, Gianluigi Donnarumma was given just a 2/10 for his performance vs Real Madrid, L'Equpe's player ratings for Real Madrid's 3-1 victory over PSG at the Bernabeu, Man Utd draw up striker shortlist including Robert Lewandowski and Moussa Dembele, PSG bosses confront officials and lash out with "shameful" blast after Champions League exit. The French outlet will often give a genuinely great performance a score as low as 6/10, while if a player has a shocker you better believe theyre not going to pull any punches. Follow the major changes at the Nou Camp in our FREE Barca newsletter. 9 March, 2022 baister007 News March 9, 2022, 11:33 pm Sign in to Troll Football Username Password Keep me logged in Don't have an account ? Both Messi and Neymar were awarded 3/10 by L'quipe, with the pair slammed for inefficiency, and lack of influence on the game. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Real Madrid player ratings vs Barcelona: Ancelotti lost his notebook. Alban Lafont turned in a phenomenal goalkeeping performance against PSG for Nantes just last week. The German forward earned a 10/10 from LEquipe - the last until Mbappe followed his lead on the weekend. It was in the second leg of France's U21 European Championship final against Greece. In addition to Sauzee, France's goalkeeper Bruno Martini was also awarded a 10/10 rating for his heroics between the sticks. View our online Press Pack. Gnabry delayed his impact until the second half, before exploding into life by ruthlessly exploiting Spurs shaky back line with four goals. Danish goalkeeper Lars Windfeld earned a 10/10 rating from L'Equipe thanks to his performance for Aarhus against Nantes in the UEFA Cup back in 1997. Both were substituted off after their struggles, with their replacements Lucas Vazquez and Rodrygo playing much better and helping the Spanish side go on to take the victory. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window), potentially leg-breaking challenge on Messi. The Argentinian international helped Barcelona thrash the Bundesliga outfit 7-1 on the night. Yet, despite his personal accolade, Neymar was still booed by the home fans after grabbing the ball to take a penalty in the closing minutes ahead of fan-favourite Edinson Cavani. Giroud had a (mostly) excellent World Cup in Qatar. He now plays in the UAE Pro League for Shabab Al-Ahli. Ajax stunned Real Madrid at the Bernabeu during the 2018-19 Champions League campaign by winning 4-1 in the Round of 16 second leg. yesterdays world cup final mes amis: pic.twitter.com/paR0BeRuC4, (@DetroitCSC) December 19, 2022. Jurgen Klopp, who was Borussia Dortmund coach at the time, joked: Carlos Eduardo has been a journeyman throughout and his career has been very so-so. Lafont, the 23-year-old who was born in Burkina Faso and has represented France at every youth level from Under-16s through to the Under-21s, produced the standout performance of his career so far and earned a flawless score from L'Equipe, whose player ratings are notoriously harsh, in the process. "Once he's on the run, Messi is unstoppable. Rashford was singled out as the worst of the lot, receiving a 2/10 in the player ratings. Karim Benzema got in on the act with a tap-in before Mbappe unselfishly squared for the Real Madrid forward to make it 5-0. Who are the chosen few to have achieved a sacred L'Equipe Perfect 10, we hear you ask. Kylian Mbappe linked with Real Madrid move, Kylian Mbappe scored four goals in France's 8-0 win over Kazakhstan, Oleg Salenko scored five for Russia against Cameroon at the 1994 World Cup, Robert Lewandowski became the first player to score a hat-trick vs Real Madrid in the Champions League, Neymar laid waste to Dijon to earn a 10/10 player rating, Lucas Moura's hat-trick against Ajax was as dramatic as they come, Dani Alves reveals size of Barcelona task after 5 years away from club, Neymar told he is "technically better" than PSG teammate Lionel Messi. The game where Neymar Jr. got his 10/10 rating from L'Equipe is more famous for the wrong reasons. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. Yes, the other man to get a 10 that day was goalkeeper Bruno Martini. He clearly missed Lens second goal and was passive in the third, weighed down by Fabian Ruizs loss of the ball. Lionel Messi and Neymar are two of world footballs top players, but they didnt cover themselves in glory on Tuesday night. PSG's stars apologised to their ultras at full-time following a 1-0 first leg defeat to Bayern Munich in the last-16 of the Champions League. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. And he smashed a third into the top corner for 3-0 to earn a well deserved 10/10. In fact, no PSG player managed to even receive as high a rating as English ref Michael Oliver, who earned a seven. About PSG. He scored a brilliant second-half hat-trick, which included a last-gasp winner in the 96th minute to knock Ajax out of the Champions League. Centre-backs Marquinhos and Sergio Ramos were both given 6/10 - the only PSG players to be rated over 5. Defeat has piled pressure on Pochettino, who now looks almost certain to be turfed out after less than two seasons in charge. Donnarumma receives a 2 while Benzema scores a 9. Lars Windfeld | Aarhus vs Nantes, 1997. In 2012, he became the first player to score five goals in a Champions League game when poor Bayer. Goalkeeper. The French media outlet is very famous and is widely known for being quite harsh with their performance assessments and ratings. Goalkeeper & defenders Donnarumma made an excellent save / JAVIER SORIANO/GettyImages Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK) - 6/10 - A wonderful save to deny Benzema in the first. Centre-back duo Sergio Ramos and Marquinhos were awarded their sides highest ratings with 6. Tadic, who scored one of Ajaxs goals that night, produced a magnificent individual display for the Dutch side. Nantes stunned the Ligue 1 leaders, racing into a 3-0 lead before half-time thanks to goals from Randal Kolo Muani, Quentin Merlin and Ludovic Blas. Messi's score is higher than his strike partner Neymar, who this time received a 4/10 by the French newspaper. But who are the other 12 players to receive a flawless 10/10 rating from the French newspaper? L'Equipe have placed the bar very high with regards to what they consider a. Lionel Messi is the only footballer to have received two 10/10 ratings from L'Equipe. L'Equipe is one of France's leading newspaper dailies devoted to sports. Did well to tip the ball wide when it hit Slimani. But the French magazine pulled no punches when he missed a penalty against Real Madrid in the Champions League early in 2022. He does not even save his evening on his attempts, stumbling over Donnarumma in a tight angle and on a free kick. Messi is the only player to have been awarded two 10/10 ratings from L'Equipe. Their player ratings said that PSG had "little control", while they praised Bayern's defensive efforts for completely stifling the French side. Je n'tais pas content de ne pas jouer. Robert Lewandowski became the first player to score a Champions League hat-trick against Real Madrid in 2013. The court charged the athlete and took his case under judicial control. Then Lucas Moura decided to snatch the game away from them. Salenko scored as many as five goals as Russia thumped Cameroon 6-1 in the group stage. Paris Saint-Germain player ratings 1. Alban Lafont becomes 13th player to earn 10/10 L'Equipe rating, Champions League 2022/23: Last 16 results, fixtures and more. Even some victorious Bayern stars weren't spared bad ratings, however, with Leroy Sane being slapped with a four and new boy Joao Cancelo only earning a five. Only the 9th player ever to receive the honour. The 14 worst loan signings in Premier League history: Saul, Falcao. The tie was delicately poised after a 2-2 draw in the first leg in London, but a four goal blitz from Messi ended the contest and L'Equipe's incredible 13-year spell without handing a single Perfect 10 rating. Sancho and Rashford were two islands and Cristiano was lost in other wars, all far away. Mbappe was called upon in the 57th minute, twice having the ball in the net only to be thwarted by the offside flag. That was all down to Moura, who scored a dramatic second-half hat-trick to bring Mauricio Pochettinos side back from 3-0 down on aggregate to reach the Champions League final. Player ratings PSG Donnarumma - 6 Hakimi - 7 Marquinhos - 7 Kimpembe - 6 Mendes - 7 Pereira - 7 Paredes - 7 Verratti - 8 Di Maria - 6 Messi - 7 Mbappe - 9 Substitutes: Neymar - 7 Gueye - 6. But apart from the goal, the Frenchman was a menace for the Nantes defence due to his pace and trickery, coupled . He set up Hakim Ziyechs opener. #UCL | @AFCAjax | @AFCAjax_EN pic.twitter.com/gul0tigjGt, UEFA.com DE (@UEFAcom_de) December 23, 2019. All rights reserved. Adrien Rabiot headed in a corner and Antoine Griezmann blasted home a penalty before Mbappe added his fourth with a calm finish following a slick move. Lucas Moura did the job himself. The inquest has begun in Paris, after PSG's 3-1 loss to Real Madrid at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night. He scooped the ball over the goalkeeper, curled one into the top bin, dinked over the keeper again, latched on to a rebound and ended the night with a neat finish from the edge of the area. Neymar is in fact the highest paid player at PSG, earning more than 4 million gross per month. He produced a string of wonderful saves which included a Neymar penalty as Nantes beat PSG 3-1 on the night. He made. It's more for non-sporting behaviour if. Kylian Mbappe was restricted to starting on the bench after a recent injury, but Galtier was able to call upon superstars Messi and Neymar from the start. He turned in his finest performance in a Borussia Dortmund shirt as he scored four goals in their 4-1 win over Los Blancos in the first leg of the semi-final. The Polish goal machine netted four in Dortmunds 4-1 win over Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final first leg in 2013. PSG and Morocco footballer Achraf Hakimi charged with rape. Goalkeeper & defenders Navas got the nod / John Berry/GettyImages Keylor Navas (GK) - 7/10 - Kept Nice out aplenty and continues to provide top. Yes, Serge Gnabry is the most recent recipient of a L'Equipe 10 after he spearheaded a ruthlessly efficient Bayern Munich attack against Spurs in the Champions League group game in 2019. 3. The Portuguese forward is PSG's fifth all-time goalscorer with 109 strikes. He became Frances all-time top scorer, notching four goals en route to the final. Whilst they gave the referee a solid score of seven, the outlet gave Italian keeper Donnarumma a 2/10 for his showing, with Benzema also suggesting that he should have cleared the ball more quickly in order to stop the first goal. Rob is editor of GiveMeSport, with over 15 years experience covering sport in various capacities since graduating from university with a degree in journalism. French newspaper L'Equipe was in no mood to massage any egos after they savaged Paris Saint-Germain's players in their latest match ratings. Something went wrong, please try again later. Carlos Soler - 3 - Started in a playmaker role behind Kylian Mbapp and Lionel Messi but it was the latter who dominated creative . PSG were exceptionally well organised at the back, and that allowed the likes of Hakimi and Mendes to charge forward on a regular basis. It's all intense, PSG gets robbed. but Courtois wasnt even Madrids lowest-rated player that night. Many of their PSG team-mates didn't do any better - with Marco Verratti, Achraf Hakimi and 16-year-old wonderkid Warren Zaire-Emery also being given threes. Kevin De Bruyne was slammed by L'Equipe's Champions League player ratings last night as Man City's chief playmaker scored just three out of 10 for his display against Paris Saint-Germain.. Hakimi moved to PSG in July 2021 when he left Inter for a reported initial fee of 60million. France midfielder Franck Sauzee whipped out a masterclass of a performance, scoring two goals and helping France to a 3-0 win in the game. Dusan Tadic was tipped to go onto do great things when he first emerged on the scene. Presnel Kimpembe and Kylian Mbapp's second half goals at Old Trafford helped Paris Saint-Germain beat Manchester United 2-0 in the first leg of the Champions League last 16 tie on Tuesday. Dusan Tadic, having joined Ajax the previous summer from Southampton, put on an inspired display to dump Real Madrid - eyeing their fourth European Cup on the spin - out of the Champions League. Lucas Moura | Ajax vs Tottenham, 2019. A tap-in from Kingsley Comans cross after the Kazakhstan goalkeeper flew out made it 2-0 and Mbappe had a hat-trick after 32 minutes when he headed in another pin-point Coman cross. It wasn't enough for Russia to progress from the group stage, however, with defeats to Brazil and Sweden in their two previous games sealing their elimination before a ball had been kicked. Lens beat Paris Saint Germain 3-1, handing the latter their first league loss of the 2022/23 season in the process! L'Equipe are historically brutal when it comes to rating and slating players, previously giving Lionel Messi a dire 3/10 for his bad showing for PSG against Real Madrid in the Champions League . Paris Saint-Germain seemed to have one foot in the Champions League quarter finals, before a stunning Karim Benzema hat-trick inspired a remarkable Real Madrid comeback. Some of you may have clocked that, while L'Equipe have only ever handed out 12 Perfect 10 ratings, there have only been 11 recipients. It was a monstrous performance from Pep Guardiola's side defensively, with Ruben Dias and John Stones blocking everything in their path. Lionel Messi Thibaut Courtois from 12 yards, This could be a huge moment in the tie.#UCL pic.twitter.com/8i4GZAZxqK, Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) February 15, 2022. He did, however, attract jeers from some PSG supporters for taking the penalty from which he scored his fourth, denying Edinson Cavani the opportunity to leap ahead of Zlatan Ibrahimovic as the club's all-time leading scorer. READ NEXT:The 14 worst loan signings in Premier League history: Saul, Falcao. PSG head coach Mauricio Pochettino pointed the blame at referee Danny Makkelie and the VAR for not penalising Benzema for a foul on Donnarumma. Just think of some of the players that missed out wow. As for the coaches, Carlo Ancelotti was given a 5/10 and Mauricio Pochettino a 4/10. On a season's loan from Porto at the time, Eduardo had completed his hat-trick before the break, setting up a 7-2 victory. Neymar was awarded a 3/10 in PSGs latest Ligue 1 defeat to Rennes. The L'Equipe lot really were feeling generous in 2019, weren't they? Kylian Mbapp Break on the right created Gueye's opener . Gianluigi Donnarumma: 8/10 The Italian ace certainly earned his money on the night with a performance that exuded confidence. L'quipe reacted to the game in typical style - their European press roundup was headlined "Europe mocks the game of PSG," while their player ratings told the story of a night the Parisiens will want to forget sooner rather than later. LEquipe left no prisoners. Lionel Messi | Barcelona vs Arsenal, 2010. 11. the lequipe player ratings never hold back. He earned a 10/10 rating for that but unfortunately, that was the last time that Salenko turned out for Russia. With four goals and one assist for France against Kazakhstan, Mbappe became the 12th footballer to earn a 10/10 from L'Equipe in November 2021. But he was well and truly roasted for his hopelessly ineffective performance against Argentina. Four of those came on one afternoon in California, as Russia thrashed Cameroon 6-1. Il lui fallait quitter le PSG, o son rle devenait de moins en moins enthousiasmant. Overall, the PSG team averaged a 3.9/10, which is much less than that of Bayerns, who averaged 6. 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This service is provided on talkSPORT Ltd's Terms of Use in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Despite being sent off after his potentially leg-breaking challenge on Messi, Benjamin Pavard was handed a 7/10, as was Kingsley Coman, who scored the only goal of the game. Two Real Madrid players were given scores of 3/10, namely Dani Carvajal and Marco Asensio. FRENCH paper L'Equipe has torn into Lionel Messi and Neymar after Paris Saint-Germain's defeat to Bayern Munich last night. Lucas Moura famously helped Tottenham reach the 2019 Champions League final with an extraordinary hat-trick away at Ajax in the semi-final second leg. Watch every UEFA Champions League game for free on the LiveScore App*, Copyright 2023. It proved to be a record breaking year for goals for Messi, but his side's quest for another Champions League crown came up short in the semi-finals against Chelsea. He was far too discreet for such an event, read their write-up. Messi's first came in a Champions League quarter-final against Arsenal. The goalkeeper waited and waited, he lost the ball and it was a goal. Extra-marital dating site offers to sponsor football club owned by Gerard Pique. Griezmann had arguably been Les Bleus best and most important player through the tournament, but he struggled to have the same level of influence against Argentina. L'Equipe have placed the bar very high with regards to what they consider a perfect or complete performance. The UEFA Champions League also falls within its ambit. The Serbian international was the heart of Erik Ten Hag's side that made it to the semi-finals of the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League. Ajaccio 0-3 PSG: Player ratings as Lionel Messi and Mbappe steal the show That didn't last long, however, as PSG took a 1-0 lead at half-time thanks to Kylian Mbappe. The Brazilian, who was on loan at Nice from Porto, netted a first-half and added two more after the break. Matthijs De Ligt and Hakim Ziyech scored goals in the first half to extend their lead to 3-0 on aggregate. They were not the only PSG stars to. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. 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