❌1⃣6⃣ ASSISTS #UCL | /7zprS3ODZaįitness issues have prevented Neymar from having quite the impact for PSG on the biggest stage, at least until he helped the Parisiens reach the final in 2020. That was when he drove through midfield, pirouetted past Casemiro, and placed a perfectly-weighted through ball into the path of David Neres.Īfter Ajax’s 4-1 Bernabeu victory, Tadic became the first player since 1997, and only the fourth ever, to earn a 10/10 from L’Equipe by scoring fewer than four goals. But that wasn’t even the highlight of his performance. His top-corner strike to make it 3-0 to Ajax, putting the tie beyond Madrid, was exquisite. The next season he’s giving Toni Kroos and Luka Modric nightmares and eliminating Real Madrid while leading the line for Ajax’s band of baby-faced cherubs. Tadic, undoubtedly a talent, looked to have lost his touch as he put in a series of flat performances as Southampton struggled against relegation in 2017-18. Some of the goalfests and ridiculous second-leg comebacks in the Champions League over the last couple of years have us believing there’s a glitch in the very fabric of football, but Tadic’s showing against Real Madrid was something else entirely – well, at least until the semi-finals and Lucas Moura came around. READ: Ranking the five Champions League semi-final hat-tricks: Lucas, Ronaldo… Dusan Tadic – Ajax vs Real Madrid, 2019 Mauricio Pochettino cried, Lucas Moura cried, we cried. We’re not saying L’Equipe went all soft, but Gnabry was the third player to receive a 10/10 rating in 2019.Īdmittedly, it would have been harsh to give the winger anything less after he hit four goals past Tottenham in their own backyard. The only thing better than the performance itself might have been the goal he scored in training beforehand. The level of the opposition might be a little questionable, but there was no doubt about the brilliance of Mbappe’s display.Īs well as the four goals, there was a very unselfish assist to set up Karim Benzema. Kylian Mbappe – France vs Kazakhstan, 2021 Lafont stopped a Neymar penalty, one of eight saves he made against the Parisiens. READ: Remembering when Erling Haaland scored three hat-tricks in *one* game Alban Lafont – Nantes vs PSG, 2022Ī relatively lesser-known name, L’Equipe were evidently impressed by the Nantes goalkeeper for his display between the sticks in a 3-1 victory over Ligue 1 champions PSG. It’s not the first time that Haaland has got himself a glut of goals, but it doesn’t seem like L’Equipe’s player raters were on hand for Norway’s Under-20 World Cup match against Honduras in 2019. To think the tie was actually in the balance after a 1-1 draw in Germany. The Norwegian then went and scored no fewer than five goals as Guardiola’s men demolished RB Leipzig 7-0 in the second leg of their Champions League Round of 16 clash. Haaland was absolutely unstoppable in City’s 6-3 victory in the Manchester derby back in October, scoring a hat-trick and setting up two of Phil Foden’s three goals as they blew away Erik ten Hag’s Red Devils. Only the second player to receive a perfect score twice and the first to be awarded two 10/10s in one season. Erling Haaland – Man City vs Man Utd, 2022, & RB Leipzig, 2023 We’ve rounded up the 14 players to be handed a perfect 10 in L’Equipe’s player ratings. Those to have been rated as utterly flawless include some era-defining superstars, although Cristiano Ronaldo is conspicuously absent, as well as one or two footballers you’ve probably never heard of. He’s one of just 14 players to receive one by the famously discerning French outlet. Manchester City juggernaut Erling Haaland has become the latest player to be awarded a perfect 10/10 score by L’Equipe.
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