L’Equipe’s player ratings are famously stingy. 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 they’re not going to pull any punches.
Even the greatest players of their generation can be prone to a poor performance or two. No matter the name, L’Equipe will let them know in no uncertain terms that they’ve stunk the place out.
We’ve picked out 10 brilliant footballers who haven’t escaped L’Equipe’s wrath.
