@TomNeil Dude, since you've uploaded quite a few El Grafico magazines so far, do you have anything from World Cup 2002 and later?
Regarding the 2002 World Cup, unfortunately El Grafico has only made available the team from the tournament. Here is also the selection of the tournament by Placar (BRA) and World Soccer (ENG) magazines https://imgur.com/BPPtXgZ https://imgur.com/5JTOKhk https://imgur.com/4XSHI7r https://imgur.com/bGVjC1M
Some pages I noticed with ratings from The Birmingham Post (England) apparently: England vs Brazil Football World cup 2002: PLAYER RATINGS. - Free Online Library (thefreelibrary.com) ENGLAND DAVID SEAMAN: May have been struggling after picking up first-half knock as he was caught off his line to be beaten by Ronaldinho free-kick and had no chance with Rivaldo's equaliser. His most forgettable game of the World Cup campaign. 6 DANNY MILLS: Never allowed Roberto Carlos to get away down the left flank and got forward to support Beckham, even more so after Ronaldinho's sending-off. 7 ASHLEY COLE: Handled the threat of Cafu well and gave him little space to exploit, but that stopped him from getting forward too often. 7 TREVOR SINCLAIR: Was unable to get forward as often as he would have liked, but found it difficult as Cole needed back-up to handle the runs of Cafu. 6 RIO FERDINAND: Again looked composed on the ball and with his defensive duties to keep Brazil's chances down to a minimum. 7 SOL CAMPBELL: Along with Ferdinand was part of the reason that Ronaldo was taken off early during the second half, but still caused some anxious moments. 7 DAVID BECKHAM: Chased up and down the line, but was unable to have his usual effect on the game mainly because of the threat of Roberto Carlos. 7 PAUL SCHOLES: Was always available to take the ball off his team-mates and looked good coming forward, but he found it difficult to make a telling final pass. 7 MICHAEL OWEN: Strug- gled to get into the match and the only thing he really did was slot home England's opening goal. 6EMILE HESKEY: The Liverpool target man had his best game of the World Cup so far and looked confident running at the Brazil defence, but he too was frustrated. 7 NICKY BUTT: Competed well in the middle of the park, but was unable to exert the same authority which had served England so well in their earlier games. 7 Substitutes: KIERON DYER (on for Sinclair, 56 minutes): Saw plenty of ball down the left flank but was unable to get away from Cafu. 6 DARIUS VASSELL (on for Owen, 79): Never given the chance to save England with a late goal. 5 TEDDY SHERINGHAM (on for Cole, 80): Could not produce the same kind of late heroics that he produced for Manchester United. 5 BRAZILMARCOS: Commit- ted himself far too early for Michael Owen's goal and never looked comfortable on crosses but was not tested enough. 6 CAFU: Rarely caught out of position rarely and handled Trevor Sinclair well while getting forward to give Ashley Cole plenty of problems. 8LUCIO: Despite being Brazil's best defender, he made a terrible mistake to allow Owen to score, but made amends with some vital interceptions and tackles. 7ROQUE JUNIOR: Showed great awareness to step in and make some vital interceptions and was up to the task of a battle against Heskey and Owen. 7 EDMILSON: Looked more comfortable going forward on the ball than he did when a forward was running at him. 7 ROBERTO CARLOS: Looked a threat with his dynamite shooting and stuck close to Beckham throughout, but he never got past Mills on the overlap. 7 GILBERTO SILVA: Battled well against Scholes and Butt and set up Brazil's best forward moves. 7 RONALDO: Had a quiet game by his own high standards, but always looked dangerous with the ball at his feet. 6 RIVALDO: Coolly slotted home his side's first-half leveller and always looked dangerous with the ball at his feet. 8 RONALDINHO: Made the pass for Rivaldo's first-half equaliser and scored directly with a freekick, but was controversially sent off in the 57th minute. 7 KLEBERSON: Was preferred to the more attacking option of Juninho and the move worked. He showed some good touches and made some good tackles in midfield. 7 Substitutes: EDILSON (on for Ronaldo, 70): Looked useful, but was never likely to get much of a chance with Brazil down to ten men. 5 Brazil vs Germany: Football World Cup 2002: World Cup Final: PLAYER RATINGS. - Free Online Library (thefreelibrary.com) BRAZIL MARCOS: Despite the German attacking threat the Brazilian goalkeeper never had much to do - but still made two blinding saves. 7 CAFU: It was his record-breaking third World Cup final, but his forays forward were few and far between as he was forced defend more than he is used to. 6 LUCIO: Looked uncharacteristically uneasy on crosses and against pace and looked far more comfortable on the ball and coming forward. 7 ROQUE JUNIOR: He was given a difficult time by the running of Oliver Neuville, but made some timely interceptions. 7 EDMILSON: Looked to be suffering an injury, but while he was forced to defend more than he is used to and made some important tackles, he looked vulnerable every time in dealing with crosses into the box. 7 ROBERTO CARLOS: Had a frustrating match in which he had to focus more on his defensive duties rather than his trademark forward bursts and freekicks. 6 GILBERTO SILVA: Often the unsung hero of the Brazilian team and once again he quietly battled hard in midfield to allow the likes of Ronaldinho to play. 8 RONALDO: Suffered more World Cup final frustration by squandering three glorious chances in the first half before exorcising the ghost of France 98 with second-half double to win the Golden Shoe award. 8 RIVALDO: He was forced to come deep to try and get into the game and had very little impact until Oliver Kahn spilled his shot into path of Ronaldo and he linked up well with his team-mate again for the clinching second goal. 7 RONALDINHO: The Paris St Germain youngster showed just why Manchester United have been linked with him as he again caught the eye with some clever flicks and moments of creative brilliance. 9 KLEBERSON: Saw his dipping first-half effort come back off the crossbar and showed there was much more to his game than sitting deep and breaking down moves. 9 Substitutes JUNINHO (on for Ronaldinho, 84 minutes): Came on late to savour the occasion and looked tricky. 6 DENILSON (on for Ronaldo, 89): Late flashes of class rubbed salt into the German wounds. 6 GERMANY OLIVER KAHN: Illustrated just why he was voted the best goalkeeper at the World Cup with some brilliant saves to keep his side in the game before spilling Rivaldo's second-half drive into the path of Ronaldo, who made him pay. 7 THOMAS LINKE: Nullified the threat of Robert Carlos on the overlap and although he never got too far forward he made some vital challenges. 7 CARSTEN RAMELOW: Another outstanding performance from the Bayer Leverkusen player, who looked assured on the ball and commanding at the back. 9 OLIVER NEUVILLE: Caused the Brazilians all kinds of problems dropping deep to link up with the German midfield and Klose, but faded as the game wore on. 7 DIETMAR HAMANN: An impressive display from the Liverpool midfielder, who made some vital challenges to allow those around him to go forward, but faded. 8 MIROSLAV KLOSE: The striker's constant running off the ball gave the Brazil defence some concern, but he struggled to make too much of an impact. 6 JENS JEREMIES: Came in for the suspended Michael Ballack and although lacking his creativity, he competed well alongside Hamann. 7 MARCO BODE: Like Linke on the other side he rarely found himself on the back foot against Cafu, but caused problems himself with his raids down the flank. 7 BERND SCHNEIDER: His position just behind the front two meant that Brazil never knew how to pick him up and he was Germany's biggest forward threat. 7 CHRISTOPH METZELDER: While Ramelow looked solid, his young defensive partner did seem to lose concentration at times and looked vulnerable against Ronaldo. 6 TORSTEN FRINGS: A hard-working contribution from the right-sided player which which drew parallels with David Beckham. 7 Substitutes OLIVER BIERHOFF (on for Miroslav Klose, 74 minutes): Saw shot saved by Marcos. 6 GERALD ASAMOAH (On for Jens Jeremies, 77): Worked hard to save Germans. 5 CHRISTIAN ZIEGE (On for Marco Bode, 83): Last throw of the dice. 5 The presentation is a bit off for England-Brazil, but the mark out of 10 is shown after the comments, even if often on the line relating to the following player....
The strange thing is both Brazil and Germany had quite easy routes to the final (with the exception of the England match).
Yes, I suppose in general the 2002 World Cup was a bit lacking in really top quality teams too. France would have been one in theory, but had injury issues and never really got going. Portugal didn't thrive either (and maybe the tournament being a year earlier would have helped them, as the club form of the likes of Figo and Rui Costa would have been more optimal, and in some respects those were both declined at that time, or by that time, whichever way we look at it). Italy could have been a challenge to Brazil and perhaps had a better squad than Germany, but went out to a well-performing home nation South Korea (with some controversial officiating). England, outside of Brazil, were perhaps legitimately seen as the most likely team at the time I suppose (and had won 5-1 in Germany of course). An interesting development I notice coincidentally now is that Planet World Cup seems to be showing player ratings (and other marks for quality, intensity and excitement) for this 2002 World Cup - not clear maybe whether they are compiled by the site owner/s or from another source (like EvertFourthyear used to show France Football's World Cup grades, or like DBS Calcio shows many grades from various publications for various leagues)...I'd guess the former maybe (that it is the opinion of the ones running the site), but that could be wrong (and an Italian source being used might not be a shock, given the use of half marks within the 1-10 scale, and the relatively modest grades seemingly) For example those same two games (but it seems like maybe all 2002 games are rated now - I haven't even checked other years yet though, or verified that all 2002 games do have ratings, albeit one or two lower profile group ones do I did see already): Planet World Cup - 2002 - Quarterfinal - England v Brazil Quality 7 Intensity 7 Excitement 7 ENGLAND (formation 4-4-2) CLUB AGE CAPS Pts 1 David Seaman Arsenal 38 73 5,5 2 Danny Mills Leeds United 25 12 5,5 5 Rio Ferdinand Leeds United 23 27 6,5 6 Sol Campbell Arsenal 27 51 7 3 Ashley Cole (-80) Arsenal 21 13 6,5 7 David Beckham (c) Manchester United 27 54 5,5 21 Nicky Butt Manchester United 27 22 6 8 Paul Scholes Manchester United 27 49 4 4 Trevor Sinclair (-59) West Ham United 29 9 5,5 11 Emile Heskey Liverpool 24 29 6,5 10 Michael Owen (-79) Liverpool 22 41 6 Substitutes 23 Kieron Dyer (+59) Newcastle United 23 12 5 20 Darius Vassell (+79) Aston Villa 21 8 - 17 Teddy Sheringham (+80) Tottenham Hotspur 36 50 - Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson Average 5,79 BRAZIL (formation 3-5-2) CLUB AGE CAPS Pts 1 Marcos Roberto Silva Palmeiras 28 20 5,5 5 Edmilson José Gomes Olympique Lyon 25 15 5,5 3 Lucio Ferreira da Silva Bayer Leverkusen 26 20 5,5 4 José Roque Junior AC Milan 25 21 6 2 Cafu (c) AS Roma 32 109 6 15 José Kleberson Atletico Paranaense 23 7 6,5 8 Gilberto Silva Atletico Mineiro 25 11 6,5 10 Rivaldo Barcelona 30 67 7 6 Roberto Carlos Real Madrid 29 90 6,5 11 Ronaldinho Gaucho Paris St Germain 22 28 7,5 9 Ronaldo (-70) Internazionale 25 63 6,5 Substitutes 20 Edilson Dias Batista (+70) Cruzeiro 30 17 5 Coach: Luis Felipe Scolari Average 6,17 Planet World Cup - 2002 - Final - Germany v Brazil Quality 6,5 Intensity 7 Excitement 7 GERMANY (formation 3-5-2) CLUB AGE CAPS Pts 1 Oliver Kahn (c) Bayern München 33 52 5,5 2 Thomas Linke Bayern München 32 41 6,5 5 Carsten Ramelow Bayer Leverkusen 28 30 7 21 Christoph Metzelder Borussia Dortmund 21 13 5,5 22 Torsten Frings Werder Bremen 25 15 6 19 Bernd Schneider Bayer Leverkusen 28 16 7 16 Jens Jeremies (-77) Bayern München 28 41 6,5 8 Dietmar Hamann Liverpool 28 46 6 15 Marco Bode (-84) Werder Bremen 32 40 5,5 7 Oliver Neuville Bayer Leverkusen 29 36 6,5 11 Miroslav Klose (-74) Kaiserslautern 23 19 5 Substitutes 20 Oliver Bierhoff (+74) Monaco 34 70 5,5 14 Gerald Asamoah (+77) Schalke 04 23 14 - 6 Christian Ziege (+84) Tottenham Hotspur 30 71 - Coach: Rudi Völler Average 6,00 BRAZIL (formation 3-5-2) CLUB AGE CAPS Pts 1 Marcos Roberto Silva Palmeiras 28 21 6,5 3 Lucio Ferreira da Silva Bayer Leverkusen 26 21 6 5 Edmilson José Gomes Olympique Lyon 25 17 6 4 José Roque Junior AC Milan 25 23 7 2 Cafu (c) AS Roma 32 111 6 15 José Kleberson Atletico Paranaense 23 9 7 8 Gilberto Silva Atletico Mineiro 25 13 6,5 10 Rivaldo Barcelona 30 69 6 6 Roberto Carlos Real Madrid 29 92 6 11 Ronaldinho Gaucho (-85) Paris St Germain 22 29 6,5 9 Ronaldo (-90) Internazionale 25 65 6,5 Substitutes 19 Juninho Paulista (+85) Flamengo 29 56 - 17 Denilson (+90) Real Betis 24 57 - Coach: Luis Felipe Scolari Average 6,36
Oh, yeah, I see this now at the bottom of the page (indicating the Planet World Cup guys chose the grades themselves - probably they saw the games at the time, but since this is a new addition on the site I'm thinking it's after they viewed them recently again too potentially...or maybe, since I checked 2006 and 1986 for example and there aren't grades there, yet at least, it could be they had kept a record of their choices in 2002 itself but hadn't published them on the site until recently - that could make sense given it would be a lot of re-watching involved to make new grades retrospectively) * Numbers in blue are points set by us after performance in the match (0=worst, 10=best).
Brazil had a lot of firepower, once they fixed the midfield with Kleberson's entry, they won the world cup comfortably. I think the sofascore ratings don't do justice to Brazil's superiority in the competition. Not that it was a team that enchanted, but it was really a comfortable title, like you don't usually see in World Cups. Spain was playing good football until they were eliminated. Just like Italy, both were eliminated in a strange way by South Korea. South Korea didn't have any famous players on that roster either before or after the World Cup, and the player with the best rating was 16th on the sofascore. Not an impressive campaign in terms of performance The best player in the world cup was Ronaldo or Rivaldo. Ronaldo had a better G+A and scored two goals in the final. But Rivaldo's body feint in the final or how he got a Turkish player sent off in the first match are not included in the statistics. They do not count as actions even though they decided the game. Could have a higher rating on sofascore due to their influence on the game. And i don't know if the sofascore gives greater weight to the performances on knockout stages too. If not, it is a system in need of repair. Oliver Kahn did well, but failed in the final. Klose scored five headed goals, which is a record in a World Cup edition. Ballack was lethal in cross. Arce did very well too. One of the best full-backs to never play in Europe.