Perfect 10s: Haaland, Messi, Valverde and 20 players given 10/10 by L'Equipe

Within a Real Madrid squad packed full of Galacticos, Fede Valverde is rarely singled out for what he offers to Los Blancos despite his obvious importance to the team. On Wednesday, though, he hogged the limelight after his stunning first-half hat-trick saw off Manchester City in the Champions League and earned a 10/10 from L'Equipe.

The French outlet is famed for a no-nonsense approach to performance scoring; perfect marks are handed out only rarely and become a hot topic when they appear. Recipients run the gamut: Franck Sauzee and Bruno Martini for France U21s in 1988; Oleg Salenko at USA 94; Lionel Messi in Barcelona's wins over Arsenal (2010) and Bayer Leverkusen (2012); Erling Haaland for Manchester City in the 2022 derby and the 2023 rout of RB Leipzig; and Desire Doue in PSG's 5-0 Champions League final victory over Inter in 2025.

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