It has been a long break in our stakegains team of the week, it was due to the fact that all the top 5 europe leagues have resumed.
This week did not feature a lot of top notch games except for the games between Inter Milan and Roma in the Italian Serie A which ended in a 1-1 draw, and also in the French Ligue 1 Olympique Lyonnais face a utmost test against the league champions PSG and surprisingly won the game in the 94TH minute courtesy of Memphis Depay.
The formation for this week is a standard 4-4-2 formation. Here are the players who made the list:
1. ALISSON AS Roma (Italy) GK: The Brazilian goalie helped the team from Rome In taking a point away from home against Inter Milan.
2. MATHIEU DEPLANGE Troyes (France) RB: The French side right full back pull of a man of the match performance at home to Lille as his side took all the three points, and he also made sure the right side was solid all through the game.
3. NACHO MONREAL Arsenal (England) LB: The Gunners were so happy to have the Spanish full back over the weekend as he produced a stellar performance against Crystal Palace on Saturday scoring a goal and also assisting two goals in the game.
4. NACHO FERNANDEZ Real Madrid (Spain) CB: The Spanish defender received a phenomenon laud against Deportivo at the weekend, scoring an equalizer when all things seem to be lost and also made a clearance off the line. Real Madrid went to win 7-1.
5. PHIL JONES Manchester United (England) CB: Phil had a wonderful outing against Burnley, and his team kept a clean sheet away from home. He was also the highest rated Manchester United player.
6. KESSIE AC Milan (Italy) CMF: All thanks to the Ivorian for giving the Milan side a vital win away from against Cagliari, he scored an equalizer from the spot and also scored the winning goal to make sure Gattuso’s Men took home all maximum points.
7. CRISTIANO RONALDO Real Madrid (Spain) LMF: This is the first time the Portuguese talisman is featuring in our team of the week due to his deep form. He scored two goals and also provided a spectacular assist for Modric’s goal against Deportivo.
8. NABIL FEKIR Olympique Lyonnais (France) CMF: Lyon captain was the man of the match against PSG scoring the first goal and also assisted the last goal scored by Memphis Depay in the dying minutes.
9. LEON BAILEY Bayern Leverkusen (Germany) RMF: The Young Jamaican was awesome against Hoffenhaim away from home scoring the first goal and also set up another.
10. LIONEL MESSI Barcelona (Spain) SS: Leo was the man of the match as the Blaugrana run riot on Real Betis with a 0-5 win away from home. He scored two goals and also set up another one, he was sublime all through giving the Seville side a run for their money.
11. SERGIO ‘KUN’ AGUERO Manchester City (England) CF: The game against Newcastle United will go down in the history books as Sergio took the game upon himself scoring all three goals in their 3-1 win at the Etihad Stadium.
Let’s have your comment on this and tell us the player who should have made the list.
By: Abiola Raphael Olumide
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