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UEFA Champions League Team of the Week After Second Round of Fixtures: 2 African Players Featured

The second round of the UEFA Champions League group fixtures concluded on Wednesday – and the quest for the Team of the Week based on players’ performances, here is it according to the highest-scored statistics.

Per the revealed team – the sides with multiple featured players are Bayern Munich and Club Brugge as six stars from other teams, while Lionel Messi emerged as “Player of the Week”.

The Argentine was arguably the best playmaker this week – speaking of his two goals contribution [a goal and assist] that sealed Paris Saint Germain from Behind at Maccabi Haifa [1-3].

Alongside his explosive performance that earned him the highest rating of 9.0 according to sofascore with statistics of- 7 shots attempts, 90.7% pass accuracy, 2 key passes, 6 won ground duels and 3 received fouls.

Also, two African players were featured – Cameroonian Central defender Joel Matip and Ghanaian winger Kamal Sowah.

Both players were on their best form as they made the score-sheet for their respective sides [Liverpool and Club Brugge] – their first time in the competition.

UEFA Champions League Team of the Week -2.

Goalkeeper

Antonio Adan (Sporting CP)

Defenders

Joel Matip (Liverpool)

Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich)

Lucas Hernandez (Bayern Munich)

Midfielders

Kamal Sowah (Club Brugge)

Robert Andrich (Bayer Leverkusen)

Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)

Piotr Zielinski (Napoli)

Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan)

Attackers

Lionel Messi (PSG)

Ferran Jutgla (Club Brugge)

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