{"id":1081477,"date":"2022-05-09T15:40:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T15:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/09\/african-top-rated-xi-in-europe-this-week\/"},"modified":"2022-05-09T15:40:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T15:40:58","slug":"african-top-rated-xi-in-europe-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/09\/african-top-rated-xi-in-europe-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"African Top Rated XI In Europe this Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>Another great week in Europe&#8217;s top plight leagues by African players showcasing their talents beyond their periphery.<\/p>\n<p>As a weekly tradition where top performers are acknowledged in their various clubs, here is the African Top XI this week based on a thorough observation of their statistics on sofascore. Selection from these leagues &#8211; England, Spain, Italy, Germany, and France.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/4c778cb2ed6d411b93ca8c91cc462373\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Edouard Mendy (Senegal)<\/p>\n<p>Mendy is made the goalkeeper this week despite conceding two goals. He&#8217;s the only African shot-stopper to have featured week and week out in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Defenders<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/6427973132814925a3b8708ea960e2f2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal)<span style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);\"> Boubakar Kouyate (Mali), Ismael Traore (Ivory Coast).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The defense trio all came up with dazzled performances in their various teams.<\/p>\n<p>Traore featured full minutes with Angers and had an assist in his side&#8217;s 4-1 victory at home in France Ligue 1, likewise with Kouyate, also great talent who witnessed victory with Metz with the best clearances, interceptions, and tackles rates. In Italy Serie A, Koulibaly guided Napoli to a narrow victory, keeping a clean sheet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1637700b785844acacfc7b01af726310\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/a76e51d88c5644e2b4b1ab1bd64de603\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Seko Fofana (Ivory Coast), Sofian Kiyine (Morocco), Pape Gueye (Senegal)<\/p>\n<p>Seko spiced up RC Lens&#8217; comeback at the latter end of the match as they continue their pursuit of Major football next season in France Ligue 1. Gueye also witnessed great momentum with Marseille and Kiyine held Venezia down in a huge victory in Italy Serie A and got on the score sheet once.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Attackers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/c577500f80b9470c9ec8094c915f0169\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/79e9e84f4e22420d8a7135b989726a51\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/172e683828964aaa97200f5a689cb7e8\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photos credit @google<\/p>\n<p>Wilfried Zaha (Ivory Coast) Sa\u00efd Benrahma (Algeria), Mohamed Bayo (Guinea), Ahmadou Bamba Dieng (Senegal).<\/p>\n<p>Playing their trade in England, Zaha&#8217;s goal earned Crystal Palace the maximum points, likewise, Benrahma hopped on a brace ensuring West Ham United stay liquid for the Europa League experience once again next season.<\/p>\n<p>In France Ligue 1, Bayo guided Clermont Foot 63 to an unexpected victory, sighting a goal and an assist in such regard. Dieng also shaded lights on Marseille&#8217;s with a goal and an assist.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2ad1fd5486784776943d6aa1d1b3e13f\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your comments on African players in Europe&#8217;s Top League performances?.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: HonEhEs (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nEdouard Mendy<br \/>\nEngland<br \/>\nEurope<br \/>\n France<br \/>\nKalidou Koulibaly<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another great week in Europe&#8217;s top plight leagues by African players showcasing their talents beyond their periphery. As a weekly tradition where top performers are acknowledged in their various clubs, here is the African Top XI this week based on a thorough observation of their statistics on sofascore. Selection from these leagues &#8211; England, Spain, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1081478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[461,6686,3304,121,602],"class_list":["post-1081477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-stories","tag-african","tag-europe","tag-rated","tag-top","tag-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1081477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1081477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1081477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1081477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}