{"id":1196356,"date":"2022-09-01T12:09:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T12:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/01\/22-23-ligue-1-team-of-the-week-5-ghanaian-defender-alexander-djiku-featured-alongside-lionel-messi\/"},"modified":"2022-09-01T12:09:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T12:09:16","slug":"22-23-ligue-1-team-of-the-week-5-ghanaian-defender-alexander-djiku-featured-alongside-lionel-messi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/01\/22-23-ligue-1-team-of-the-week-5-ghanaian-defender-alexander-djiku-featured-alongside-lionel-messi\/","title":{"rendered":"22\/23 Ligue 1 Team of the Week 5: Ghanaian Defender Alexander Djiku Featured Alongside Lionel Messi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>The entire round of the French top flight league concluded on Wednesday, here is the highest-rated XI as Ghanaian defender Alexander Djiku was featured in the team of the week for the first time this season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/7ffc186d8921410e8753a5e9eb1c5784\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Known for his hard-tackling style of defending, the 28-year-old was paired in a three-man defensive unit with a rating of 7.5 after sighting the most tackles of 7 alongside 3 interceptions, 4 tackles, 5 ground duels, and 5 aerial duels that earned his side [RC Strasbourg] a point at home against Nantes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/61ff239748ec46409135eb80d505402d\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9cd5dd3900c54fb783488a2084635374\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The team revealed featured three Paris Saint-Germain players as the most by a side, with Lionel Messi taking home the <strong>Player of the Week <\/strong>following his explosive performance against Toulouse.<\/p>\n<p>Made two assists, 7 shots on goal of which 5 were on target, 4 key passes, 3 created chances and a rating of 9.2 &#8211; the Argentine was deployed as the supporting striker to Troyes star Mama Balde and RC Lens&#8217;s Florian Sotoca.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The team of the week is below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the goal post, is PSG stopper <strong>Gianluigi<\/strong> <strong>Donnarumma<\/strong> who made 7 saves and kept a clean sheet &#8211; being guided by Strasbourg&#8217;s <strong>Alexander Djiku<\/strong>, Rennais&#8217;s<strong> Joe Rodon<\/strong> and Marseille&#8217;s<strong> Chancel Mbemba<\/strong>. Rodon was on the score sheet as his side won 3-1 at home.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/b95fa7e69f3c4646994e8845ac515110\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Featured on the sides of the midfield is Lyon star <strong>Karl Toko Ekambi<\/strong>, who scored and assisted as they edged over Auxerre and Rennais&#8217;s <strong>Benjamin Bourigeaud<\/strong>, while RC Lens&#8217;s <strong>David da Costa <\/strong>and PSG <strong>Marco Verratti<\/strong> in the central defensive midfield.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the attack are <strong>Mama Balde<\/strong> and <strong>Florian Sotoca<\/strong> who were both involved twice in the team&#8217;s goals and Lionel Messi as the supporting striker.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/65a9de9029aa4986927ca3d14e0c6b97\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: BerBea-nt (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\">\nFrench<br \/>\nGhanaian<br \/>\nLionel Messi<br \/>\nParis Saint-Germain<br \/>\nRC Strasbourg<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The entire round of the French top flight league concluded on Wednesday, here is the highest-rated XI as Ghanaian defender Alexander Djiku was featured in the team of the week for the first time this season. 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