{"id":1198651,"date":"2022-09-05T10:48:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T10:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/05\/22-23-ligue-1-team-of-the-week-after-round-6-3-african-players-featured-messi-player-of-the-week\/"},"modified":"2022-09-05T10:48:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T10:48:11","slug":"22-23-ligue-1-team-of-the-week-after-round-6-3-african-players-featured-messi-player-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/05\/22-23-ligue-1-team-of-the-week-after-round-6-3-african-players-featured-messi-player-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"22\/23 Ligue 1 Team of the Week After Round 6: 3 African Players Featured &#038; Messi &#8220;Player of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>Ligue 1&#8217;s Round 6 is finally in the books and the quest for the &#8220;Team of the Week&#8221;, here is it as Jodel Dossou, Karl Toko Ekambi and Chancel Mbemba remain the only three African players featured.<\/p>\n<p>The sides with multiple featured players are Olympique Lyonnais, Lille OSC and Paris Saint Germain, while Lionel Messi for the second consecutive time takes home the Player of the Week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>French Ligue 1 Team of the Week<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/fccf8212963d4de3a595bdb4b76320d1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Goalkeeper<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the first time this season, AS Monaco&#8217;s <strong>Alexander Nubel<\/strong> was named in the goal post following his impressive displays against OGC Nice, where he kept a clean sheet and made 5 saves.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9204dc63afa448b1bc41f15db8b09aa3\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Defenders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stabilized their respective team&#8217;s defence without conceding, <strong>Castello Lubeka<\/strong>, <strong>Montassar Talbi<\/strong> and <strong>Chancel Mbemba<\/strong> -emerged as the highly rated centre-backs.<\/p>\n<p>Did an extra job, Lubeka was one of Lyon&#8217;s scorers as they defeated Angers on a 5-0 score-line from home.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/d5564eff6ed247259086159660ff42f0\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Positioned equilibrium in the sides of the midfield are two African stars- <strong>Karl Toko Ekambi<\/strong>&#8211; who scored twice and <strong>Jodel Dossou.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Great controls and delivery &#8211; Lille&#8217;s scorer <strong>Angel Gomes<\/strong> and Toulouse star <strong>Branco van den Boomen <\/strong>made the central spear of the midfield.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ce52ef3d80b546d49c8ec4959d426865\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/c2cfb1f8ebf0446abd4eed44373e9531\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Attackers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Involved twice in team goals &#8211; Lionel Messi leads as the main attacker partnered up with teammate Kylian Mbappe whom he assisted twice and Jonathan David, attacking from the wings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/fabc17c9bc78491da4c6241e88c279f3\"\/><\/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\">\nJodel Dossou<br \/>\nLille OSC<br \/>\nLionel Messi<br \/>\nMessi<br \/>\nOlympique Lyonnais<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ligue 1&#8217;s Round 6 is finally in the books and the quest for the &#8220;Team of the Week&#8221;, here is it as Jodel Dossou, Karl Toko Ekambi and Chancel Mbemba remain the only three African players featured. 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