{"id":1200711,"date":"2022-09-08T13:07:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T13:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/08\/22-23-official-uefa-champions-league-fantasy-football-team-of-the-week-2-african-players-featured\/"},"modified":"2022-09-08T13:07:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T13:07:51","slug":"22-23-official-uefa-champions-league-fantasy-football-team-of-the-week-2-african-players-featured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/08\/22-23-official-uefa-champions-league-fantasy-football-team-of-the-week-2-african-players-featured\/","title":{"rendered":"22\/23 Official UEFA Champions League Fantasy Football Team of the Week: 2 African Players Featured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>Successful Completion of the opening round of the 2022\/23 UEFA Champions League group stage, here is the official Fantasy Football Team of the Week as two African players featured.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ddc56f2e910c4c41b66c546643177749\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.6chcdn.feednews.com\/assets\/v2\/a109dec1120844d7b7e32a3fe3a1c321?quality=uhq&#038;resize=720\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ghanaian midfielder <strong>Mohammed Kudus<\/strong> and Ivory Coast defender <strong>Abakar Sylla<\/strong> were the only two featured African players based on their statistics for their respective sides.<\/p>\n<p>Kudus who earned his first start of the season for Ajax as a false 9, came up with a staggering performance and won the player of the match after contributing two goals [a goal and an assist] to their 4-0 victory against Rangers from home.<\/p>\n<p>He was featured in midfield with Napoli star Piotr Zielinski and Sporting CP&#8217;s Marcus Edwards &#8211; also the only player who did not misplace a pass this week.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2304b61988114af39144188b9c94a48a\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/a5e37995b0f1475aa856e7d55e809372\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sylla, on the other hand, was a defence rock star for Club Brugge as they cruised over Bayer 04 Leverkusen by his lone goal.<\/p>\n<p>Put up magnificent displays in the back force &#8211; 4 clearances, 2 block shots, and 88% pass accuracy to earn the highest points (17) as a central defender.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out the full team below<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/efe744b556414a9b84bea30a8dd5fb0c\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Goalkeeper<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dominik Livakovic (GNK Dinamo Zagreb) &#8211; 7 points<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defenders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alejandro Grimaldo (SL Benfica) &#8211; 20 points<\/p>\n<p>Ruben Dias (Manchester City) &#8211; 14 points<\/p>\n<p>Abakar Sylla (Club Brugge) &#8211; 17 points<\/p>\n<p>Joao Cancelo (Manchester City) &#8211; 15 points<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marcus Edwards (Sporting CP) &#8211; 14 points<\/p>\n<p>Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) &#8211; 18 points<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Kudus (Ajax) &#8211; 14 points<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forwards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leroy Sane (Bayern Munich) &#8211; 13 points<\/p>\n<p>Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) &#8211; 18 points<\/p>\n<p>Maryan Shved (Shakhtar Donetsk) &#8211; 17 points<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1a5a337c6e9340ccae34a69d177f0b60\"\/><\/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\">    ,  .   ,     .       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