{"id":1204725,"date":"2022-09-15T07:20:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T07:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/15\/uefa-champions-league-team-of-the-week-after-second-round-of-fixtures-2-african-players-featured\/"},"modified":"2022-09-15T07:20:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T07:20:06","slug":"uefa-champions-league-team-of-the-week-after-second-round-of-fixtures-2-african-players-featured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/15\/uefa-champions-league-team-of-the-week-after-second-round-of-fixtures-2-african-players-featured\/","title":{"rendered":"UEFA Champions League Team of the Week After Second Round of Fixtures: 2 African Players Featured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<h3><strong>The second round of the UEFA Champions League group fixtures concluded on Wednesday &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><strong style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);\">and the quest for the Team of the Week based on players&#8217; performances, here is it according to the highest-scored statistics.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/cdb2a5c89e484a08b65e6709a36701b1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Per the revealed team &#8211; the sides with multiple featured players are Bayern Munich and Club Brugge as six stars from other teams, while Lionel Messi emerged as &#8220;Player of the Week&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Argentine was arguably the best playmaker this week &#8211; speaking of his two goals contribution [a goal and assist] that sealed Paris Saint Germain from Behind at Maccabi Haifa [1-3].<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/e68e6aa046df4ec0b8c725cd59c21797\"\/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/04ab45696e1c4eebb87606787c5b567a\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6c8d45f2737147989e7fa92b2c10816d\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Also, two African players were featured &#8211; Cameroonian Central defender <strong>Joel Matip<\/strong> and Ghanaian winger <strong>Kamal Sowah<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Both players were on their best form as they made the score-sheet for their respective sides [Liverpool and Club Brugge] &#8211; their first time in the competition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UEFA Champions League Team of the Week -2.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Goalkeeper<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Antonio Adan (Sporting CP)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defenders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joel Matip (Liverpool)<\/p>\n<p>Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich)<\/p>\n<p>Lucas Hernandez (Bayern Munich)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ec8c0442951a4a51b5383504cdba0350\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kamal Sowah (Club Brugge)<\/p>\n<p>Robert Andrich (Bayer Leverkusen)<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)<\/p>\n<p>Piotr Zielinski (Napoli)<\/p>\n<p>Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/56cab932d8a8422ead385a7f6e1fb444\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Attackers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lionel Messi (PSG)<\/p>\n<p>Ferran Jutgla (Club Brugge)<\/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\">\nAfrican<br \/>\nBayern<br \/>\nLionel Messi<br \/>\nParis Saint Germain<br \/>\nUEFA Champions League<br \/>\n <\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second round of the UEFA Champions League group fixtures concluded on Wednesday &#8211;\u00a0and the quest for the Team of the Week based on players&#8217; performances, here is it according to the highest-scored statistics. 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