{"id":1206978,"date":"2022-09-19T10:51:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T10:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/19\/22-23-ligue-1-team-of-the-week-8-2-african-stars-featured-as-one-picked-player-of-the-week-award\/"},"modified":"2022-09-19T10:51:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T10:51:13","slug":"22-23-ligue-1-team-of-the-week-8-2-african-stars-featured-as-one-picked-player-of-the-week-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/19\/22-23-ligue-1-team-of-the-week-8-2-african-stars-featured-as-one-picked-player-of-the-week-award\/","title":{"rendered":"22\/23 Ligue 1 Team of the Week &#8211; 8: 2 African Stars Featured As One Picked Player of the Week Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<h3><strong style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);\">The eighth round of the 2022\/23 French Ligue 1 campaign wrapped up on Sunday &#8211; the Team of the Week has been revealed<\/strong><span style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Eight different sides players were recognised for their massive contribution to their respective teams&#8217; success, with the most from Angers and AS Monaco &#8211; two each.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/908a52a67adf4b88bf23890e08b19869\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Seven features and fourth in a row &#8211; Paris Saint-German star Lionel Messi remains the most consistent player following his incredible displays in Lyon&#8217;s win &#8211; scored the only goal alongside the &#8216;man of the match award.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5f1f9549496241f4925de5b9cfca2618\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/0d68247c1a9540f4b59aa0fbfdb5f68c\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Involved in all club&#8217;s goals [2 goals and an assist], Guinea-Bissau international and Troyes star <strong>Mama Balde<\/strong> takes home the &#8216;<strong>player of the week&#8217;<\/strong> &#8211; joined by Algerian and Angers&#8217;s Nabil Bentaleb as the only featured African stars this week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>French Ligue 1 Team of the Week- 8.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Goalkeeper<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yahia Fofana (Angers)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/fe4ca9c0771d44e395cda6934de83b29\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Defenders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dante (OGC Nice)<\/p>\n<p>Andrei Girotto (Nantes)<\/p>\n<p>Axel Disasi (Monaco)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Takumi Minamino (Monaco)<\/p>\n<p>Nabil Bentaleb (Angers)<\/p>\n<p>Enzo Le Fee (Lorient)<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Cabot (Lens)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ed659e2cacce4fb69ed13ddb8f76491c\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Attackers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lionel Messi (PSG)<\/p>\n<p>Teji Savanier (Montpellier)<\/p>\n<p>Mama Balde (Troyes)<\/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\">\nAS Monaco<br \/>\nAngers<br \/>\nFrench<br \/>\nGuinea-Bissau<br \/>\nTroyes<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The eighth round of the 2022\/23 French Ligue 1 campaign wrapped up on Sunday &#8211; the Team of the Week has been revealed. Eight different sides players were recognised for their massive contribution to their respective teams&#8217; success, with the most from Angers and AS Monaco &#8211; two each. 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