the typical team of the 2nd day

After a promising start, we get to the heart of the matter of this new Champions League with its championship system. And this second day did not disappoint between great scores, turnarounds and major surprises. And in this little game, the French clubs, apart from PSG and to a lesser degree AS Monaco, did not disappoint whether it was Stade Brestois which defeated RB Salzburg in Austria (0-4) or LOSC who achieved an incredible feat by defeating Real Madrid (1-0), the best club team in the world currently. So obviously, this typical team of this second day gives pride of place to these two formations, but also to the players who marked these two days of C1.

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3 LOSC players in the typical team

In the goals, we start with the one who single-handedly disgusted the best attack in the world, Lucas Chevalier. The French goalkeeper, who still has a good chance of not being called up by Didier Deschamps for the French team, has proven to those who could doubt that he is indeed one of the best, if not the best goalkeeper in Ligue 1 at the moment and undoubtedly one of the greatest promises to his position on the continental scene. His match was perfect in every way against Real Madrid and his three saves at the end of the match allowed Lille to win against the reigning European champion club. At the right-back position, another Mastiff shone against Casa Blanca this Wednesday. Tiago Santos shone and impressed, whether in his ability to block Vinicius Jr, Jude Bellingham or Ferland Mendy, truly great clients.

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If he did not take too much of his lane to attempt offensive breakthroughs, the rare times he ventured in front, he did so with power, speed and determination. A top-notch performance. In the axis of defense, we chose the tandem Saliba-Pau Torres. A 100% Premier League hinge which nevertheless had a lot to do, whether with PSG for the French defensive rock or with Bayern Munich for the Spanish defender. This is the second time in two matches that Saliba is part of this typical team, proof of the rise in power of the Arsenal defender. On the left, Alvaro Carreras was one of the architects of Benfica’s 4-0 victory over Atletico Madrid.

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Talent and goals galore in this eleven type

In the midfield, Benjamin Andrew produced a boss-sized match and got the upper hand over his compatriots Aurélien Tchouaméni and Eduardo Camavinga. Impressive in pressing and in his ability to hinder Madrid’s restarts, the Lille captain was a real poison for Real Madrid. An attacking trio is placed in this eleven type and this one particularly shone this week. Whether it is the attacking midfielder of Borussia Dortmund Karim Adeyemi author of a hat-trick as historic as it is express against Celtic Glasgow, against the formidable player of Atalanta Ademola Lookman who showed with his XXL performance against Shakthar Donetsk (a goal and an assist) that he had well digested his aborted transfer to PSG last summer, going through the unexpected Abdallah Sima author of a saving double with Brest against Salzburg and who has already scored 3 times in the Champions League, he who has still not scored in 5 Ligue 1 matches this season.

The choice was wide regarding the offensive tandem, but choices had to be made. The BvB striker Sehrou Guirassyis part of our typical team. The well-known Guinean international from Ligue 1 confirms his enormous start to the club season and now has 6 goals in 5 matches in all competitions including a new double against Celtic Glasgow during the 7-1 defeat of the German club. At his side, it is impossible to ignore the performance of Dusan Vlahovicauthor of a resounding double with Juventus against RB Leipzig. Trailing 2-1 and reduced to 10, the former Fiorentina serial scorer sounded the revolt with two magnificent goals which allowed Thiago Motta and his men to achieve an unexpected victory in Germany. Voted man of the match, the Serbian striker proved he was up to the task in the most prestigious club competition.