Jewel Neves.
UEFA revealed this Thursday evening the eleven players chosen to appear in the standard team for the seventh day of the Champions League, including a PSG player. And unsurprisingly, the Parisian in question is none other than Portuguese midfielder João Neves, author of a resounding performance and voted best man of the match on Wednesday during the stunning success against Manchester City (4-2) at the Parc des Princes.
The three Spanish giants represented
Alongside him, UEFA has designated one of Brest's strikers, Georgiy Sudakov (Shakhtar), and on the wings, Real and Barça each place a not too bad Brazilian: Vinícius for the Meringues, double scorer in the easy home victory, and Raphinha, who gave victory to the Blaugrana at the end of the match against Benfica. No jealousy, Atlético de Madrid is also represented with Julian Álvarez in attack after his double against Bayer Leverkusen, associated with Luuk de Jong, also a double scorer on Tuesday, with PSV against Belgrade.
Apart from João Neves, another Ligue 1 player has slipped into this eleven, in the person of Wilfried Singo, victorious with Monaco against Aston Villa (1-0) on Tuesday. He is accompanied in defense by David Raum, who rediscovered the taste of victory with Leipzig, Federico Gatti, who held up well against the undefeated Bruges, and Davide Calabria from AC Milan, who quickly entered the game to compensate for the injury of 'Emerson. After his team's impressive victory against Bayern Munich, Feyenoord goalkeeper Justin Bijlow completes this eleven.
-They could have put a Manchester City player in to console them.
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