Barcelona ahead Lamine Yamal performed an important position in his group’s 3-2 victory over Borussia Dortmund within the UEFA Champions League, offering an help regardless of not scoring.
This introduced his complete to 2 assists within the competitors, a notable achievement for the younger star.
Nonetheless, regardless of his being named the Man of the Match, Yamal was surprisingly disregarded of UEFA’s Champions League Workforce of the Week.
As an alternative, UEFA’s technical observers selected to focus on the attacking trio of Igor Paixao from Feyenoord, Antoine Griezmann from Atletico Madrid, and Bukayo Saka from Arsenal.
Whereas these gamers all had sturdy performances, one can’t assist however marvel if UEFA locations extra worth on targets than different contributions to the sport.
Barcelona’s dangerous luck with UCL TOTW
It’s value noting that even when Yamal scored a objective in a earlier match, he wasn’t included within the Workforce of the Week, elevating questions concerning the choice standards.
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Barcelona’s illustration within the Champions League Workforce of the Week has been fairly restricted. Out of the six matchdays performed to date, the Blaugrana have solely had gamers featured on three events.
Raphinha made the lower twice (on matchdays 2 and three), whereas Pau Cubarsi appeared as soon as (on matchday 5).
This lack of recognition has sparked some irony amongst followers, particularly contemplating that Yamal has been concerned in key moments, scoring a objective and offering two assists within the group stage.
Trying on the Workforce of the Week for this spherical, Saka’s inclusion was probably as a consequence of his outstanding efficiency, scoring twice and offering an help in Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Monaco.
Griezmann, who additionally scored two targets, and Paixao, who netted one, additional strengthened their instances for inclusion.
Regardless of his contributions, Yamal was not chosen, and no Barcelona participant featured within the group this week. This highlights the continued debate about what standards are used to find out the very best gamers of the week in such prestigious tournaments.
