UEFA Drops Salah, Mane From UCL Team Of The Season

By Daily Sports Nigeria on June 1, 2022

With the UEFA Champions League campaign having wrapped up on Saturday, European football’s governing body has finally announced their Team of the Season for the 2021/22 term.

To no one’s surprise, the list is dominated by Real Madrid and Liverpool, this season’s two finalists. Los Blancos got the better of the Reds at the Stade de France, beating Klopp’s side 1-0 to lift the trophy, but the two European giants are locked in a stalemate in the Team of the Season, with each club boasting four players on this list.

And once again, to no one’s surprise, Karim Benzema headlines this list, with the Frenchman leading the line after a brilliant campaign in the UEFA Champions League. The Blancos no.9 scored a hat trick in the round of 16 and quarterfinal clashes with PSG and Chelsea, respectively, and finished the season with 15 goals and an additional two assists.

Joining him in the three-man attack is Santiago Bernabeu teammate, Vinicius Jr., who scored the winning goal in the final, with the Brazilian racking up an outstanding seven assists while scoring four times. Completing the frontline is Kylian Mbappe, the PSG attacker who turned down a move to Madrid this summer, meaning that Liverpool’s world-class duo Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane miss out on this list.

Luka Modric is the first name in midfield, and for obvious reasons, having played a key role in Real Madrid’s comeback victories over PSG and Chelsea en route to his fifth UIEFA Champions League crown. The Croatian is joined by Kevin de Bruyne, who has been Manchester City’s most outstanding player this term, and Liverpool’s midfield marshal, Fabinho.

Defense is where the Merseyside giants show their dominance, with three of the four defenders being from Anfield. Their two fullback Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold make the cut while Virgil van Dijk takes up one of the two center-back slots, with Chelsea’s Antonio Rudiger being his partner.

And in goal, Thibaut Courtois takes his rightful place in between the sticks after his Man of the Match performance in the final secured both a clean sheet and a 14th European cup for Real Madrid. UEFA’s Technical Observer panel were the ones behind these decisions, meaning not every fan will agree. 

Source Sporting Sun

Posted June 1, 2022


 

You may also like...
Chris Giwa to start work tomorrow

Azubuike Okechukwu gets €3m price tag

Chelsea Push Inter Milan For Deal As Hakimi...

Coach Galtier Quits New French Champions Lille

VAR Is A ‘Big Mess’, Says Guardiola After...

Whyte: Wilder crying over AJ

 

Latest News JOF Kids Cup: Teams Battle For Semi-Finals Tickets This Weekend Adebayo battles Tanzanian for WBO title Gospel singer, Bassey, others knock poor Eagles display Awka City Stadium Hosts Rangers Against Heartland Federation Cup Clash 2025 Beach Soccer League: Anambra Warriors In Killer Mode To Secure First Round Qualifier Rivers lucky against Ikorodu City – Finidi We are not in Nigeria for holidays – Zimbabwe captain Don’t dash Nigerians’ hopes, Emenike tells Eagles Ikpeba backs Osimhen to break Yekini’s record Nwokolo to defend WBA NABA title April 26 Chelle chases second win against Warriors in Uyo Akwa Ibom offers free tickets for Super Eagles vs Zimbabwe match

 

Most Read Rangers International going, going . . . (55,374 views) Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (46,521 views) Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (44,535 views) Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (44,178 views) Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (44,142 views) Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (44,135 views) Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (43,947 views) NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (43,489 views) Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (42,581 views) Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (41,234 views) Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (39,674 views) John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (39,096 views)

 

Phone numbers

Tel: +234(0)8066020976
+234(0)8055068145
+234(0)7013416146
+234(0)8094272884

Email addresses

info@dailysportsng.com
support@dailysportsng.com
publisher@dailysportsng.com

Office address

No 3, Adetoun Close, Off College Road, Ogba, Ikeja Lagos.
Website: www.dailysportsng.com

Social Media