{"id":9068,"date":"2023-11-14T14:59:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T11:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/9068\/european-team-of-the-week-3\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T14:59:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T11:59:50","slug":"european-team-of-the-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=9068","title":{"rendered":"European Team of the Week: Mbappe, Vinicius, Lindelof star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>European Team of the Week: Mbappe, Vinicius, Lindelof star\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Every week we&#8217;ll feature the best players from Europe&#8217;s top five leagues (English Premier League, German Bundesliga, Spanish LaLiga, French Ligue 1 and Italian Serie A) using the unique WhoScored rating system.<\/p>\n<p>Ratings are based on a comprehensive algorithm that uses Opta data from live matches, with over 200 raw statistics, which give us a single rating from 1 to 10 (1 being poor; 10 being excellent) weighted based on performance. influence of a player in a game.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about how ratings are calculated at WhoScored here.  And these are the best players in the final round of action.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Goalkeeper: Paulo Gazzaniga (Girona | LaLiga) \u2013 rating 8.87<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Surprise La Liga leaders Girona secured a fifth successive league victory this weekend by beating Rayo Vallecano 2-1 at the Estadio de Vallecas.  Gazzaniga produced a player of the match performance between the sticks making eight saves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Central defender: Victor Lindel\u00f6f (Manchester <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/united\/\"   title=\"United\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">United<\/a> | Premier League) &#8211; 8.21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Replacing the injured Jonny Evans, Lindel\u00f6f proved to be Manchester United&#8217;s match-winner in their narrow victory over newly promoted Luton.  The Swedish international defender scored with his only effort on goal on the hour mark and found a teammate with 94.7% of his 113 attempted passes to help United take the lead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Central defender: Marquinhos (PSG | Ligue 1) &#8211; 8.20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marquinhos is the first of two PSG players in this squad after their 3-0 <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a> at Reims on Saturday.  The Brazil international held his own at the Stade Auguste-Delaune II, making 10 clearances, four interceptions and a tackle to keep a clean sheet and ensure PSG headed into the international break at the top of Ligue 1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Central defender: Alberto Dossena (Cagliari | Serie A) &#8211; 8.43<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite finishing the match against Juventus on the losing side, Cagliari&#8217;s Dossena completes the defense.  The 25-year-old halved the deficit with 15 minutes remaining to set up a nervy finish at the Allianz Stadium, while eight clearances, five aerial duels won and four interceptions helped the Italian secure his place .<\/p>\n<p><strong>Right midfielder: Leroy San\u00e9 (Bayern Munich | Bundesliga) &#8211; 9.91<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>San\u00e9 maintained his blistering <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/start\/\"   title=\"start\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">start<\/a> to the season with another stellar performance this weekend as Bayern Munich got the better of Heidenheim at the Allianz Arena.  San\u00e9 was directly involved in two of Bayern&#8217;s four goals from nine key passes, providing the assists for both of Harry Kane&#8217;s goals.  Seven more successful dribbles capped a fine afternoon for the German winger.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Central midfielder: John McGinn (Aston Villa | Premier League) \u2013 8.93<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa returned to winning ways with a comfortable 3-1 victory over Fulham, with McGinn shining against the Cottagers on Sunday.  The Scotland international scored Villa&#8217;s second goal and produced a superb move with and without the ball.  Indeed, McGinn completed seven dribbles and won 15 ground duels to contribute to his inclusion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Central midfielder: Tom\u00e1s Soucek (West Ham | Premier League) \u2013 8.51<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The winner of West Ham&#8217;s match against Nottingham Forest on Sunday was Soucek, as he scored his third league goal of the campaign in the 88th minute.  Having scored one of four shots at the London Stadium, he also made six clearances and two tackles to play a key role for the Hammers.<\/p>\n<div data-behavior=\"video_scroll\" class=\"contentItem__content contentItem__content--media-card contentItem__content--fullWidth contentItem__content--inline\">\n<figure data-video=\"watch,640,360,38871588\" data-cerebro-id=\"654fc5b4be6ab32506db0ec7\" data-title=\"Do Arsenal really have the firepower for another title challenge?\" class=\"media-wrapper_image video\" data-source=\"espn\"><picture class=\"media-wrapper_image\"><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><span class=\"video-play-button\" data-id=\"38871588\">play<\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\">\n<p>1:55<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"contentItem__contentWrapper\">\n<p>Do Arsenal really have the firepower for another title challenge?<\/p>\n<p class=\"contentItem__subhead\">Shaka Hislop reviews Arsenal&#8217;s performance after their 3-1 win over Burnley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Left midfielder: Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal | Premier League) &#8211; 8.80<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leandro Trossard may have deserved the plaudits for scoring Arsenal&#8217;s 1,000th goal at the Emirates in the 3-1 win over Burnley, but it was Zinchenko who won the player of the match award.  The Ukraine international scored the Gunners&#8217; third goal 15 minutes from time, while his work off the ball proved vital as he won seven aerial duels and made five tackles in a remarkable performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forward: Rodrygo (Real Madrid | La Liga) &#8211; 10.0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No, Jude Bellingham, no problem.  Real Madrid did not feel the absence of their \u20ac103m summer arrival as they won 5-1 against Valencia on Saturday night with Rodrygo on hand to directly contribute to four of the <i>The Whites<\/i>&#8220;Five goals. The Brazilian international striker provided two assists from four key passes, completed four dribbles and scored two goals from five shots himself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forward: Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 (PSG | Ligue 1) \u2013 10.0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mbapp\u00e9 scored the first hat-trick of the 2023-24 Ligue 1 season in a 3-0 victory at Reims.  The 24-year-old French international scored three of his nine shots and completed three dribbles in a stunning performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forward: Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior (Real Madrid | La Liga) &#8211; 10.0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not letting himself be left behind by his Brazilian teammate Rodrygo, Madrid winger Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior scored his third and fourth goals of the season in the resounding victory against Valencia.  The 23-year-old scored with two of his five shots and was a threat for the <i>Che<\/i> defense throughout the game by completing seven dribbles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Team of the Week: Mbappe, Vinicius, Lindelof star\u060c Every week we&#8217;ll feature the best players from Europe&#8217;s top five leagues (English Premier League, German Bundesliga, Spanish LaLiga, French Ligue 1 and Italian Serie A) using the unique WhoScored rating system. Ratings are based on a comprehensive algorithm that uses Opta data from live matches, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2740,5487,1307,1299,1216,3161,9],"class_list":["post-9068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-european","tag-lindelof","tag-mbappe","tag-star","tag-team","tag-vinicius","tag-week"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9069,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9068\/revisions\/9069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}