Brazilian Gabriel Jesús scored a goal in Manchester City’s triumph during his visit to Borussia Mönchengladbach (2-0), in a match played in Budapest, to put the knockout stages of the Champions League round of 16 on track.
In the Europa League, Tottenham got their ticket to the round of 16 of the tournament after beating the Austrian Wolfsberg (4-0).
Carlos Vinicius was the great protagonist of the clash played in London by scoring a ‘double’.
After the dispute of the matches of the round of 16 of the Champions League, round of 32 of the Europa League and the major European leagues, the eleven of the day is formed by the following players (3-4-3): Ederson – Cristian Romero, Rafael Tolo, Felipe – Casemiro, Eric Lamela, Raphinha, Lionel Messi – Joaquín Correa, Carlos Vinícius and Gabriel Jesús.
Goalkeeper:
Ederson (Manchester City / BRA): The Brazilian goalkeeper scored his fifth clean sheet in six Champions League games in a 2-0 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Ederson made two good interventions to help Josep Guardiola’s team get on track for the tie.
Defenders:
Cristian Romero (Atalanta / ARG): The ‘Cuti’ played the 90 minutes in the defeat of the ‘Dea’ against Real Madrid (1-0).
Although with a bitter outcome, he left a good image in his first match of the Champions League round of 16 by helping to control the ‘merengue’ attack until the final stretch of the match.
Rafael Toloi (Atalanta / BRA): The Brazilian defender was once again the captain of the ‘neroazzurro’ team, in the defeat against Real Madrid (1-0).
Toloi, in addition, did double work in the center and the middle after his team was outnumbered after the expulsion of Remo Freuler (17).
Felipe (Atlético de Madrid / BRA): The Brazilian central defender started in the disaster against Chelsea (1-0) to reach 40 games played in the Champions League, 27 with Porto and 13 with the ‘rojiblanco’ team.
Flyers and midfielders:
Casemiro (Real Madrid / BRA): The Brazilian midfielder started the victory of the ‘merengue’ team against Atalanta (1-0), playing the 90 minutes and doing an important job in the recovery zone.
Erik Lamela (Tottenham / ARG): The Argentine midfielder returned to the Europa League title in the win against Wolfsberg (4-0) after having entered the first leg (4-1) last week.
Lamela played 69 minutes before being replaced by the scorer of the London team’s third goal, Gareth Bale.
Raphinha (Leeds United / BRA): The Brazilian midfielder contributed a goal to the win against Southampton (3-0) that helped the team led by Marcelo Bielsa climb to tenth position in the table.
Lionel Messi (Barcelona / ARG): La ‘Pulga’ scored two goals in the Barça team’s triumph against Elche (3-0) to become the solo leader in the league’s scoring table with 18 goals and three assists.
Attackers:
Joaquín Correa (Lazio / ARG): The ‘Tucu’ converted the discount goal in the defeat of the Roman team against Bayern Munich (4-1) in the match corresponding to the first leg of the knockout stages of the Champions League.
Carlos Vinícius (Tottenham / BRA): The Brazilian striker scored a ‘double’ in the win against Austrian Wolfsberg (4-0) with which Tottenham got their pass to the knockout stages of the Europa League.
Carlos Vinícius has six goals and three assists in seven Europa League games.
Gabriel Jesús (Manchester City / BRA): The Brazilian attacker contributed with a goal to the away win against Borussia Monchengladbach (2-0) with which Manchester City left the tie on track.
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