With the 2021/2022 UEFA Champions League campaign wrapped up last weekend, a first-team list was released on their official page to recognize those who had a fantastic campaign. However, some football fanatics believe some names shouldn’t have made the list irrespective of their level of achievements....CONTINUE READING THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
Recall that Real Madrid was crowned Champions this year following an incredible run of beating the likes of Paris Saint Germain, Chelsea, Manchester City, and Liverpool to win one of their most successful trophies in club history.
Karim Benzema was the star man on the Los Blancos side, as he singlehandedly scored a good number of decisive goals to give the team victory on the last day. Thus, without further ado, let’s have a rundown of players that made the list and who the notable omission was.
Starting in between the sticks is none other than Real Madrid shot-stopper Thibaut Courtois who was the man of the match in the finals of the competition, keeping out six clear goal-scoring chances to help his team win the trophy. The defense consists of a three-man backline of Reinaldo (Atletico Madrid), Éder Militão(Real Madrid), and João Cancelo(Manchester City), which are all deserving of the recognition.
The midfield department consists of another set of great talents worthy of the award such as Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Danjuma (Villareal), Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City), and Leroy Sane(Bayern Münich). Nevertheless, the main angle of debate is leaving Cristiano Ronaldo out of the frontline behind Sebastian Haller who didn’t have a brilliant performance aside from the goals he scored.
You’d agree with me that Ronaldo was one of the best performers in the UEFA Champions League group stage, scoring important goals for Manchester United despite being in an uncoordinated team. He singlehandedly piloted them to the knockout stages of the competition before falling short to Atletico Madrid, unlike Haller. Thus, I think Ronaldo should have taken the place of Haller in the attack line alongside Robert Lewandowski and Karim Benzema.
