Who makes our Europa League Team of the Week?
Friday, March 15, 2019
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Four Benfica players have made it into this week's selection, but the front two both play for English clubs.
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Benfica's extra-time efforts against Dinamo Zagreb have earned them some extra reward in the UEFA Europa League Team of the Week, and three Chelsea players make the cut too.
Note: While the FedEx Performance Zone is a form tracker taking into account domestic and European games, the Team of the Week is based purely on form shown in the UEFA Europa League matchday in question.
Goalkeeper: Odisseas Vlachodimos (Benfica) – 45th (+58 FedEx Performance Zone ranking)
Defender: Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) – 19th (+118)
Defender: Ferro (Benfica) – 31st (+69)
Defender: Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui (Slavia) – 132nd (+132)
Defender: Alex Grimaldo (Benfica) – 20th (+56)
Midfielder: Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal) – 105th (+156)
Midfielder: Pizzi (Benfica) – 21st (+96)
Midfielder: Tomáš Souček – 15th (+32)
Midfielder: Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) – 11th (+32)
Forward: Oliver Giroud (Chelsea) – 5th (+65)
Forward: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) – 26th (+70)