Barcelona & Actual Madrid stars included in Champions League Group of the Week
Main members of the first-team ranks at every of La Liga’s high three golf equipment have been afforded respective locations within the Champions League Group of the Week.
This after all comes following the Spherical-of-16 2nd-leg fixtures in European soccer’s premiere membership competitors over the course of the final two nights.
Barcelona had been first up on Tuesday, welcoming Portuguese heavyweights Benfica to Catalunya’s capital.
Commercial
And owing to his Man of the Match efficiency en path to a 3-1 Blaugrana triumph, Pedri has been rewarded with a spot within the Group of the Week.
24 hours on, it was then the flip of capital rivals Actual and Atlético Madrid to vie it out for a spot within the Champions League’s closing eight.
When all was mentioned and achieved, it was the previous who marched on, courtesy of a penalty shootout victory.
And Raúl Asencio’s standout exploits on the coronary heart of Los Blancos’ defence have seen the Spaniard, too, afforded a spot within the TOTW.
Regardless of his facet’s eventual defeat, in the meantime, Atlético’s Rodrigo De Paul joins Pedri and Asencio in rounding out the La Liga illustration within the XI:
Conor Laird – GSFN