Champions League - Team of the Week

Eurosport - Thu, 23 Oct 15:10:00 2008

Eurosport-Yahoo! gives a rundown of who impressed during Matchday Three of the Champions League group stage.

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Arsenal's remarkable 5-2 win in Fenerbahce's Istanbul cauldron means several Gunners stars make the XI, while Lyon's Fred edges Dimitar Berbatov and Bojan Krkic to partner Wayne Rooney up front because the Brazilian striker was on the receiving end of rough treatment from his own fans last weekend.

The heavy-scoring nature of this week means that the line-up only features three defenders, with no less than three of Arsene Wenger's midfielders in the team.

GK Manuel Almunia (Arsenal) - Made some great saves to keep the Canaries at bay, adding weight to the argument that he should at least be considered for England's problematic goalkeeping position.

CB Martin Demichelis (Bayern Munich) - The Argentine stopper was solid and unruffled and helped Bayern keep a clean sheet as they spanked Fiorentina.

CB John Terry (Chelsea) - England and Chelsea's talismanic captain shrugged off a back injury to head his side to a 1-0 win over Roma and had Francesco Totti in his pocket throughout.

CB Zdenek Grygera (Juventus) - A great team performance saw Juventus beat Real Madrid 2-1 and Grygera gets the nod for his work both in attack and defence.

RW Theo Walcott (Arsenal) - He just keeps getting better. The teenage winger scored a great goal and gave Roberto Carlos untold grief on the right.

LW Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - Masterful in the 5-0 hammering of Basel in Switzerland. He scored one goal, created two and completed 90 per cent of his passes. Class.

MC Mark Van Bommel (Bayern Munich) - The Dutchman bossed the midfield in the win over La Viola, barely making a bad pass and keeping their high tempo ticking over.

MC Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal) - Dictated the tempo of a match Arsenal controlled through the midfield and created two goals. Some of his passing was majestic.

AMC Abou Diaby (Arsenal) - Many viewed leggy French midfielder Diaby as the natural heir to Patrick Vieira's throne, but in a more advanced role he looked more like Zinedine Zidane, scoring a great goal in the process.

FW Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) - It seems he is living up to the hype. Far more comfortable in a conventional 4-4-2, Rooney is playing a much more advanced role, conserving his energy and touches and looking like a quite fearsome player. He has just turned 23, and if this is the point at which he realises his potential then God help the rest of us.

FW Fred (Lyon) - Less for his performance (he scored twice in the thrilling 5-3 comeback win at Steaua Bucharest), more that he answered the fans who booed him the Ligue 1 draw with Lille in the best way possible.

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  1. come on chelsea u can win.
    this year they gunna win the priemer legue ,champions league ,league cup,carling cup

    chelsea rule

    From lukeharrison07, on Sun 26 Oct 7:21PM

  2. Only an english site would have six players from english clubs in this thing. Have you forgotten Sissoko, he won everything in the middle against Madrid. Chiellini was better than Grygera; Llorent scored a hat-trick incase you forgot and won the game for Villarreal; Walcott shouldn't have been there, he played great but not better than Xavi; then there's Benzema who's two goals were far more valuable than Rooney's because they kept Lyon among the leaders. You have 4 players from Arsenal who win 5-2 and then just Messi when Barca win 5-0???

    From Andrew, on Sat 25 Oct 5:59AM

  3. Ronado's football career is over Sir, sell him

    From aejibunu, on Fri 24 Oct 8:29PM

  4. Man U 4 life

    From aejibunu, on Fri 24 Oct 8:25PM

  5. chelsea @#$% scallys @#$% mufc forever

    From jon g, on Fri 24 Oct 1:14AM

  6. liverpool are the best and were gonna thrasth chelsea and win the champions league
    TORRES! TORRES! TORRES! TORRES!

    From rocket.poppet, on Thu 23 Oct 9:58PM

  7. Almunia's a pile of rubbish petr cech or casillas should be 1

    From chamilitary08, on Thu 23 Oct 8:35PM

  8. Where is Sissoko?
    He probably had the best game of his life!
    Perfect tackles, and he kept getting tripped, and DIDN'T stop running.

    + Chiellini was better defensively than Grygera.

    I'm saying this not because I'm a Juve fan, but because I watched the game.

    From di_tomasso_17, on Thu 23 Oct 7:23PM

  9. Hey everybody
    Just look up Chelsea

    From nandarxx, on Thu 23 Oct 6:27PM

  10. Rooney, Berba and Tevez = sell Ronaldo

    From miniroll32, on Thu 23 Oct 1:32PM

  11. gunners till Jesus comes

    From edwinclarkandassociates, on Thu 23 Oct 1:30PM

  12. Manuel Almunia for ENGLAND

    From raybruce73, on Thu 23 Oct 1:18PM

  13. gooners the best

    From dan.neagu@..., on Thu 23 Oct 1:11PM

  14. 'liverpool will won champion legeue next weak' AJMOLABEDIN!!!!!! hahahaha wat english school did u go to lol

    From Andrew, on Thu 23 Oct 1:10PM

  15. mambo poa!!!

    From Dotto, on Thu 23 Oct 1:09PM

  16. is anybody talking about Ronaldo, i think his days are over especially with Berbatov and consistant Rooney. Gosh Sir you are by far the greatest football mind and philosopher ever. Just wait when Ronaldo leave Old Trafford and people will even forget about him and his arrogant life-style (check the stupid fashion line he is making..lol). LIVERPOOL RULES, PREMIERSHIP IS OURS THIS YEAR

    From saoud, on Thu 23 Oct 12:53PM

  17. Rooney over llorente? come on the guy came as a sub and he scored a hat-rick!!!! what more u ask from a striker

    From Majed, on Thu 23 Oct 12:37PM

  18. Only scum around are Chelsea as their supporters can not take defeat. It's hard when you spend billions on a team that wins nothing.

    From dpatel991, on Thu 23 Oct 12:24PM

  19. hello

    From Adam, on Thu 23 Oct 12:13PM

  20. chelsea by far forget the pool arsneal man u and it hurts me to write that last one scum all lucky lucky teams

    From simondobbin, on Thu 23 Oct 12:09PM
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