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Tension, youth, character, goals and high-stakes games: this is the recipe for this fifth day of the Champions League. With forty-five goals scored, everyone had the opportunity to highlight Tuesday and Wednesday night in the most beautiful European competitions. The FM editorial team offers its type team, necessarily subjective, but attractive on paper.
Ethan Horvath (Club Brugge): Club Brugge was expected as a real victim on the side of Signal Iduna Park as Borussia Dortmund is walking on everyone. It was absolutely nothing since the Belgians did not concede the slightest goal. The goalkeeper set the tone in the 10th minute and stopped impeccably in front of Pulisic. He was then very attentive on an attempt to Alcacer (90th). Bruges owes him a lot.
Thilo Kehrer (PSG): we begin to understand why the Paris Saint-Germain was looking for 37 million euros on the side of Schalke 04. The German was absolutely intractable in his right lane although difficult offensively. Small bonus, if he looks in his pocket this Thursday morning, he may find Sadio Mané.
Thiago Silva (PSG): it was enough to see how O'Monstro and his compatriot Marquinhos celebrated a ball they had managed not to finish a corner to understand all the rage that could animate the Brazilians. Yesterday, Silva was impeccable both in the game and in the state of mind. He extinguished Firmino then Salah, quietly enough.
Brandon Mechele (Club Brugge): he was born in 1993, but he already acts as boss in the defense of the club of Bruges. If Lucien Favre's attackers found the frame only twice on 12 attempts, it's partly because the defense, led by this young man, made it very difficult for him. Brugge is doing well, thanks to his defensive men, with a good 0-0.
Juan Bernat (PSG): the Parisian left-back is often the detonator in the Paris SG stakes meetings. Already against Naples, he was the one who opened the scoring and yesterday he scored the first goal of his against Liverpool. Followed a meeting full of seriousness. He also managed to lock up Mohamed Salah, who we did not see much.
Houssem Aouar (OL): how to make a typical team this day of the Champions League without mentioning it? Impossible. The Olympique Lyonnais midfielder has done exactly what a midfielder needs to do against Manchester City. He harassed the ball carrier, shot his ball forward, kicked his forwards and read the game like nobody else. What a masterclass!
Arturo Vidal (FC Barcelona): the Chilean struggled to find a place in FC Barcelona Ernesto Valverde. It may be yesterday's best performance against PSV Eindhoven. The former Bayern Munich has played closer to Leo Messi and it's no wonder the Pulga has hit again. It's encouraging.
Jefferson Farfán (Lokomotiv Moscow): the Peruvian winger was absolutely wonderful this Wednesday night during the victory of his Russian side against Galatasaray. Although it was not decisive, it was he who created the danger on the right flank of the Muscovite attack. He could have completed his performance with a goal, but his recovery of the head found the cross (62nd).
Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich): Bayern Munich received Benfica in a tense match especially for the Bavarian coach Niko Kovac. Except that he was saved by Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery. The Dutch winger gave us a show because he scored a double (13th and 30th) which put his teammates on the right track since they won 5-1.
Maxwel Cornet (OL): the Rhone striker was again fantastic against Manchester City. If he missed a goal, he also sent a bicycle to Ederson's stop. Already scorer in the first leg, Cornet has again played defenders Pep Guardiola since he has offered a nice double.
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich): the Pole entered the history of the Champions League. Against Benfica (5-1), the former Borussia Dortmund went his double and was the top scorer of the competition. He also became the seventh player to score at least 50 goals in the Champions League. With 51 goals, he is the sixth-leading scorer in the history of the competition.
> the typical team of the fourth day of the Champions League group stage
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