According to Tasnim news agency, the technical committee of the European Football Union (UEFA) chose Olivier Giroud as the best player of the sixth week of the group stage of the European Champions League.
In the final week of the group stage, when his team beat Salzburg 4-0 at the San Siro Stadium, Giroud scored two goals and provided two assists to play a direct role in all four Rossoneri goals. This was while he missed only one of his scoring opportunities. Thanks to the brilliance of Giroud, Milan was able to advance to the round of 16 as the second team in Group E.
Giroud had three rivals for the title, including Real Madrid’s Federico Valverde (one goal and one assist in a 5-1 win over Celtic), Leipzig’s Christopher Nkonko (one goal and one assist in a 4-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk ) and Barcelona’s Fran Torres (two goals in a 4-2 win over Viktoria Plzen).
At the same time, UEFA announced the goal of Kylian Mbappe, the French striker of the Paris Saint-Germain team, on the night of his team’s 2-1 victory at the home of Juventus, as the most beautiful goal of the last week of the group stage of the Champions League. After receiving the ball near the penalty area of the old lady, he took a shot with his right foot and put the ball into the home team’s goal with the help of a vertical beam.
The goals of Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting for Bayern Munich against Inter in Germany, Jota for Celtic against Real Madrid and Joao Mario for Benfica against Maccabi Haifa were other candidates for the title of the most beautiful goal. The interesting thing about introducing Mbappe’s goal as the most beautiful goal of the last week of the group stage of the competition is that his goal in the first week of this competition against Juventus also won the title of the most beautiful goal of the week.