European Team of the Week: Nice Guy Eduardo's High 5 Edges out Alexis Sanchez
Carlos Eduardo is WhoScored.com’s European player of the week after his blistering performance in Nice's 7-2 victory at Guingamp on Sunday.
The midfielder netted five of Nice’s seven goals from just eight shots, and registered one assist from one key pass in what was a ruthless performance from the 25-year-old at the Stade du Roudourou.
Team-mate Alassane Plea also features in the highest-rated European team of the week after netting and registering two assists in the thumping of Guingamp.
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A creative threat throughout the encounter, Plea made an impressive four key passes in the victory as Nice steamrollered their way to victory.
Alexis Sanchez partners Plea in attack. The Chilean has begun to find his rhythm in the Premier League after something of a slow start and was on hand to punish the Sunderland back line with a brace in Arsenal’s 2-0 win.
Alexis has now directly contributed to each of Arsenal’s last four goals—three goals and one assist—and the attacker is looking every bit the player fans were hoping he would be.
Eric Bautheac is the third and final Nice player to feature in this week's team. A goal and an assist helped push Bautheac’s rating to 9.44, but his defensive contribution was key to the victory, with the winger making five tackles in the win over Guingamp, more than any other player.
Marek Hamsik features in the middle of the park on the back of a match-winning display in Napoli’s 6-2 victory over Verona.
Napoli’s primary creator netted either side of half-time, before turning provider for Jose Callejon late on. With three key passes and one successful dribble, Hamsik turned in a performance which left the Partenopei faithful purring.
Samuel completes the midfield on the back of his commendable display in Malaga’s 4-0 win over Rayo Vallecano.
The 24-year-old opened the scoring after just six minutes, which helped contribute to his man-of-the-match performance. Three key passes aided in pushing his rating to a notable 9.37, while three accurate long balls and two accurate crosses rounded off a top display from the wide man.
Danilo Avelar takes his place at left-back this week as Cagliari secured just their second league win of the season.
It’s taken some time for Zdenek Zeman’s ideas to be translated onto the pitch, but I Rossoblu were effective in their 4-0 win over Empoli at the weekend, with all four goals coming in the opening 45 minutes and Avelar on hand to score two of them.
Mauricio Isla comes into the team at right-back this week. The on-loan Chilean ensured QPR kept a clean sheet in the 2-0 win over Aston Villa, making five tackles, five interceptions and five clearances, and also provided a creative outlet from defence, making four key passes in the much-needed victory.
Francesco Acerbi partners Abdoul Ba at centre-back in the highest-rated XI. Acerbi netted the second in Sassuolo’s 3-1 win over Parma—their first league victory of the season—and ensured I Neroverdi came away with all three points, making four interceptions and 20 clearances in the encounter.
Ba, making his first league start of the season, was imperative at the heart of the Lens defence as they secured an unlikely away win at Toulouse.
The 20-year-old made four tackles—including one last-man tackle—two interceptions and 19 clearances in Lens’ 2-0 victory to round off an impressive performance.
Johny Placide completes our European team of the week on the back of a clean sheet in Reims’ 1-0 win over Montpellier.
The 26-year-old made five saves and three cross claims as the hosts picked up all three points at the weekend.
All statistics courtesy of WhoScored.com, where you can find yet more stats, including live in-game data and unique player and team ratings.
