After this midweek promotion, there were plenty of contenders for the official UEFA Champions League team of the week.
The sixth round in the European top competition.
All 36 clubs are participating, with nine matches on Tuesday and nine on Wednesday.
When it comes to games that could have spawned these contenders, has the BayArena provided contenders…?
Eddie Howe’s side with an excellent second-half performance that deserved more than the eventual 2-2 draw against Bayer Leverkusen.
However, what about the individuals?
One Newcastle United star from Wednesday night’s match makes this official UEFA Champions League Team of the Week.
Official UEFA Champions League announcement – December 11, 2025:
‘Champions League team of the week: matchday 6
Eleven different clubs are represented in the UEFA Champions League matchday 6 all-star team, selected by the UEFA Technical Observer Group (which watches every match by an experienced observer and is supported in the selections by the UEFA Game Insight Unit in Nyon, Switzerland).
Unai Simón, Athletics Club
His goals avoided metric was 1.77 after his key saves earned Athletic a point as they became the first team to stop holders Paris Saint-Germain from scoring in this season’s competition.
Jules Koundé, Barcelona
Dominated his right side of the pitch and posed a major attacking threat as he came from behind – a threat underlined by his two goals in the comeback win against Frankfurt.
Dávid Hancko, Atletico de Madrid
Scored a goal against PSV and defended with intelligence and discipline – excelling in his positioning while covering and protecting the space around him – in addition to making good use of the ball when moving forward.
Mohammed Salisu, Monaco
Won the majority of his matches and scored eight goals to help Monaco achieve a third clean sheet of the league stage in their narrow victory against Galatasaray.
Nico O’Reilly, Manchester City
As well as scoring his first Champions League goal, O’Reilly showed formidable speed, strength and tactical intelligence against Real Madrid – from his driven runs to his defensive work against Rodrygo.
Richard Rios, Benfica
With his well-timed runs, the influential Colombian scored Benfica’s first goal against Napoli and scored the second, on a night when he covered a lot of ground and led Benfica’s aggressive press to good effect.
Charles De Ketelaere, Atalanta
His second goal in as many Champions League games turned out to be Atalanta’s winner against Chelsea, after Belgian Gianluca Scamacca had already scored the equalizer in front.
Lennart Karl, Bayern Munich
The Bayern teenager scored one goal against Sporting CP, had another disallowed and showed off his precocious technical skills, particularly in his ability to play between the lines.
Noni Maduyke, the Arsenal
He was a constant threat on the right wing. He demonstrated his ball-carrying ability with his spectacular opening goal against Club Brugge and then showed good expectations for his second as he recorded his first double in the Champions League.
Mason Greenwood, Marseilles
After showing his link-up skills in the build-up to Igor Paixão’s goal, Greenwood then produced two clinical finishes of his own to secure OM’s win at Union SG.
Anthony Gordon, Newcastle
His clinical conversion of a penalty gave Newcastle the opening goal at Leverkusen and he also set up Lewis Miley’s strike with his guile on the wing and an excellent cross.’
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