{"id":13540,"date":"2026-06-03T07:55:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=13540"},"modified":"2026-06-03T07:55:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:55:52","slug":"trio-named-in-ucl-team-of-the-season-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=13540","title":{"rendered":"Trio named in UCL team of the season | News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Three of our players have been named in the 2025\/26 UEFA Champions League team of the season.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After helping us reach the final in Budapest this campaign, Declan Rice, David Raya and Gabriel have all been included in the XI, which is selected by UEFA’s Technical Observer Group. <\/p>\n

Declan Rice has been selected for a second season in a row after a series of sparkling performances, which helped us reach the final for the first time in 20 years.<\/p>\n

Our England midfielder scored a superb goal in the 2-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen to help us progress to the quarter-finals with 3-1 aggregate win.<\/p>\n

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David Raya and Gabriel helped form the best backline in the competition, keeping nine clean sheets on the road to Budapest. Our Brazlian centre back also got on the scoresheet in our 4-0 win over Atletico Madrid in the league phase.<\/p>\n

Joining Big Gabi in the backline are PSG duo Nuno Mendes and Marquinhos, as well as Atletico Madrid full-back, Marcos Llorente.<\/p>\n

Declan is joined by PSG’s Vitinha in midfield, with his team mate Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Bayern’s Michael Olise on the wings. Fellow Bayern star Harry Kane and PSG’s Ousmanne Dembele complete this season’s line-up.<\/p>\n

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Copyright 2026 The Arsenal Football Club Limited. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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