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There is one game left in the 2025\/26 Champions League tournament. Arsenal and PSG will square off in the final, but who have been this year\u2019s top players?<\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019ll be looking at performances from across the tournament for this XI. However, players from teams who made it further than others will have a distinct advantage. <\/p>\n For our money, David Raya is the best goalkeeper in the world as things stand. Following his humble beginnings at Blackburn Rovers, he is now one game away from winning the Champions League.<\/p>\n A phenomenal shot-stopper who reads the game incredibly well, he kept an impressive total of nine clean sheets in the Champions League this year.<\/p>\n Achraf Hakimi is the archetypal modern full-back. His key strengths lie in his attacking acumen, but he is also an incredibly tenacious defender who isn\u2019t frightened to put in a solid challenge. <\/p>\n He is currently injured, but could be fit in time to feature in the final. He also won AFCON with Morocco earlier in the year \u2013 albeit, under highly controversial circumstances. <\/p>\n William Saliba continues to maintain his status as the best centre-back in the world this season. Whether playing in the Premier League or the Champions League, Saliba has been imperious in 2025\/26.<\/p>\n Unbeatable in the air and possessing pinpoint tackling ability, Saliba is an indomitable obstacle for any forward to overcome. <\/p>\n Willian Pacho has played in all of PSG\u2019s Champions League games in 2025\/26. This alone should put him in an XI of this ilk \u2013 especially when you consider how impressive the Parisians have been this season. <\/p>\n The Ecuadorian international has been a fantastic partner for Marquinhos, doing much of the cultured Brazilian\u2019s dirty work.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There is one game left in the 2025\/26 Champions League tournament. Arsenal and PSG will…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}GK: David Raya<\/h2>\n
RB: Ashraf Hakimi<\/h2>\n
CB: William Saliba<\/h2>\n
CB: Willian Pacho<\/h2>\n