Africans players playing in Europe: the team of the week 4

Find here the team of the week for Africans playing in the five major European championships (Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1). Author of a superb goal with West Ham, Senegalese Mohamed Diamé is in the spotlight this week.

Match winner Saber-Khelifa signed a hat-trick against the defending champion Montpellier

Match winner Saber-Khelifa signed a hat-trick against the defending champion Montpellier

Goalkeeper
Mohamed Amsif (Augsburg – Morocco)
The  Moroccan keeper done better than take the shock, making its contribution to the victory over Werder Bremen (3-1).

Defenders:
Serge Aurier (Toulouse – Côte d’Ivoire)
A big activity in lane against Valenciennes. A second half where his contribution was important to the rise in score Violets (2-2).

Nicolas Nkoulou (Marseille – Cameroon)
Much was expected of his confrontation with Ibrahimovic, he held his rank. Even if it is preceded on the first goal in Paris, the Cameroon defender showed talent, directing the defense of Marseille brilliantly.

Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik (Rennes – Cameroon)
His best game since the beginning of the season. The defender like his team,raise his game with Sochaux for the first victory away(0-1).

Boukary Drame (Chievo Verona – Senegal)
A good match in the lane for the Senegalese face Sampdoria (2-1), and an assist to crown this good record.

Midfielders:
Mohamed Diamé (West Ham – Senegal)
A good game against Arsenal. Always well placed to support his team deserved a different result. And what a goal! Back to the cage on the left side of the Hammers attack, he turns eliminates two opposing players before finding the top corner without angle.

Cédric Makiadi (Fribourg – RD Congo)
He scored his goal certainly the easiest of the head by extending the trajectory of the ball into the empty net, before offering a last decisive third goal for his team off winner Nuremberg (3-0).

(West Bromwich Albion – RD Congo)
A big activity rewarded by a goal, the third of his team, which allows a win against Queens Park Rangers (3-2). He finds form.

Forwards:
Saber Khelifa (Evian TG – Tunisia)
Congré his opponent will long remember this game: three occasions, three shots and three goals, Tunisian striker made the perfect hat-trick (3-2 against Montpellier). The first to the limit of offside, the second with a shot in the top corner … And what about his last goal following an acceleration of 50 meters before beating goalkeeper! The great man of the weekend.

Mame Biram Diouf (Hannover 96 – Senegal)
Twenty minutes a big important and very active. Missing the first equalization in front of the  goal of Borussia Dortmund it takes to find the flaw in the near champions, allowing his team to hang a good draw (1 – 1).

Obafemi Martins (Levante – Nigeria)
The clasico derbies and other occupied media space this weekend. Was necessarily less talked about the Valencia released by the Nigerian striker a goal so characteristic of his style. Acceleration, a gesture accrobatic to beat the goalkeeper before a somersault to celebrate his goal.