The official Champions League Team of the Season is out and includes eight finalists.
Selected by the Uefa Technical Observer panel, there are, unsurprisingly, four players from Real Madrid and four from Liverpool selected.
👕 UEFA's Technical Observer panel has selected its 2021/22 UEFA Champions League Team of the Season 🙌#UCL pic.twitter.com/I8t9T6uM5R
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) May 31, 2022
The other three come from Chelsea (Antonio Rüdiger), Manchester City (Kevin De Bruyne) and PSG (Kylian Mbappé).
The Player of the Season award has also been revealed. It goes to Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema.
✅ 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐋 Karim @Benzema désigné Joueur de la saison #UCL 👏🏼https://t.co/WvULJ2p9Pc
— L'UEFA 🇫🇷 (@UEFAcom_fr) May 31, 2022
The French striker inspired his side’s run to the trophy, scoring hat-tricks against PSG and Chelsea, another crucial goal against Chelsea at home, plus a further three across two legs against Manchester City in the knockout rounds.
