Champions League: The top 4 players of the week, no PSG stars in sight | OneFootball

This week marked the 1st matchday of the league phase of the 2025-2026 Champions League (find all the results here). UEFA then organizes various votes among the fans. Paris Saint-Germain, who won at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday against Atalanta (4-0), is not among the nominees for the Player of the Week title. The competition is between Dusan Vlahovic (25-year-old striker from Juventus Turin), Marcus Thuram (28-year-old striker from Inter Milan), Marcus Rashford (27-year-old forward from FC Barcelona), and Francisco Trincão (25-year-old forward from Sporting Portugal).

One might be surprised not to see PSG, impressive collectively, with notably the performances of Nuno Mendes (23-year-old left-back) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (24-year-old forward). But that's how it is; it seems one had to score a double as that is the common factor among the 4 nominees. It is understandable that this plays a big role, even though there are other aspects in football.

However, they certainly deserve to be there. The competition is always tough in the Champions League. And other absent players, like our Parisians, obviously also had their say.

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