An historic goal for the Star Of the Weekend

They made their own luck. These are the players that were instrumental in their team’s performance over the past weekend.

As it is with every other week, picking the outright brightest star is never easy, and sometimes blinding. There were many bright spots over the weekend, but these are the men that were able to make our list.

The final shortlist for #SOTW included…

Guido Carrillo (Monaco vs Troyes) – French Ligue 1
Marko Arnautovic (West Ham United vs Chelsea) – English Premier League
Steve Mounie (Huddersfield Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion) – English Premier League
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid vs Sevilla) Spanish La Liga
Jermain Defoe (Crystal Palace vs AFC Bournemouth) Premier League
Nils Petersen (FC Koln vs Freiburg) German Bundesliga
Houssen Aouar (Amiens vs Lyon) French Ligue 1
Valere Germain (Marseille vs Saint Etienne) French Ligue 1
Giacomo Bonaventura (AC Milan vs Bologna) Italian Serie A

But the SOTW will have to go to
Lionel Messi
(Villarreal vs Barcelona) Spanish La Liga

For his performance and for scoring the insurance goal which was also a record 525th goal for one club in the top European leagues.