#SOTW – Is this going to be the goal that will help his team defend their league title?

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…

Mario Gomez (FC Koln vs Stuttgart) – German Bundesliga
Rony Lopes (Monaco vs Bordeaux) – French Ligue 1
Wylan Cyprien (Nice vs Lille) – French Ligue 1
Robert Beric (Saint-Etienne vs Dijon) – French Ligue 1
Florian Thauvin (Marseille vs Nice) – French Ligue 1
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid vs Getafe) – Spanish La Liga
Lionel Messi (Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid) – Italian Serie A
Bernardo Silva (Manchester City vs Chelsea) – English Premier League
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool vs Newcastle) – English Premier League
Heung-Min Son (Tottenham Hotspur vs Huddersfield) – English Premier League
Edin Dzeko (Napoli vs Roma) – Italian Serie A

But the SOTW will have to go to

Paulo Dybala (Lazio vs Juventus) Italian Serie A

For scoring a late goal to give Juventus a victory that hands them an advantage in the league title race in the Italian Serie A