Zapping Our Mondial TOP 10: The most beautiful Ligue 1 2021/2022 jerseys
The result is down! After several weeks of voting, Onze Mondial internet users have composed their typical team for the 2021-2022 season. Aligned in a very classic 4-2-3-1, the stars of the biggest European teams complement each other to form a dream eleven dictated by your deliberations. A look, position by position, on each member of the typical Onze d’Or team acclaimed by the thousands of coaches that you are.
Goalkeeper: Edouard Mendy (Chelsea)
Internet users of Onze Mondial could have stopped at his blunder committed in front of Karim Benzema during the quarter-final first leg of C1 between Chelsea and Real Madrid last March. But that would have offended the last bastion of the Blues and Senegal, author of many miracles this season. He was thus heroic in selection, as during the two penalty shootouts against Egypt (CAN final and World Cup 2022 qualifications). Ditto in the club where Thomas Tuchel could count on him all season.
Right-back: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
The former Anfield ball boy has grown up well. From the top of his 23 years, the number 66 of Liverpool stands out today as the best right side of the planet according to the readers of Onze Mondial. First striker of his team, “TAA” delivered no less than 19 assists this season. Statistics to make any playmaker green with envy. Better, once decried for his defensive shortcomings, the scouser has made great progress, to the point of being one of the sure values of the Premier League.
Central defender: Kalidou Koulibaly (Naples)
Of the eleven footballers appearing in this typical team, the Senegalese is the only one to play for a club that has not played in the Champions League this season. There is undoubtedly a reason for this. In addition to his formidable campaign signed with Senegal and concluded with a final victory at the CAN, the native of Saint-Dié delivered a beautiful score with Napoli, a candidate for the scudetto right down to the home stretch. Impassable in a duel, intelligent in his placement and constantly in control of his emotions, Kalidou never wavered. It was well worth a place in the ideal eleven!
Defenseur central : Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool)
Seriously injured in the knee in October 2020, the Dutchman spent almost nine months in the infirmary. Coincidence or not, Liverpool had their worst exercise of the Klopp era. Back on the field and at his best level this season, “VVD” has restored solidity and serenity to the Reds, engaged on all four tables until the last day. Established almost systematically by his coach, the Batavian never flinches, combining confidence and consistency.
Left-back: Joao Cancelo (Manchester City)
Already in the eleven type last season as the best right-back, the 28-year-old Portuguese international finds himself on the left side of the defense this time. Not illogical when you know that Pep Guardiola used him a lot in the opposite lane to take advantage of his versatility and his ability to get into the heart of the game. In the industrial machine imagined by the Catalan technician, Cancelo has the characteristics to offer optimal performance in all positions.
A Benzema-Mbappé-Mané trio!
Karim Benzema and Kylian MbappeCredit Photo – Icon Sport
Defensive midfielder: Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
We have already said everything, written everything about Luka Modric. At almost 37 years old, the Croatian has lost none of his incredible talent and his legendary touch. Better, if his friends Kroos and Casemiro sometimes seemed to lose momentum, the number 10 of Real Madrid assumed his responsibilities brilliantly. At ease in small perimeters, precise in transmissions and always lucid in the last gesture, the maestro of the White House especially marked the spirits with his lightning decisive pass with the outside of the foot for Rodrygo against Chelsea. The class.
Defensive midfielder: N’Golo Kante (Chelsea)
Even if he has probably not had his best season, the lung of the France team gets his place alongside Modric. Preferred to De Jong, Verratti or Rodri, Chelsea’s number 7 remains an essential element of the tactical systems built by Tuchel and Deschamps. And for good reason ! What coach could do without his science of placement, his ability to grab the ball from the opponent’s feet and his legendary humility? A few months before the World Cup in Qatar, the tricolor supporters are holding their breath to have Ngolo Kanté in top form.
Playmaker: Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
The handyman of Pep Guardiola’s system. At 30, the Belgian is a star in spite of himself, more concerned with the collective balance of Manchester City than with his individual statistics, among the most constant in the Kingdom. Scorer, passer, facilitator and detonator, the metronome of the Skyblues, whose complementarity with Bernardo Silva was obvious, once again assumed his role in the midfield wonderfully. Without noise but with a lot of panache.
Left striker: Kylian Mbappé (PSG)
The only PSG player to appear in the typical team, the French international was one of the few Ile-de-France residents to float and assume his status this season. While Neymar and Messi got lost, Mbappé put on the hero’s tunic. Scorer back and forth against Real Madrid, the kid from Bondy also piled up achievements in Ligue 1, contributing to his club’s tenth crown in the league. And we will not neglect his altruistic side either with his 26 assists in all competitions. All is said.
Right forward: Sadio Mané (Liverpool)
It was a hair’s breadth from the Onze d’Or 2019 not repeating and signing the double this year. Narrowly beaten by Karim Benzema, the Senegalese international, winner of the African Cup of Nations with the Teranga Lions, is in this dream eleven. Able to evolve in all positions in the attacking sector – including number 9 – the former Southampton carried Liverpool on his shoulders throughout the exercise. It is certainly no coincidence that the Reds let slip points during his winter absence due to participation in the CAN.
Avant-centre : Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Always more efficient, more decisive and more leader under the colors of Real Madrid, your Golden Eleven 2021 and 2022 occupies the position of center forward of the typical team. The Lyonnais by birth, a real merengue boss since the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo in 2018, alone embodies Madrid’s offensive strike force. At the top of his game, the Nueve also displays the best statistics of his long career (more than 40 goals scored) and now sits as the second goleador in the history of the White House, behind whom you know. CQFD.
to summarize
The result is down! After several weeks of voting, Onze Mondial internet users have composed their typical team for the 2021-2022 season. Aligned in a very classic 4-2-3-1, the stars of the biggest European teams complement each other to form a dream eleven dictated by your deliberations.
