Vinicius Jr. of Real Madrid and Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City were named to the UEFA Champions League squad of the week following the opening legs of the semi-finals.
Vinicius scored for Los Blancos (the whites) and De Bruyne scored for City in a 1-1 draw at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Tuesday, May 9.
Inter Milan defeated AC Milan 2-0 at the San Siro Stadium on Wednesday, May 10, and the other nine players on the team of the week are all Nerazurri.
The list disclosed on the UEFA Champions League Twitter handle included Edin Dzeko, Andre Onana, Denzel Dumfries, Matteo Darmian, Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Bastoni, Federico Dimarco, Hakan Calhanoglu, and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
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This season, Vinicius has seven goals in 11 Champions League games, while De Bruyne has two in eight.
Real Madrid will face Manchester City in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final on Wednesday, May 17 at the Etihad Stadium, while Inter will face the Rossoneri on Tuesday, May 16 at the San Siro.
