UEFA paid a special tribute to the Moroccan players on their twitter account.

Morocco’s Hakimi and Ziyech Shine in Second Round of Champions League
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Yahia Hatim
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Rabat – Moroccan international football players Achraf Hakimi and Hakim Ziyech gave outstanding performances in the second round on the Champions League group stage, leading their teams to victory.

Hakimi, playing for Borussia Dortmund, scored two goals contributing to his team’s win 2-0 against Slavia Prague. The 20-year-old player scored his first Champions League goal ever, in the 35th minute of the game.

He made the second goal in the 89th minute. The match took place yesterday evening, September 2, in the Czech capital.

SofaScore, a website specialized in football statistics, selected the young Moroccan as the second best player of the game, with a score of 8.2, behind his team’s goalkeeper Roman Burki.

UEFA, the body organizing the Champions League, nominated Hakimi for the “Player of the Week” award, given to the best player in each round of the competition.

In Valencia, Spain, Ziyech led his team, Ajax Amsterdam, to a 3-0 victory against the local team. The 26-year-old player scored a goal in the 8th minute of the game, with a stunning shot from outside the box.

Ziyech has already scored four goals in this season’s Champions League competition. He scored two goals against PAOK FC from Greece and one goal against APOEL FC from Cyprus in the preliminary rounds of the competition.

UEFA also nominated Ziyech’s goal for the “Goal of the Week” award, given to the player who scored the most outstanding goal in each round of the Champions League.

Besides the two players’ nominations, UEFA dedicated a post on their twitter account to recognize the amazing performances from the two Moroccan internationals. The post invited internet users to choose whose performance they enjoyed the most.

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