There’s just one game to go in the 2022-23 Champions League so what better time could there be to pick our best 11 players from the year that was? Yes, you’re right, straight after the game, but look, we all know that the minute the final whistle blows all you lot will want to read about is who your team are going to sign and who is going to win the real biggest prize in sport: the best transfer window. Anyway this can always be updated if the mood takes us, which it almost certainly won’t.
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Goalkeeper
Let’s start with the easiest position to pick. Other players have had impressive tournament campaigns — Thibaut Courtois was customarily excellent in the Real Madrid goal and Club Brugge might never have reached the knockout stages but for Simon Mignolet — but if he avoids any mishaps in Istanbul on Saturday, Andre Onana will have had a season for the ages on the European stage. Goalkeeper data can be somewhat fiddly, especially when the sample size is just 12 games, but if a player has prevented 7.5 more goals than the average shot-stopper would have, then even if your error bars are high, this has the look of a spectacular individual campaign.
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