Leon Bailey Is Europa League Player of the Week

Jamaica international Leon Bailey has been named the UEFA Europa League Player of the Week.

The 23-year-old scored twice against Czech football club – Slavia Prague on the last  day of group play on Thursday providing his club  Leverkusen a comfortable 2-0 lead ahead of the half-time break.

His teammates Moussa Diaby and Karim Bellarabi also found the back of the net in the second half to complete a 4-0 victory.

Leverkusen now sit atop Group C with 15 points, three more than their Czech opponent.

Hapoel Beer-Sheva beat Nice 1-0 to finish third with six.

Yazici scored three goals to lead Lille to a 3-0 win at San Siro on Thursday.

Bailey was named Player of the Week as he beat Hoffenheim forward Maximillian Beier by earning the most votes in a poll on UEFA’s official website.

Bailey was also, naturally included in UEFA’s Europa League Team Of The Week:

Goalkeepers

Ciprian Tătăruşanu, AC Milan – 369th (+347 in FedEx Performance Zone ranking)

Defenders

Diogo Dalot, AC Milan – 24th (+52)

Yevgen Cheberko, LASK – 564th (+375)

Joško Gvardiol, Dinamo Zagreb – 42nd (+61)

Enric Saborit, Maccabi Tel-Aviv – 399th (+349)

Midfielders

Lirim Kastrati, Dinamo Zagreb – 72nd (+306)

Magnus Wolff Eikrem, Molde – 4th (+8)

Giovani Lo Celso, Tottenham – 29th (+92)

Leon Bailey, Leverkusen – 1st (+2)

Forwards

Maximilian Beier, Hoffenheim – 224th (+646)

Joël Piroe, PSV Eindhoven – 308th (+609)

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