Fifa 20 first Team of the Week announced and Arsenal fans fuming with ex-stars Koscielny and Monreal included after Watford defensive horror show
ARSENAL fans were left distraught by a number of their former favourites popping up in the first Team of the Week for FIFA 20.
As the popular gaming series nears its annual release, producers EA named their top performers from the weekend with Laurent Koscielny and Nacho Monreal making the cut.
Koscielny’s Bordeaux secured a 2-0 win over Metz in Ligue 1 to go four games unbeaten after the defender’s controversial summer move.
And Real Sociedad beat Atletico Madrid in La Liga by the same scoreline, former Gunner Monreal adding the second on debut with a scrambled finish.
These performances came amid Arsenal’s shocker on Sunday as they haplessly fumbled a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Watford.
Laurence tweeted: “Nacho and Koscielny taking the p**s of Arsenal here.”
Lewis wrote: “Love how Nacho and Koscielny are in here whilst arsenal’s defence is shocking.”
While Spaceyy commented: “Imagine Monreal and Koscielny left Arsenal, then put in man of the Match performances. You can’t make this up.”
FULL FIFA 20 WEEK ONE TOTW
Manuel Neuer – Bayern Munich – Rating: 89
Sadio Mane – Liverpool – 89
Dries Mertens – Napoli – 88
Karim Benzema – Madrid – 88
Frenkie de Jong – Barcelona – 86
Zlatan Ibrahimovic – LA Galaxy – 86
Nicolas Tagliafico – Ajax – 84
Laurent Koscielny – Bordeaux – 84
Thomas Delaney – Dortmund – 84
Gerard Moreno – Villarreal – 84
Nani – Orlando City – 83
Serge Aurier – Tottenham – 82
Simon Mignolet – Brugge – 82
Nacho Monreal – Real Sociedad – 82
Lorenzo Pellgrini – Roma- 82
Dario Benedetto – Marseille – 82
Donyell Malen – PSV – 81
Tammy Abraham – Chelsea – 81
Erling Haaland – Salzburg – 79
Ivan Toney – Peterborough – 76
Mustapha Bundu – Aarhus – 75
Alan Czerwinski – Zaglebie – 75
Rory Watson – Scunthorpe – 71
MALEN MAYHEM
As if the defensive duo’s presence in FIFA’s selection wasn’t enough, some picked up on another player with an Emirates Stadium past in the team.
PSV Eindhoven winger Donyell Malen featured for Arsenal’s academy side for two years and recently caught the eye with all five goals of a rout over Vitesse.
Dani tweeted: “Totw Nacho, Koscielny and MALEN!!! What the helllllllllll.”
As ever, there were fans disappointed that their club’s top performer not being picked, most notably Tottenham’s Son Heung-min and Schalke star Amine Harit.
But there were still those comedically hoping for Arsenal’s current players to be rewarded for their showing.
Honey Badger joked: “No Luiz livid.”
