Kenyan International Michael Olunga has been named in the team of the tournament in the just concluded 2021 AFC Champions League for his exploits with his club Al Duhail.Despite Al Duhail suffering elimination in the Group Stages of the competition Olunga managed to plunder nine goals which were enough to earn him the top scorer’s award.🙏🏾🙏🏾♥️ pic.twitter.com/94UjEFwOZO— MICHAEL OLUNGA (@OgadaOlunga) November 27, 2021 Olunga’s goals were spread across all six matches in Group C, including a hattrick and a brace both against Iran’s Esteghlal Tehran in the back-to-back matches in April.The former Gor Mahia forward had one goal more than Jeonbuk Hyundai forward Gustavo whose team exited the competition at the quarter-final hurdle, losing 3-2 to Ulsan Hyundai.Kawasaki Frontale dominates the 11-man selection with three players as Leonard Damiao joins Olunga in attack with his six goals while Yasuto Yakizaka and Kento Tachibanada partner in the middle of the park.#ACL2021 | @DuhailSC striker Michael Olunga has won the top scorer award in the 2021 AFC Champions with a tally of 9 goalspic.twitter.com/gDcVAQHFGz— Stad Doha (@StadDoha_en) November 23, 2021 Jeonbuk Hyundai’s Modou Barrow and Daegu FC’s Cesinha complete the midfield four.Ulsan Hyundai’s Hong Chul, FC Istiklol’s Oleksii Larin, Cerezo Osaka’s Tiago, and Al -Hilal Saudi’s Mohammed Al-Burayk complete the defensive partnership.FC Goa’s goalkeeper Dheeraj Singh became the first Indian to be included in the AFC Champions League Team of the Season for his impressive performances in FC Goa earlier in the tournament in a season where an Indian club was making their first appearance in the group stages of the competition.Currently, Olunga also leads the Qatar Stars League with 12 goals as he is involved in a heated Golden Boot race with Algeria’s Baghdad Bounedjah and Ghanaian Andre Ayew who are on 11 and 7 goals respectively.
