Messi and Ronaldo missed and Salah topped UEFA announces the ideal squad for the second round of the Champions League

Salah prostrates to God thank you after his goal against Porto

The Egyptian star, Mohamed Salah, the top scorer of the Liverpool team, was in the perfect squad for the second round of the group stage of the European Champions League announced by the European Football Association (UEFA) on its official website today, Thursday.

Salah is the only Arab player who was on the list, the most notable absentees of which were Argentine Lionel Messi and Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, the French Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United stars, respectively, despite their success in scoring during that round.

Messi scored his first goal in his career with Saint Germain - who joined him in the last summer transfer period after the end of his career with his former club Barcelona - during the French team's 2-0 victory over its guest Manchester City, while Ronaldo scored a goal in the last seconds, which led him United to win 2-1 at home to Spanish club Villarreal.

Salah scored two goals that led Liverpool to a 5-1 victory over its Portuguese host Porto in the second group, to contribute to the Reds' top group with 6 points, two points ahead of its closest rivals, Atletico Madrid.

Salah shared the highest number of points among the players selected for the ideal squad with Bayern star Leroy Sane, with 16 points, according to the UEFA website.

The Egyptian star advanced to the 22nd place in the ranking of the historical scorers of the European Champions League, joint with Dutch star Arjen Robben, by scoring 31 goals in 60 matches he played during his career in the competition, with 28 goals with Liverpool, two goals with his former team, Basel, the Swiss, and a goal with Italian Roma.

Salah surpassed retired Cameroonian Samuel Eto'o, who scored 30 goals in his career in the tournament, to be the only historical scorer for African players in the prestigious competition, 13 goals behind the former Ivorian striker Didier Drogba.

Salah is currently third in the Champions League top scorer this season, two goals behind Ivorian Sebastian Haller, Ajax Amsterdam striker, while Polish star Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich's top scorer, shares second place in the tournament's top scorer this season with French Christoph Nkunku. Leipzig, the German striker, with 4 goals each.

The list for the second round was as follows:

Goalkeeper: Giorgos Athanasiades (Sherif Tiraspol).

Defense Line: Douglas Santos (Zenit), Jaroslav Rakitsky (Zenit), Milan Shkriniar (Inter Milan).

Midfield: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Idrissa Gaye (Paris Saint-Germain), Hans Fanken (Club Brugge), Leroy Sane (Bayern Munich).