Author of a double against Brest (3-1) last weekend in Ligue 1 and praised for a certain efficiency found, Ousmane Dembélé (27 years old) unfortunately fell back into his bad habits, Wednesday evening, against Girona. Imprecise during this first day of the Champions League, the Parisian number 10 only hit the target twice out of his 8 attempts of the evening, missing a one-on-one with Paulo Gazzaniga in the process. Questioned about the former Barça player, Jérôme Rothen did not seem surprised… “We can get him, but he’s the usual Dembélé. The anomaly is the Dembélé of this weekend. We mustn’t get used to Brest, because he’s never been like that. If you’re counting on Dembélé to be decisive and score 15 goals in the year… Guys, we’re dead.”launched the French consultant.
Comments supported by Daniel Riolo a few seconds later: “Dembélé, it has always been frustration, ‘I close my eyes and it can go in. What characterises him best is the goal against Barça last year: the missed control, the foot that goes backwards with the slide and the ball under the bar”. In one evening, Dembélé will have already put an end to the dreams of certain observers of seeing him don the costume of serial scorer…
