Bradley Barcola, Lee Kang-In and Gonçalo Ramos. This was the composition of the Paris Saint-Germain attacking trio on Saturday evening against Nantes (1-1). No Ousmane Dembélé, therefore. And it was anything but trivial to see the French international relegated to the bench four days after his red card received in the Champions League on the pitch of Bayern Munich (1-0).
On Friday, Luis Enrique made comments subject to interpretation regarding this meeting. “ At the end of the match I said something vital: all defeats and all matches give a lot of information to the coach. All of this information will be important to the decisions I make now and in the future. » And on Saturday, the decision fell for Dembélé, who entered quite late (73rd minute) while his team stumbled on the Nantes defense.
Dembélé, Luis Enrique “lost him”
In another context, this choice could look like turnover, or playing time management. But L’Equipe confirms that Luis Enrique was very angry with his number 10 after the match in Munich. And since the start of the season, the relationship has cooled between the Spanish coach and the man who is supposed to be the boss of the Parisian attack since the departure of Kylian Mbappé. Last month, Dembélé was deprived of the trip to Arsenal by his coach for misconduct. This complicated week doesn’t help. “ I think he lost it”summarizes in L’Equipe a good connoisseur of the locker room. For PSG, it’s an additional problem.
