It was a small event this Sunday evening when the lineups between PSG and OL were announced. Three weeks after his last start and therefore his red card against Bayern Munich, Ousmane Dembélé was back in Luis Enrique’s starting lineup. Expected on the right lane of the attack, he finally had a role as a central attacker which he mastered. Scorer from the start of the match on a good serve from Doué, he clearly showed his advantage and was in all the good shots.
“I had the opportunity, when I played at FC Barcelona, to play as number 9. Afterwards, with the change of position that we constantly make in this team, the winger can find himself number 9 and vice versa, so that don’t change anything »he first analyzed. But Ousmane Dembélé especially had to answer questions about his relationship with Luis Enrique, described as conflictual in the press. Because obviously, with relatively rare speeches in the press, the Frenchman had the opportunity to clarify things.
Ousmane Dembélé sets things straight
If he was interrupted by the showman Presnel Kimpembe in the middle of a response in the mixed zone, the French international was clear about his link with the Spain coach. “I still played the last matches (laughing), not a starter. But like he said, we’re not brothers, he’s not my dad, it’s a coach-player relationship. I’ve known him for a little longer. We try to do everything so that PSG grows, wins titles, plays well and pleases everyone. » Enough to answer the various questions, but not enough to silence the rumors of a strained relationship.
Brought back to the subject, Dembélé then wanted to refocus on his evening match. “We knew it would be a difficult match. Lyon is having a very good season and is coming back well. You had to be serious to beat them. A match lasts 90 minutes but it’s true that in the first 15 minutes, we put in a lot of intensity, we didn’t let them breathe and we were rewarded with these two goals. We had two or three chances to kill the match, they came back to 2-1. But overall we had a good match, we controlled it”. A notable media outing from Ousmane Dembélé which should get people talking. But in any case, the former Barça man confirms that he maintains a relationship without madness with Luis Enrique…
