“”Ousmane, I have always been excited to play with him. It is a really important weapon, we will try to put it in the best conditions because if we have an Ousmane who is as good as at PSG, it will make us win matches. It is an in addition to our bow that OUMEMAN can play in this position (free in advance, editor's note), it gives us more options. For us, it's great. We are even more unpredictable, we just have to coordinate our trips but we know each other by heart, we want to play together so it will be easy.A few hours before facing Croatia in the quarter -final first leg of the League of Nations, Kylian Mbappé did not hesitate to declare his flame to his former teammate, Ousmane Dembélé.
An admission oh so legitimate with regard to the rhythm printed by the native of Vernon in this 2024-2025 season. Author of 30 goals and 6 assists in 37 matches in all competitions, the former FC Barcelona player is simply considered one of the big favorites in the Ballon d'Or. Thursday evening, at Stadion Poljud, the number 7 of the Blues was therefore logically eagerly awaited for the first shock against the Vatreni. Yes but here, if we were waiting for the Dembélé PSG 2025 version, we finally got the Dembélé team version of France. Drissed, he made absolutely no difference in the first period despite total freedom of action. No dribbling, no percussion, no improved tank.
Invisible then helpless
Alongside Randal Kolo Muani and Kylian Mbappé, the ex -Rennais – evolving mainly in the role of right winger – has overall sank like his teammates. More released on the return from the locker room, he tried to wake up his family by his devastating hooks but his clumsiness in the face of the goal (59th, 61st) finally prevented him from saving a performance too average overall. Replaced by Olise in the last moments and credited with a 4 by the FM editorial staff, Dembouz therefore did not know how to transpose the performances carried out under the orders of Luis Enrique, confirming in passing his slightest yield with the Blues. A poor copy that Didier Deschamps was trying to justify the final whistle.
“Animation, when you make technical mistakes … We are punished anyway. Ousmane he has benchmarks, even if he no longer really plays this position this year, he can hit and eliminate. No matter the system, on the first half, we make too many technical errors ”declared at the microphone of TF1 The coach of the Blues, more frustrated by the first period of his team than by the lack of success of the 27 -year -old winger. One thing is certain: whatever the position of Dembélé, next Sunday, at the Stade de France, the Blues will need the PSG 2025 version of the 2018 world champion to create the feat and thus join the Final Four next June.
