PSG seemed to the edge of the abyss on Tuesday on the lawn of the Pierre-Mauroy stadium. Always undefeated in Ligue 1, the club of the capital was indeed led 2-0 by the US Dunkirk after 37 minutes of play. And the Parisian faces clearly displayed their concern.
The men of Luis Enrique, however, were quickly reassured. Consequence of the goal not scored Ousmane Dembélé just before the break of a powerful strike under the bar. And if Marquinhos equalized on the return from the locker room and desired gifted allowed the PSG to go to the lead shortly after the hour of play, Ousmane Dembélé was to complete his XXL performance of a second goal in additional time.
With two goals and a decisive pass, the former Barcelona was the great craftsman of the Parisian qualification for the Stade de France. But the tricolor world champion sees further and is already turned towards the double confrontation against Aston Villa in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, with a first leg on April 9 in Paris and a return on April 15 in Birmingham.
Ousmane Dembélé imitates Lionel Messi
“The lights are green, but we will stay focused. This is where the season is played out, he entrusted to the microphone of beIN Sports after the meeting. You can not imagine losing against Aston Villa or losing a French Cup final, now you have to stay focused because it is in these moments that we see the big players and the big teams. »»
These next meetings will be as much opportunity for Ousmane Dembélé to improve his statistics. Thanks to his double, the former Barcelonnais scored his 100e Club goal. And if he has already scored 32 goals this season, making it the fourth most prolific scorer in the European top 5, only preceded by Robert Lewandowski (38), Kylian Mbappé (33) and Harry Kane (33), he is especially at 24 goals since the start of the year.
And with 24 goals at 1er April, Ousmane Dembélé achieved historical performance. He is only the second player to display such a total at this stage of the year after the inevitable Lionel Messi. Argentinian arrived there twice, with 27 goals in 2012 and 24 in 2016.
