Ousmane Dembélé, is it missed for the Ballon d'Or?

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By: Manu Tournoux

Winner on Saturday evening of the Champions League with PSG, Ousmane Dembélé is far from having won the Ballon d'Or, according to some.

This season, Ousmane Dembélé has won everything with Paris Saint-Germain. The Champions Trophy, Ligue 1, the French Cup and especially the very first Champions League in the history of the club. Top scorer of the championship season, the tricolor international is very well placed in the Golden Ball 2025 race. The fact remains that some observers have serious doubts about his ability to get ahead of Lamine Yamal in the minds of voters.

For many, if Ousmane Dembélé had a big offensive performance on Saturday evening during the final won against Inter Milan (5-0), mass was said. But on the lawn of the Allianz Arena of Munich, the Parisian left the role of scorer to others. Not stingy with efforts, he especially put a big intensity in the pressing on the defense and the opposing porter. The performance of Ousmane Dembélé made Johan Micoud say that Lamine Yamal was perhaps still in front.

The channel consultant The team gave his opinion after the C1 final. “” I think that if he makes the match of (desired) gifted, he is Ballon d'Or. For me, he didn't make this match tonight. I thought that to have the Ballon d'Or it had to make a match that marks the spirits. Afterwards, he is very good collectively, he brought two assists, he worked enormously, but it is not the match that gifted. »»

Ousmane Dembélé embarrassed by Lamine Yamal and the dispersion of voice?

If he still sees Ousmane Dembélé “In the three”Johan Micoud keeps a little preference for a certain nugget of FC Barcelona. “The half between Barça and Inter, (Lamine) Yamal marked everyone. »» On the other hand, he did not exclude that Ooumane Dembélé could win the Ballon d'Or. “It is not that he lost it this evening, it is that he did not win it. »» But the winner of Euro 2000 with the Blues also noted a potentially problematic point for Dembélé: the performance of Achraf Hakimi.

“It will be the problem of Dembélé because (the votes) will (disperse) with Hakimi and even (Gianluigi) Donnarumma because I think there are people who will vote for Donnarumma. »» Everything therefore seems still possible for this ranking of the Ballon d'Or 2025. The Club World Cup that PSG (but not Barça) will play next June, could have its importance.