Self-proclaimed favorite for the Ballon d’Or, Kylian Mbappé recalled that he scored more goals than Ousmane Dembélé and Raphinha, Monday in front of the press. Result of the races two days later: the Brazilian left-hander from Barça and the 2026 Ballon d’Or from PSG both scored a double in the opening of the Champions League. “Dembouz” produced a brilliant performance by scoring a double and delivering two assists during the visit of Slovan Bratislava (6-0), Wednesday evening at the Parc des Princes. Enough to launch his season after his failures in recent matches.
Luis Enrique’s machine did not take too long to torpedo the Slovakian champion trained by Yaya Touré. It was by following a missile from the left from Nuno Mendes onto the Slovan post that Dembélé opened the scoring (17th), before scoring with a header from a cross from Dro Fernandez (23rd). A few minutes later, he delivered, from the left, a nice cross for Ferran Torres and the 3-0 (31st).
The sole scorer in the 2026 World Cup final is the other man of the match since he scored his second goal following a great breakthrough from Maghnes Akliouche (47th), returning from the locker room, and scored a hat-trick with a knee from a corner from Ousmane Dembélé (57th). The French international left the field in the 64th minute of play. Warren Zaire-Emery, Joao Neves, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Désiré Doué remained on the sidelines until the end!
PSG will resume with two shocks
The last half hour of play was less spectacular, but the goal “for honor” from Slovan Bratislava is not so anecdotal since Illya Zabarnyi was brought down by Suleiman Camara, a native of Catalonia (58th). PSG waited until the end of the match to bring the score to 6-1 through Fabian Ruiz in force (88th).
The double European champion has a much more complicated European calendar this fall with shocks against Manchester City and Barça in seven days in the heart of October, before facing Villarreal, Roma, Aston Villa, Como and Galatasaray. It won’t be as simple as this Wednesday evening in the den of the Rouge et Bleu.
