“In agreement with the coach and sports management, Ousmane Dembélé and Nuno Mendes benefit from a period of rest. They will resume training on Saturday October 10 and Sunday October 11 respectively. » Tomorrow, on the occasion of the reception at Le Mans, Paris Saint-Germain will therefore play without its number 10. Rested after a three-week international break, Ousmane Dembélé (29 years old) visibly needs to take a breather. On paper, the French international (71 caps, 13 goals) was the second player most used by Zinédine Zidane, behind Chelsea defender Maxence Lacroix, with 262 minutes of play out of 360 possible.
However, evil tongues will say that “Dembouz” perhaps needs to cut back after his very complicated performances with the Blues. Repositioned in the center against Turkey (1-0), at the expense of Kylian Mbappé sent to his favorite left wing, and Italy (1-1), before being installed on the right wing against Belgium (4-1), the native of Vernon was unanimously designated by the press as one of the big losers of the last gathering of the France team.
“You can pay for your ticket to go see Ousmane in a stadium”
His last match against the Red Devils at the Stade de France illustrated the performance quite well. On the pitch, Dembélé was not idle: he pressed and made multiple runs to free up space for his attacking partners, but he failed to be decisive. The resounding entry of Michael Olise in his place on the right wing further supported this impression. But this afternoon, on the eve of the Rouge et Bleu’s return to the Parc des Princes, Luis Enrique defended his attacker.
“I have to say I disagree. For me it was brilliant as usual. He’s a different player. You can pay for your ticket to go see Ousmane in a stadium. He is always there to show off, to strike. He was very good. After the duration of this break, we think individually, we decided together that Nuno and Ousmane must rest for the matches we are going to have. It’s normal, you have to get used to it because it will be something typical this season. » It’s said.
