This is one of the new features of the season. The LFP has decided to create a trophy of better dribblers for Ligue 1, which will be given at the end of the championship.
A player like Ousmane Dembélé would have the profile to be the first winner, just like Rayan Cherki, even if the figures on the site Whoscored Instead, promote the Nantes Moses Simon. Nigerian is the Ligue 1 player who succeeds the most dribbles per game, among the players who have played at least 20 games this season.
To bounce back on the subject, the Channel L'Equipe decided to probe the memory of Vincent Duluc by asking him to designate the three best dribblers in the history of the French championship. A delicate exercise, which will necessarily be subject to comment …
Ben Arfa Best than Neymar and Ronaldinho?
To start, the journalist first quotes the players he did not retain, “To say that I have not forgotten them”. And Vincent Duluc to quote the names of Neymar, Ronaldinho, Franck Ribéry, and even Roger Magnusson, legendary OM striker. “The first three were better elsewhere, after”pleads our colleague from L'Equipe.
In chronological order, Vincent Duluc therefore prefers to name Raymond Kopa, Chris Waddle and Hatem Ben Arfa. What the OL follower justifies: “In 30-40 years in football, I have never seen that, someone dribbles so fast, do such incredible things. »»