It is a completely different Ousmane Dembélé who set foot on the lawns this season under the colors of Paris Saint-Germain. Long criticized for his lack of accuracy in the last gesture, the French striker was particularly prolific during this exercise 2024-25.
His statistics speak for themselves. In 49 games in all competitions, the 2018 world champion scored 33 goals and delivered 15 assists.
“I start every game telling myself that I will score three goals”
In the columns of France Footballthe 2018 world champion returned to this metamorphosis, made possible in particular by his repositioning in fake number new.
“When you arrive at the goal, you are a little cooler because you are really in the axis. (…) In addition, as soon as I touch the ball, I have one or two players to be eliminated before I can score or have scored. While if you are on the right, you have the winger, the left side, the return environment, the central defender … You arrive in front of the goal, you shoot up there! »»explained the native of Vernon.
Lucid on its mental evolution, Dembélé also confides having forged a new state of mind. “Since the start of the season, I told my entourage, I start each match by telling myself that I will score three goals. And then if it's one or two, it's good too. And then there is also confidence. You score on Saturday, the following week you still want to score, that according to too … ”continued the number 10 Parisian.
