Ousmane Dembélé has undoubtedly closed the debate on the next Ballon d'Or. Already given favorite by bookmakers, the Parisian winger took advantage of the shock against Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup to support his candidacy a little more. Consequence of a new high -flying performance.
Decisive passer on the first goal thanks to a pressing on Raul Asencio, the former Rennais turned into a scorer three minutes later after pushing Antonio Rüdiger to the fault. And shortly before half an hour of play, he obviously did not fail to participate in the collective masterpiece concluded on a second goal from Fabian Ruiz thanks to a marvel of pass for Achraf Hakimi.
This XXL service did not go unnoticed on the other side of the Pyrenees. As evidenced by AS's strong words about it. “Barça was right: it was well worth the 140 million they spent for him. It is a shame that this conclusion was drawn eight years later ”he writes in particular.
“Either Vinicius or Mbappé change their attitude, or one will have to leave”
The Madrid media took the opportunity to slide a tackle to the Merengue. “The former Barça player has lived his best season, but Madrid also wanted to fiercely defend his candidacy for the Ballon d'Or”he adds in reference to the meatballs of the Madrid central hinge.
But Merengue defenders are not the only ones to have passed through. It is the same with Kylian Mbappé, who saw his lean hopes of Golden Balloon flying definitively. “He arrived surrounded by unhealthy curiosity, debates and doubts about his physique, writes as about it. And he left the field without clarifying anything. A few sporadic shards of despair. And nothing more. He landed in the United States with the hope of entering discussions for the Ballon d'Or. But no one talks about it anymore. It was not his big night … and he was not close to it. »»
And for Fran Garrido, a figure of the El Chiringuito program, the future is very dark for Kylian Mbappé as for Vinicius.
“Either Vinicius or Mbappé change their attitude or one will have to leave. They have injured Real ”, He railed, pointing to their lack of investment in defensive efforts.
