The triumph of Ousmane Dembélé au Ballon d'Or has been celebrated as it should be. The sixth coronation of a French player, the award of a historical season … Everyone seemed to agree. However, a legend of tricolor football, itself second in the Ballon d'Or in 1982, wanted to qualify this plebiscite. If he recognizes that Dembélé ” filled all the boxes ”, He thinks that another Parisian could have so much pretending to do so.
“Hakimi could also apply”
This former great player is Alain Giresse. And his secret favorite is Achraf Hakimi. “I believe that a guy like Hakimi could also apply”,
he said in an interview with Parisian. A surprising position, which goes against the general opinion. For Giresse, the only “handicap” of the Moroccan was his post of lateral, a role rarely rewarded by the Jury of the Ballon d'Or.
This declaration has the merit of bringing into light the exceptional season of the Parisian defender, and to underline the disappointment of seeing him end up in a modest sixth place in the final classification. While he was cited among the credible outsiders, he finds himself far from the podium. There
“Prime to the attacker” has struck again.
Lucidity, the real plus of Dembélé
Giresse is not a “a”NTI-Dembélé ». He recognizes the unique talent of the French winger, his
“Ability to unbalance as a person”. But for him, the big difference this season is Luis Enrique. “The PSG coach managed to refocus him and put him in ability to be decisive by the goal or the pass”, he analyzes. “Thanks to him, Dembélé was much more lucid in the last gesture. »»
Finally, the debate is not so much to know if Dembélé deserved his Ballon d'Or-Giresse himself admits that the finish photo was tight-but to recognize that others could have pretended. The release of the former playmaker is a tribute to a shadow player, Achraf Hakimi, whose contribution to the Parisian hat-trick may have been unjustly underestimated.
