Ousmane Dembélé joined the prestigious circle of French golden balloons on Monday evening. On the Châtelet stage, the PSG striker was crowned after an exceptional season. However, behind the scenes, everything did not go as planned. An organization detail almost turned the party into a discomfort, to the point of giving birth to an unexpected cold between the player and France Football.
Dembélé, a coronation marked by a shadow
According to journalist José Barroso from L'Equipe, it was precisely at 9:15 p.m. that a hook occurred. The Dembélé family, installed in the dining room, was moved in a rulled manner by the security service. The furious striker got up from his seat and left the room in the middle of the ceremony. For almost a quarter of an hour, he tried to solve the problem, threatening to leave the evening definitively. A few minutes from a historic coronation, the scene could have turned to fiasco.
Finally, the striker regained his calm and returned to his place, focused on the continuation of the ceremony. Some smiles exchanged with his gifted and Neves teammates, looks on his phone to follow the classic OM-PSG in parallel: Dembélé was able to quickly turn the page on the incident, being again relaxed.
A quickly relativized misadventure
If the episode has talked about, it is only a minor hiccup. The player did not extend his anger and the organizers, aware of the discomfort, made sure to defuse the situation. The presentation of the trophy, orchestrated by Ronaldinho, was enough to give a smile to the new Ballon d'Or. The hugs, tears and songs of Parisian supporters have definitively relegated the incident to the background.
Today, the assessment is clear: despite an organizational misstep, Dembélé lived one of the biggest evenings in his career. France Football has not lost his face, and the Parisian striker can savor his entry into legend. The episode only recalls that a logistics detail can sometimes threaten a gala evening. Fortunately, this time, the story ended well.
