The Ballon d'Or was finally back on Tuesday. Almost a month after his coronation on the stage of the Théâtre du Châtelet, Ousmane Dembélé was able to make his big return to competition during the trip to the Bayer Leverkusen pitch.
On the sidelines since the beginning of September and his serious thigh injury with the Blues against Ukraine, the former Barcelona player has not missed his return. Substitute at kick-off, the native of Evreux indeed scored barely more than three minutes after coming into play to replace Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. Enough to participate in the orgy of goals of PSG (7-2) to celebrate its 100the
appearance with the capital club.
“I took my time to come back from this injury, 100%. Even if today, this is not yet the case. I'm happy to celebrate my 100th match with the club. Especially in the Champions League, with a goal,” he also savored at the end of the meeting, obviously delighted with the great performance of the Parisians.
After Ousmane Dembélé, Kylian Mbappé?
“We started the match well, at 1-0. Afterwards, it went a bit “crazy”, especially with the two red cards. Ten against ten, there are a lot of spaces. Afterwards, spaces are what we like at PSG, he analyzed. We knew how to play on that in the first half, especially with the two goals from Désiré which did us good. We progressed in the second period. »
Complimentary about Vitinha, described as “maestro”,
Ousmane Dembélé was also asked about Kylian Mbappé's great start to the season. The opportunity to wish a Ballon d'Or for his friend from the France team next year. “Yes, yes, I hope so. He deserves it given his career. He's had a very good start to the season, he's only scoring. He's a friend. I hope he continues like this. And I hope that one day he will win the Ballon d'Or”, he slipped in his place.
