Dortmund-PSG: the tour of exes continues for Ousmane Dembélé, with newfound efficiency
An air of déjà vu. Paris Saint-Germain meets Borussia Dortmund for the third time this season in the Champions League, Wednesday May 1, this time in the semi-finals first leg. For Ousmane Dembélé, the trip to the Ruhr is all the more familiar as he wore the opponent’s colors during the 2016-2017 season. In yellow and black, he revealed himself at the highest European level at the age of 19, scoring 10 goals and providing 22 assists on his way to his first quarter in C1 (lost to Kylian Mbappé’s AS Monaco).
The 2018 world champion is preparing to take to the pitch at Signal Iduna Park, facing its famous yellow wall, in the colors of another club for the first time since his departure. When PSG snatched a crucial draw (1-1) at the end of the group stage in 2020, Dembélé was suspended. In 2019, another missed meeting occurred as he was injured for Dortmund-Barça, in the group. So, there was the Germany-France friendly (2-1 defeat) last September, in which the latter took part for 25 minutes, but the configuration was not the same.
VSThis time, he is expected as a starter and at 100% of his means. This month of April took the form of a tour of his old clubs. After participating in the elimination of Rennes, his first club, in the semi-finals of the Coupe de France (1-0), he responded to the whistles and insults of Barça supporters with a goal and a penalty obtained, and above all a devilish smile.
Not inhibited, therefore, by the pressure of his return to Barcelona, the person concerned did not confide his feelings before the match against Dortmund. It was Gonçalo Ramos who presented himself at a press conference. For the Portuguese, very smiling and at ease in front of journalists, there is no reason why his teammate should not repeat another high-flying performance. “He’s a calm, calm and confident person. I hope he plays like he did against Barcelona”he replied.
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