Ousmane Dembélé Did he see him coming? Did he feel behind this little Marseille breath getting closer little by little? A sort of painful and sudden mistral came to get up at a half time from the end of the Ligue 1 championship … to tell Before starting this party at the Parc des Princes this eveningwe did not really imagine that the star striker of the capital’s club, with crazy statistics since the start of the season (21 goals and 6 assists), could be worried in the quest for his title of top scorer in the championship.
But now, 800 kilometers away, the tornado Mason Greenwood woke up. And quickly. Already a scorer in Le Havre last Saturday (1-3), he first allowed the Marseillais to return to Rennes, on penalty (21st). Three minutes later (24th), after a new hand of the Bretons in the area, he presented himself again to score but this time stubborn on Brice Samba. At that time of the evening, “Dembouz” still miraculously kept a short step on his pursuer, in addition to having marked less penalties than the Marseillais in the season. A short respite since the Briton found the fault this time in the course of the game just before returning to the locker room (45th + 1 ‘).
Meanwhile in Paris, Ousmane Dembélé lacked, like his teammates, success and efficiency in the face of the very low block set up by the men of Christophe Pélissier. However, he could have opened the scoring in the 13th minute of the meeting, almost nose to face with Donovan Léon, the Burgundian goalkeeper.
With an exceptional roulette, Kvaratskhelia had before that of two defenders to the right of the surface to serve in withdrawal Vitinha. The Portuguese then found Dembélé in the surface which chose to hit the law. His shot was simply pushed back from the bottom of the right thigh of the opposing goalkeeper.
Unsuccessful
Two minutes later (15th), he claimed a penalty while Clément Akpa, had just walked on his right foot. He collapsed on the ground, stayed there for long seconds but without ever making doubt or changing his abdelative opinion Kherradji, the referee of the meeting.
Upon returning from the locker room, and after changing crampons, he again stumbled on this very solid Auxerrois goalkeeper (49th) who had already been the nightmare of the Parisians in the first leg. Served by Bradley Barcola at the entrance to the surface, the number 10 Parisian this time wound a beautiful strike from the right, which Léon pushed from both hands, relaxing on his left side.
Five minutes later (54th), we saw him take the lead in his hands after missing a new attempt from the left when he was only three meters from the Auxerrois goal. Replaced in the 74th minute by Gonçalo Ramos, Ousmane Dembélé had to wait on the bench to know the fate of this evening.
But here he is ultimately haloed by a new distinction, barely a week after winning the title of Best player of the season during the UNFP trophies ceremonyand before maybe others even more prestigious reach him.
