Still in the running with PSG in the Champions League, Ousmane Dembélé strengthens his favorite status in the 2025 Golden Ball race.
At the end of the quarterfinals of the Champions League, a new Golden Ball contender undoubtedly saw the trophy moving away. Like Mohamed Salah after the elimination of Liverpool in eighths, Kylian Mbappé will probably pay the price for the premature exit of Real Madrid, swept by Arsenal at the gates of the last square (3-0, 1-2).
In this year 2025 without World Cup, Euro, Nor Copa America, the C1 will be seen as the number one criterion by the Ballon d’Or jury. Good news for Ousmane Dembélé who is still in the race with Paris Saint-Germain. Aston Villa fall, the capital’s club will actually face the Gunners for a place in the final.
-And in this PSG team, only “Dembouz” stands out. With its 32 goals scored in 42 matches in all competitions, the French international (27 years old) is the main craftsman of the beautiful season made by the Red and Blue, already crowned Champions in Ligue 1, winners of the Champions Trophy and perhaps soon of the French Cup.
Dembélé as Modric?
If the players of Luis Enrique go to the end in the Champions League, the chances of seeing him win the Ballon d’Or will therefore be enormous. But even in the event of failure, the former Rennais could take out of the game. Currently, her main rivals are Raphinha, Lamine Yamal and Robert Lewandowski, who all evolve at FC Barcelona.
The fact that Barça has as many candidates could benefit Ousmane Dembélé, in the same way that Luka Modric had doubled Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappé and Raphaël Varane in 2018, despite the defeat of Croatia against the Blues in the World Cup final (2-4). The road is still long for the Parisian, but the trend is becoming clearer.
