Present in the mixed zone after PSG/OL (3-1), which marked his return to the starting lineup, Ousmane Dembélé spoke about his relationship with his coach Luis Enrique, described as tense for months.
Established on Sunday evening against OL for the first time since November 26 and his expulsion against Bayern Munich, Ousmane Dembélé was aligned in the center before moving to the right in the second half. First scorer of the match in the 8th minute, the 2018 world champion had a good match, even if everything was not perfect in his performance.
“We had to be serious to beat OL”
At the end of PSG's 3-1 victory against the Lyonnais, Ousmane Dembélé appeared in the mixed zone and first returned to the match: “We knew it was going to be a difficult match. Lyon is having a very good season, they are coming back well we will say, it is a quality team with very good players up front and behind too. We had to be serious to beat them (…) In the first 15 minutes we put in a lot of intensity, we didn't let them breathe. We were rewarded with these two goals. »
Suspended against Salzburg and replacing against Nantes and Auxerre, Ousmane Dembélé was inevitably questioned in the mixed zone about his relationship with Luis Enrique, far from being fluid for months. In a pre-match press conference, Luis Enrique was also asked about his French international and said this: “I have the same relationship with all the players: I am their coach, I am neither their father, nor their brother, nor their “bro”, nor anything else that can resemble it. I am the coach, I decide, I have to decide and I have no problem with that. »
“With Luis Enrique, we try to do everything so that PSG grows and wins titles”
In the mixed zone, Dembélé replied: “As he said at a press conference, we are not brothers, he is not my father. We're not bros. It’s a coach-player relationship. I've known him a little more, for a long time. That's it, we try to do everything so that Paris Saint-Germain grows, wins titles, plays well and pleases everyone. »
Finally, Ousmane Dembélé also mentioned his positioning as a false number nine in the first period: “I had the opportunity, when I was at FC Barcelona, to play as a number nine. I remember a match here where I was facing “Presko”, it was a difficult match for me (smile). Afterwards, with the constant changes of position in the team, the winger can find himself a new player, the new player can find himself a winger, so it doesn't change anything. »
