He doesn’t score often, but when he does, it’s usually remembered. Ousmane Dembélé was the one who turned the lights on for PSG on Wednesday evening in this Champions League quarter-final first leg against FC Barcelona, after a disappointing first 45 minutes (0-1 at the break). As soon as he returned from the locker room, he equalized with a magnificent goal, a mule strike from a hook in the middle of the surface, coming to lodge under the bar of Ter Stegen. His second goal of the season, after his little masterpiece against Monaco last November.
At that moment, we strongly believed in the Parisian awakening, especially as Vitinha doubled the lead barely two minutes later. PSG was going to end up overwhelming Barça, we felt it, but Dembélé then hit the post, then Barcola the crossbar, and the Catalans took the opportunity to turn the match around (2-3).
If Dembouze’s third goal of the season could come a little quicker, for example next week in the return match, no one would blame him.