OUsmane Dembele interviewed France football On the occasion of Ballon d’Or, which he was recently awarded for unusual last season and peaked in the Champions League conquest. Exactly was announced on Friday Stig Ballon d’Oro Since the PSG attacker won the award ahead of Lamine Yamal with 321 points.
First congratulations: “It was from Messi. I was also happy with Xavi, Luis Suarez and many former Barcelona players. They were happy. I didn’t have my PSG teammates on video, but I had a message from Achraf, coach (Luis Enrique), all them.”
First nomination and Ballon d’Or: “When you win almost all the cup, the Champions League, which weighs for a season without the World Cup or the European Championship title, and you have unique statistics, I think you are among the five best players in the world. I’m not going to say it was unexpected at the beginning of each year, it is a season.
The suffering was mainly physical, associated with the injuries. But I didn’t doubt my football, not for one second
“The best player in the world” is a very big word. For me it doesn’t mean anything. It can change every weekend. In one game you are not good, people will say you are a disaster. Next, you are the best in the world. Every two weeks, it can change. Then, when you have a great season, the best, you get reward. You were the best player of the season, “
Childhood: “Yes, as a child, yes. Then, over time, I didn’t think … it didn’t get to my head that I was going to win Ballon d’Or. It wasn’t obsession.”
“I had a lot of injury to Barcelona, the more the seasons went, the more I got injured … in the years 2019-2020 I was only played five games … but no, I don’t doubt it. I was sure I would come back on the field and that everything was fine.
“Excuse my language, but I didn’t give the hell! I played in my way. If you like it, you like it; if you don’t, then it’s like it is. You take it or you don’t take it. Although I want to score goals, I didn’t want to shoot up there …”
When you have a physical problem, it is not easy to return to the highest level
“I have no regrets”: “No, I have no regret. That’s right. I have no regret, from the beginning of my career until today. I’ve learned a lot and it has helped me. for one period, not ten.
Special inauguration for Ballon d’Or: “All my family was happy. Those who were there, who weren’t. Only joy. This Ballon d’Or is theirs too. It’s my mother, she woke me alone. I dedicate myself to this Ballon d’Or to her and the whole family.
What can be carried Ballon d’Or or compared to: “My goal against Tottenham (against FC Barcelona, 1-1, December 11, 2018, in the Champions League competition). I pressed the opponent, he lost the balance a little, I got the ball, and then it was two against one (two against me saying: ‘
During my seven seasons in Barcelona I played mainly as a winger
Dembele goal scores. “Yes, I could score a lot. After that I didn’t play in the same position. At Rennes I played two or three games as a winger, but then I was right behind the striker, and it’s not the same when you are closer to the goal. As a winger, you have to get past three or four players,
More primary position with Luis Enrique: “It’s not the same to be a winger on the line as a false 9, but it’s a free winger. Luis Enrique gives me a lot of freedom. I need it. I started like that with Rennes. Rolland Courbis gave me a lot of freedom, that it is not done, but in this position.
I played with Messi for seven years; Today I try to imitate him
“Players I look up to? I played at Barcelona with Lionel Messi, who was nine,” Dembele said. “You had to see how he moved, how he let everyone forget him. He walked, but he knew very well that the ball was going to get on his feet because Busquets had seen him. He would go anywhere. He would go on and suddenly appeared. I saw all that for seven years. Today I try to do it.
If you are not hungry, with Luis Enrique go to the bench
Hungry in more achievements: “Yes, of course. Because if you don’t work, if you are not hungry, with Luis Enrique, you will go to the bench. Or we will sign another player.”