It was enough for a failed match of Ousmane Dembélé and PSG so that some consider the race for the Ballon d’Or completely relaunched.
PSG has completely missed its release. While the final of the Club World Cup marked the end of the Parisian season, the recent winners of the Champions League passed through Chelsea, losing 3-0 on the lawn of the Metlife Stadium.
And if the whole team has foiled, Ousmane Dembélé was undoubtedly one of the best symbols of the big failure of Parisians. What necessarily weigh for some in the golden ball race. Until then, a growing favorite in the succession of Rodri, the former Barcelona sees his status weakened.
“Upon arrival, is a golden ball to miss such important matches, finals like that of Dembele today”, did not hesitate to launch Jérôme Rothen at the microphone of Dazn. And the star consultant of RMC is not the only one to consider that the failed service of Ousmane Dembélé against the Blues redistributed the cards.
A Parisian player on the podium
The same is true of the TNT channel which publishes its ranking of the Ballon d’Or 2025 each week. And for the English media, Ousmane Dembélé should not even be on the podium of the Ballon d’Or. If he is still the favorite of bookmakers, his name only appears in fourth place.
The big winner is none other than Lamine Yamal, whose shines with Barça seem to be enough to make people forget less snoring statistics than those of Ousmane Dembélé and a prize list which is limited to the title of champion of Spain won by Barça.
Despite the downgrade of Ousmane Dembélé, a Parisian player appears on the podium imagined by TNT: Vitinha, who has for him the coronation of Portugal in the League of Nations. Finally, the coronation of Chelsea at the Club World Cup is worth Cole Palmer to invite himself on the Podium of the Ballon d’Or, in third place.
