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Barcelona Beware: Old Boy Ousmane Dembele On A Mission For PSG In Champions League Clash | Football News
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Barcelona Beware: Old Boy Ousmane Dembele On A Mission For PSG In Champions League Clash | Football News

[ad_1] Most of the attention in Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League quarter-final with Barcelona on Wednesday will be on Kylian Mbappe, but Ousmane Dembele is also set to have a big role to play for the French club against his former side. Mbappe, who is expected to be coming up against Barca in a Real Madrid shirt next season, has 39 goals for PSG in this campaign. Dembele has only one. However, the player described by newspaper Le Parisien last week as a "tearaway" offers something different, even if Barcelona are all too aware of what the 26-year-old winger can do with a ball at his feet.The France star returned to his home country last August after six seasons in Catalonia, with PSG paying a reported 50 million euros ($54.3m) to sign him on a five-year deal.That relatively paltry ...
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PSG Hit Five Past Monaco Ahead Of Newcastle United Champions League Clash | Football News
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PSG Hit Five Past Monaco Ahead Of Newcastle United Champions League Clash | Football News

[ad_1] Ousmane Dembele scored his first Paris Saint-Germain goal in stunning fashion as the reigning French champions crushed Monaco 5-2 in Ligue 1 on Friday to cement their lead at the top of the table. Goncalo Ramos opened the scoring early on for PSG but a howler by home goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma gifted Takumi Minamino the equaliser soon after. However, Kylian Mbappe's penalty against his former club restored PSG's lead and two superb goals in the space of three second-half minutes by Dembele and Vitinha put the game out of sight.Folarin Balogun pulled another back for Monaco but substitute Randal Kolo Muani put the seal on PSG's win in stoppage time.Paris have now won seven and drawn one of their last eight Ligue 1 games and this result moved them four points clear of second-pl...
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PSG Sign Ousmane Dembele Amid Kylian Mbappe’s Contract Saga | Football News
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PSG Sign Ousmane Dembele Amid Kylian Mbappe’s Contract Saga | Football News

[ad_1] As Kylian Mbappe's contract dispute with Paris Saint-Germain rumbles on, the Qatari-backed club announced a new signing - Ousmane Dembele on a five-year-deal from Barcelona. He is the ninth summer arrival at a side which has lost Lionel Messi to Inter Miami, and may soon be facing up to life without Mbappe. In an affair that has dominated transfer market headlines Mbappe has refused to sign an extension to his PSG deal, meaning he can leave for free next year, with Real Madrid long seen as his preferred destination.PSG want to sell him now and bring in a significant transfer fee for a player who cost 180 million euros ($198m) from Monaco in 2017."The position is very clear. If Kylian wants to stay, he must sign a new contract. We can't let the best player in the world today leave ...
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Barcelona And The Woodwork Defeat Real Madrid In Texas ‘Clasico’ | Football News
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Barcelona And The Woodwork Defeat Real Madrid In Texas ‘Clasico’ | Football News

[ad_1] Barcelona beat Real Madrid 3-0 in a fiercely contested friendly match on Saturday with an early strike from Ousmane Dembele and late goals from Fermin Lopez and Ferran Torres. The result was harsh on Carlo Ancelotti's team, who struck the woodwork five times and created plenty of opportunities. But Spanish champions Barcelona's more clinical finishing proved to be the difference. A packed AT&T Stadium, home of the NFL'S Dallas Cowboys, witnessed a game which had all the passion and commitment of a real derby despite being a pre-season warm-up.The crowd were soon on their feet when Oriel Romeu rattled the Real cross-bar with a thundering drive in the fourth minute but Barca soon had their fans celebrating.A cleverly worked free-kick saw Pedri slide a diagonal pass into the path...
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Ousmane Dembele Fires Barcelona Past Real Sociedad To Copa Semi-finals | Football News
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Ousmane Dembele Fires Barcelona Past Real Sociedad To Copa Semi-finals | Football News

[ad_1] Ousmane Dembele's strike, capping a brilliant individual display, helped Barcelona beat Real Sociedad 1-0 on Wednesday, and reach the Copa del Rey semi-finals. The French forward struck in the 52nd minute to power the record 31-time cup-winners through against 10-man La Real, who had Brais Mendez sent off late in the first half. Barcelona have enjoyed a strong start to 2023, winning the Spanish Super Cup and moving three points clear of Real Madrid at the top of La Liga, and continued it in a pulsating cup clash.Imanol Alguacil's Real Sociedad have thrilled in the league, sitting third, but were missing veteran playmaker David Silva and Mikel Merino through injury.Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez, on his 43rd birthday, guided his team to a nervy victory, thanks to Dembele.The coac...
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Robert Lewandowski Saves Drowning Barcelona In Thrilling Inter Milan Draw | Football News
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Robert Lewandowski Saves Drowning Barcelona In Thrilling Inter Milan Draw | Football News

[ad_1] Robert Lewandowski scored two late goals to save Barcelona from elimination in the Champions League in a thrilling 3-3 draw with Inter Milan on Wednesday at Camp Nou. The Polish forward dragged Xavi Hernandez's side level at 2-2 in the 82nd minute and then again at 3-3 in stoppage time with a towering header, after Robin Gosens put the Italians ahead with one minute remaining. Barcelona's Champions League fate is no longer in their own hands though and they still face a second consecutive group stage elimination if Inter Milan win at home against eliminated Viktoria Plzen on October 26.Being on the verge of another early knock-out is a bitter blow for the Catalans, who hoped a summer signing spree including Lewandowski from Bayern Munich could restore their position among Europe's...
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Xavi Hernandez Calls On Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembele To “Give Us More” | Football News
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Xavi Hernandez Calls On Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembele To “Give Us More” | Football News

[ad_1] Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez called on French winger Ousmane Dembele to believe in himself more and consistently help the team to win. The forward had a disappointing game against Inter Milan as Barcelona fell to a 1-0 defeat in the Champions League on Tuesday. However the coach, who previously said Dembele had the potential to be the world's best winger, could become more decisive for the club."We are very happy with his professionalism since we arrived, we gave him some love and confidence and he's given it back," Xavi told a press conference on Saturday."He needs to make the difference in every match, he can do it, and he needs to believe in himself more. To score more, assist more, and in each game he should give us more."He's been making the difference but needs to do it ev...
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