Recently, barcelona's overall team has recovered, under Xavi, many players have been activated, and the addition of new signings has accelerated the reconstruction plan. Players such as Traore, Ferran Torres, Aubameyang and Alves have all given Barca a new look. While winning 4-2 at Atletico Madrid in a strong dialogue, he stubbornly drew the Catalan derby and the Europa League draw with Napoli.
Although it was not a perfect score, the performance of one player caused a lot of discussion and greatly changed the perception of fans about him. He was Osman Dembele. Dembele has played in 13 games this season, started six times, scored 1 goal and 2 assists, the statistics are not good, and the fans have booed him. However, in the Europa League match, Dembele came off the bench and performed so well that even the fans applauded him. It was an extremely rare phenomenon, half an hour from boos to applause.
In this game, Dembele completed 31 touches, a 75% passing success rate, 4 confrontations and 3 passing successes, one foot shot and 11 missed the ball. He also gave Ferrantores an extremely crucial pass, but unfortunately the latter failed to score. Dembele's state of recovery fans are in the eyes, remembered in the heart, which can not help but make fans sigh, has the hundreds of millions of dollars to buy parallel goods do not drift?
It's hard to say, after all, Dembele's privately undisciplined habits are hard to change overnight, he loves to play games, stays up late, is late for training, and is constantly injured. But Dembele himself said in an interview that Aubameyang's arrival made him very happy and had a partner to talk and play. It is worth mentioning that Aubameyang once played for Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga. It is highly likely that Aubameyang's arrival has activated the young player's form to some extent. You know, after Neymar's sky-high transfer to Paris that year, Dembele was pinned on high hopes to succeed N in MSN, but unfortunately, until Messi and Suarez left the team, they did not see this day. With an outrageous transfer fee of 140 million euros, Dembele's performance can be said to be extremely disastrous.
Looking back, barca's brains were irrational to buy a young player under the age of 20 with hundreds of millions of euros, but the fans have been hoping to see Dembele return to the top season after season. It is reasonable to say that Dembele, who is now only 24 years old, is at his peak, but unfortunately, the fans want him to return to the state he was in before the age of 20, which shows how disappointing he has been in recent years.
In four years, Dembele has played in 108 games, scoring 27 goals and 15 assists, with a very average efficiency, and has been absent from long injuries in the 2019-2020 season. It's hard to imagine that the player is still young and it's hard to imagine that this player has been given more playing time and opportunities than most of his peers.
But the truth may be that, as Harvey Cruyff Jr. said, Dembele needs time and confidence, and sooner or later fans will applaud him. If the fans keep booing him, the players themselves are under pressure and can't play well, which will put the team into a passive situation of 10 to 12. Since the coach chose to use him, it shows that Dembele is OK and a player who deserves playing time. Now that the coaches have said this, it can be seen that this hundred million-dollar gentleman has indeed changed, and we also look forward to the day when Dembele can grow into a world-class player.