Dembélé named player of the week in the Champions League after his XXL performance against Barça

UEFA has decided to award the Champions League “player of the week” trophy to Ousmane Dembélé. The PSG striker had a big game against Barça on Tuesday in the second half of the quarter-finals (4-1).

The Ousmane Dembélé show did not leave UEFA indifferent. Author of an XXL appearance on Tuesday night during the quarter-finals on the pitch of FC Barcelona, ​​the PSG striker was chosen as the “player of the week” in the Champions League.

After allowing PSG to equalize against his former club (1-1, 40th minute), Dembélé was once again decisive by achieving a penalty eventually converted by Kylian Mbappé (3-1, 61.). At the end of the match UEFA had already awarded him the man of the match trophy. The end of a special night for the French international.

Heckled by his former audience… then crucial

Returning to Barcelona for the first time since leaving the club last summer, Dembélé was hooked by his former audience (2017-2023). A banner with the text “We do not forget, Judas” was specially waved in front of the stadium. Fake tickets bearing his image were also printed to denounce his supposed greed. Finally, when the teams were presented, he was profusely insulted when his name was announced, before being whistled for each of his catches throughout the game.

“The welcome that was given to me, I experienced it very well because already in 2021 I experienced it being whistled here in Barcelona, ​​brushed by the main interested party at the microphone of Canal + after the meeting I will change my game for whistles. I gave everything here, got a penalty… I’m happy with my performance. Enough to show a bright smile when you return to the bench, in the 88th minute. A picture that is widely shared on social networks, just to put an XXL performance in stone.