Winger Ousmane Dembélé missed his team, Paris Saint-Germain’s match against host Arsenal in the second round of the competition UEFA Champions League For disciplinary reasons, and by a decision of Spanish coach Luis Enrique, according to what was revealed by French press reports.
News was circulated that the 27-year-old player had entered into sharp disagreements regarding tactical matters with his coach, which prompted the latter to take an immediate disciplinary decision, by excluding the player from the team that traveled to London, as punishment.
But press reports were issued today, Wednesday, a few hours after the match was scheduled to take place Arsenal And Saint-Germain revealed the real reason that made Enrique impose a penalty against his left-handed player, especially since the coach denied that there was a dispute between him and Dembele.
The end of the Parisian club’s match against Rennes Stadium in the local league witnessed a clear altercation between the two men, which was shown by the cameras to the fans, but the coach insisted that nothing negative happened, considering that this is a normal thing between a coach and his player.
Enrique said about this before the Arsenal match: “I am sorry, but I do not want to be in these stories. There is no dispute between us. It is completely false. It is just a problem of the player’s commitment to the team, and not a problem between the coach and his player.”
Why did Enrique exclude Ousmane Dembélé from the Arsenal match?
“location detection”Miss Mercato“Today, the real reason behind the step taken by the former Barcelona coach against the French international winger is that the player was late in attending the team’s training session that followed the confrontation between Paris Saint-Germain and Stade Rennes in the French League.
According to the same source, Dembele was very late in arriving at the training field without justification, which angered the coach and made him take the decision to exclude him from the Arsenal match squad, as punishment so that he would not repeat this behavior, which explains Enrique’s recent statements, in which he accused the player. Lack of commitment to the team.
Football coaches are known to be very upset when their players are late to attend training sessions, as a large number of them impose disciplinary measures in such cases, to avoid the recurrence of unjustified delays and absences.
It should be noted that Paris Saint-Germain He lost to Arsenal 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium, in the second round of the league stage of the Champions League competition, leaving his score standing at 3 points gained in the first round following the difficult victory over Girona with a clean goal.
