Regarding Ousmane Dembélé's injury, the current question is: After the PSG player felt discomfort in his left hamstring in Toulouse last weekend, could he still play 45 minutes in an international match six days later? Based on what we have observed, the answer is no.
On Friday night, Didier Deschamps dismissed the controversy and confirmed that Dembélé's physical condition was capable of competing at a high level:
“Yes, I am certain of that; otherwise, I would not have fielded him. Moreover, it was an issue with the other leg. He is in good form. Unfortunately for him, but this could happen to any other player too. I acted based on his feedback, and from a medical perspective, there was no problem.”
This injury, coupled with Warren Zaïre-Emery's injury, will have a significant impact on PSG's remaining matches this season.
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) is completely dissatisfied with how the Ousmane Dembélé incident has been handled. The club stated that it is extremely angry, as it claims to have warned the French national team's medical staff before the start of the international break, advising that the forward should not play.
Given his fatigue, PSG's medical team believed the risk of injury was very high, yet the staff of the French Football Association (French FA) failed to take this into account. We will have to wait and see how serious his injury is.
An MRI scan has been scheduled, but with only 12 days left until the start of the Champions League (home match against Atalanta on Wednesday the 17th) and 16 days until the derby against Marseille on Sunday the 21st, it is hard to imagine Dembélé being able to participate in these two games.
Worse still, PSG players such as Fabián Ruiz and Milan Škriniar have barely had any rest and have been plagued by injuries since the start of the season. The dispute between the two parties (PSG and French FA) is likely to become very intense.
