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'I think we were scared of him': Real Sociedad coach identifies Barca's biggest threat

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's level, with the form he is in at the moment. He can breeze past two or three players in five meters if you give him space," 

"That said, we made it too easy for him in the first half. I think we were scared of him. And if you give Dembele half a yard, you're screwed."

Dembele was in spectacular form against La Real. Besides scoring the match-winning goal, the Frenchman contributed with 3 key passes, 4 long balls and 5 dribbles.

 this season, contributing with 8 goals and 7 assists in 27 games (22 starts).

Does Dembele do anything better than Mbappe these days? Analysed

's impressive outing against Real Sociedad, some pundits started comparing him to 

Does this comparison make any sense this season? Let's see.

Mbappe is still out of reach for Dembele in terms of scoring goals

Ousmane has surely improved in this respect (remember the times when his finishing was terribly poor?), yet it is difficult to imagine him reaching Mbappe's figures one day. Not just because Dembele is a worse shooter and scorer – he's more of an inside forward, cutting into central positions from the wing, while Kylian often plays as an advanced striker.

Mbappe's primary duty is to score goals – and he's doing it very well*.

Mbappe is a slightly better passer and dribbler

Still a way to go for Dembouz here – but he isn't too far away from his compatriot in these stats. If Ousmane continues to improve the way he does these days, his technique will be world-class too.

Dembele is generally a better playmaker than Mbappe

Under Xavi, Ousmane is often about creating chances from deep and trying to find the right man to give the last pass to.

We can't say the difference in this stat is huge between the two - Mbappe is quite a complete striker who is also active at playmaking - still, Dembouz has an edge here – especially in actions leading to shots. If Barca's conversion rate was better, Dembele would even have a bigger advantage over Kylian here.

Is there anything else Dembele is better than Mbappe at?

Sure. It's his defensive contribution which is way more impressive than Kylian's. That's understandable though – Ousmane often has to track back down his wing while Mbappe often acts as the main man upfront.

Xavi names one crucial thing that 'changed' in Dembele, not his self-discipline

 is that he now believes he is one of the best wingers in the world, something I already knew, now he is starting to believe it," 

"He feels our confidence. I talk to him quite a lot. I'm glad because he's a great guy," the Barca boss added.

Xavi keeps telling the media that Ousmane Dembele is one of the best - if not the best - wingers in the world. When he said that for the first time, it seemed like a poor joke – but the Frenchman is busy proving it wrong.

Dembele scored the match winner as Barca advanced to the Copa del Rey semifinals.

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We thought we had in Raphina, Ferran, and Ansu 🥺.

Soccerates

Onyemize Chukwubuikem

Those guys are not in that league.
Fati might, maybe when he turns 24.

Function Guy....

😜 those guys are not pulling enough threat.

Shola Olatunde

Abde can at least try to do three quarters of Dembele

Jovinary Maximillian

Abde is good but this is Barcelona,we also deserve the best.

Ibrahim Balkisu

Barca should just sign another player that can pull the same threat from the other side like Dembele.

Dembele is my favorite player on barcelona along with frenkie

Djhothead Soultech

Isma John

we're together my brother,he's our favorite player, he gives us a joy of game!

why wouldn't you be scared of Dembele......
Dembele is the new version of Messi in Barcelona now......

if you don't know Dembele well then go and watch the day Dembele delt with Toni kroos and Madrid.....Go and watch YouTube.... watch Dembele on YouTube..... Dembele is a beast 

some people hates Dembele the way some hated Messi
many people believe Ronaldo is better than Messi... No matter what you tell them or see

don't play with Dembele..... injury was the problem..... 
mbappe went to PSG on loan and Dembele came to Barcelona with heavy amount of money......

Dembele is better than even mbappe...... injury was the problem

Dembele will still do more....the  problem is that Dembele is still scared of another injury....so Dembele is very careful with his speed and dribbling

Albert Justice (Ousmane....D)

Rashy seems a more complete player than Vini these days, Araujo alone won’t be enough to handle him. I really hope we’ll have all of him, Kounde and Christensen available 💪

Kosta König

Alka-Gh

Dembele vrs Luke Shaw or Tyler malacia Manchester United should watch out for us we are coming next month,I know Araujo will pocket Rashford cos he is the only threat to us….I pray we will have all our players available against Manchester United
Visca Barca

Player		G
Artem Dovbyk	Girona	18
Jude Bellingham	Real Madrid	17
Ante Budimir	Osasuna	16
Borja Borja Mayoral	Getafe	15
Alexander Sørloth	Villarreal	15

'I think we were scared of him': Real Sociedad coach identifies Barca's biggest threat

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