World Cup 2018: France vs Denmark, 5 best and worst players

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It was a seemingly frustrating outing for France

#4. Worst: Ousmane Dembele

Dembele took poor decisions with the ball at his feet

The Australians in France’s first match of the World Cup physically outmuscled Dembele and hence the FCB winger was left out of the team in the second game.

With Mbappe rested, Dembele had the chance to leave a stamp on the right flank, but was miserable in the opening portions of the game. Though he managed to run at a good pace with the ball, Ousmane’s decision-making was wayward in the final third.

He switched flanks to confuse his adversary but appeared confused himself a lot of times. Even after having the opportunity to form good passing triangles and take a shot from the more viable position, Dembele was content at shooting from a long distance.

His shots did not trouble the keeper much, and Ousmane failed to open his goal-scoring account yet again.

Ousmane’s tenacity was at question too, as he hardly dropped deeper and instead relied on collecting the ball through the midfielders before embarking on his trademark, mazy runs.

With no proper link from the midfield to attack, Dembele looked lost in the middle of the match at times and was substituted in the favor of a much more straightforward and effective Mbappe.

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