Temptation
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Dembele's talent and ability is amazing too. He's anything but a G/A merchant. Dembele isn't Raphinha. He has always been a considered a very talented player.Yeah the bias against Dembele for ballon d'or because he doesn't play "pure football" or something is clear. It might just be motivated by the agenda against Ronaldo, but some say Ribery deserved it in 2013. Dembele this season was better and more important to PSG than Ribery was to Bayern.
There's been claims that PSG was more of a team effort, yet Dembele still scored or assisted 7 of the 16 goals PSG scored in the knockout stages while Ribery only contributed 2 of the 16 Bayern scored that season. Dembele also scored or assisted in every round while Ribery didn't get a goal contribution until the 7th goal against Barca in the semifinals. Dembele's performance in the final was also better than Ribery and he had more g/a for the season.
Ribery's technical ability was obviously better, but Dembele's directness and pressing off the ball shouldn't be underestimated either.
His dribbling is absolutely sensational and he glides past defenders for fun.