Paris (AFP)

Adrien Rabiot, unhappy and excluded, had a bad time with Juventus this weekend, who finally saw Barça winger Ousmane Dembélé in an official match before the list unveiled Thursday by Didier Deschamps for the October camp of the Blues .

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Rabiot, two missteps

Sad evening on Sunday for Turin midfielder Adrien Rabiot, at the origin of a penalty for AS Rome before being excluded (2-2).

The former Parisian has experienced "a nasty halt after months of growth", according to Gazzetta dello sport, which gave him the worst score of the match.

Not necessarily bad in the game, he was largely beaten in the start by his compatriot Jordan Veretout, double scorer.

Worse, he brings the penalty for Roma by releasing a ball badly and stopping Veretout's shot immediately with a hand off the body.

Then he collects a second yellow card in the 62nd for a clumsy tackle, expulsion which will make him miss the next shock against Naples.

"The road is still long," reacted on Instagram the mid-25-year-old who, since the end of confinement, had settled down and started the season as a holder, which earned him a recall to the Blues in September after two years of absence.

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Dembélé, ten months later

We had left on November 27, 2019, in tears, disappointed by a new thigh injury against his former team Borussia Dortmund.

Sunday, Ousmane Dembélé replayed in an official match for Barça's resumption against Villarreal (4-0) after 305 days, or exactly ten months of absence.

Willful and diligent, the 23-year-old left winger has created differences thanks to his usual explosiveness, without however being decisive after coming into play in the 70th minute in place of the prodigy Ansu Fati, author of a double.

With the departure of Luis Suarez to Atlético Madrid and the injury of Martin Braithwaite (thigh), the world champion (21 caps) has a card to play on the front of the blaugrana attack, despite the irruption of Fati and the return of loan from Philippe Coutinho.

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Ferland Mendy, N.1 on the left

At Real Madrid, no more doubts: Ferland Mendy (25) is now Zinédine Zidane's N.1 option for the left-back position, despite competition from the iconic Marcelo.

"He's the master of the left aisle," summed up Marca, Spain's top-selling newspaper.

Omnipresent in the offensive animation, Mendy has flaunted his infinite breath in attack as in defense, where he is "a real rock" insurmountable, for the Spanish daily.

His decline in the second half corresponded to the relaxation of the Madrilenians who won with a breath (3-2) against Betis.

Recruited for six years and 50 million euros in Lyon in the summer of 2019, the side has conquered Madrid.

Among the Blues (6 sel.), He is not yet the first choice of Deschamps who can count on Benjamin Mendy, Lucas Hernandez and Lucas Digne.

The latter, excellent since the start of the season, also scored new points with Everton on Saturday, causing a penalty in the first period.

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Tolisso, swept away in the shipwreck

Holder Sunday with Bayern Munich for the first time this season, Corentin Tolisso had the misfortune of being part of the team that sank in Hoffenheim, beaten 4-1, first defeat since December 2019.

The former Lyonnais, barred in the middle by the duo Joshua Kimmich / Leon Goretzka, had little playing time last season, between injuries and managerial decisions.

So much so that the press began to speculate on his departure.

But the departure of Thiago Alcantara to Liverpool has changed the situation, now making Tolisso the first choice to replace a member of the tandem if necessary.

Flick really appreciates the mentality of the 26-year-old Frenchman: "Corentin has been injured for a long time, he has worked a lot to come back", he says, "he is a player who has a huge presence on the pitch, a player + box to box + which runs a lot, which has a good shot ".

Still, to play the Euro, it will be necessary to show itself in the eyes of the coach, which will be a challenge as long as he is in Munich.

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