Dembélé is no longer made of glass

One of the best news is this 2021 is the recovery of Ousmane Dembélé for the cause. The French striker added last Sunday against Athletic Bilbao (2-1) his tenth consecutive game, seven as a starter and three as a substitute. Never in the four seasons he has been at Barcelona had he managed to achieve this regularity: his best records were in nine consecutive games, achieved twice in the 2018/19 season. That campaign was the most regular for Dembélé, who came to chain another series of eight straight games and another more than seven.

Dembélé started this spectacular streak against Eibar (1-1) on December 29, where he was a substitute, leaving after the break and playing 45 minutes. From here, he started in Huesca (0-1), completing the 90 minutes, he repeated against Athletic (2-3), with 75 minutes, he continued in Granada (0-4), 73 minutes, he returned to repeat ownership in the semifinal of the Spanish Super Cup against Real Sociedad (1-1), playing the 120 minutes, including extra time and also started in the final against Athletic (3-2), with 88 minutes. He broke the streak of matches in the eleven in the round of 32 of the Cup against Cornellà (0-2), leaving after the break and playing 45 minutes, to regain ownership again against Elche (0-2), playing 74 minutes, and start again from the bench in the Cup against Rayo Vallecano (1 -2), playing 22 minutes, to finish in LaLiga as a starter against Athletic (2-1), playing 87 minutes.

The situation is so exceptional with Dembélé that, for example, last season he was only able to string together four consecutive games, while in the first with Barcelona he added six at most.

There is no doubt that the recovery of the French attacker is one of the causes that explain the good moment of play and results that Barcelona is going through: he accumulates ten games without losing in LaLiga, adding 26 of the last 30 possible points.

Now the Granada Cup match awaits him -competition that for now has come from the bench- to continue confirming this regularity and definitely park the crystal gamer tag.