'Every coach should show how he ‌defends': Luis Enrique on all-action Ousmane Dembele

[p][b]“That’s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dembele-ousmane/zsMC2Ec0/"]Ousmane[/a]’s mentality. Every coach should show how he ‌defends,"[/b] Luis Enrique told reporters on Wednesday.[/p][p]“We always ‌tend to highlight what forwards do in attack but never what they do defensively. Ousmane always shows ‌his individual quality on the ball ⁠and his ability ‌to perform without the ball.”[/p][p]Dembele has become one of the ​symbols of Luis Enrique’s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psg/CjhkPw0k/"]PSG[/a] rebuild, with the Spaniard demanding that even his ​most gifted attackers contribute relentlessly to the collective press.[/p][p]That transformation was perhaps best captured during last ⁠year’s Champions League ​final against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/inter/Iw7eKK25/"]Inter Milan[/a].[/p][image alt="Ousmane Dembele's stats in Ligue 1" id="8de4a187-6b75-44f2-9729-fd1b55a73a54" credit-line="StatsPerform via Opta" guid="dfb8e0b3-4703-46ce-b88f-9f34edde6813" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]Television cameras caught Dembele fixing Inter goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sommer-yann/4zA5n1UG/"]Yann Sommer[/a] with an intense stare before charging forward to trigger PSG’s press - an ‌image that embodied the aggression and discipline Luis Enrique wanted from his frontline.[/p][p]PSG went on to overwhelm Inter 5-0 to win the club’s first Champions League title, with Dembele’s work rate setting the tone as much as his attacking quality.[/p][p]The French forward arrives at this year’s final after another influential European campaign, having evolved from ‌a largely instinctive dribbler into one of the ​most complete attacking players in Luis Enrique’s ‌system.[/p][p]Dembele has been nursing a sore calf after the end of the Ligue 1 season last weekend but Luis Enrique expects his squad to be at full strength [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/arsenal-hA1Zm19f/psg-CjhkPw0k/?mid=EJZRaQ15"]for the ⁠final[/a] with fullback [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hakimi-achraf/MqFBkBsp/"]⁠Achraf Hakimi[/a] also making ‌his return to training.[/p]