WATCH: Barcelona’s Frenkie de Jong outruns Ousmane Dembele in a sprint race during training


WATCH: Barcelona’s Frenkie de Jong outruns Ousmane Dembele in a sprint race during training

Frenkie de Jong shocked spectators by beating Ousmane Dembele in a race with a remarkable burst of speed. The midfielder for the Netherlands plays with more control and accuracy than pace, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have it in his toolbox.

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A few players ran to the midway line before a preseason friendly against Barcelona.

Dembele, a guy with tremendous pace to burn, was in the same squad as De Jong. However, the Dutchman outran Dembele despite the Belgian having a 93 to 81 advantage in speed on FIFA 22. De Jong totally went for it right away and beat his quick partner, with a video of the play making the rounds on social media.

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Frenkie de Jong beats Ousmane Dembele in a sprint:

Frenkie De Jong scores

De Jong recorded a high speed of 31.80 km/h in the Champions League last season, and we’d want to hear what figures he hit in his dash versus Dembele.

The top transfer target of Manchester United scored in Barca’s 6-0 hammering of Pumas UNAS in the Joan Gamper Trophy game on Sunday at the Nou Camp.

And the former Ajax great demonstrated to the Red Devils what they are lacking on the same day Manchester United was defeated 2-1 at home by Brighton and appeared shabby in the center of the pitch.

De Jong replaced Xavi Hernandez and transitioned from the center-back position he had been playing to a deep-lying midfielder position.

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De Jong produced an assault on his own in a dramatic second-half move when, while being pressured by Dani Alves, he retrieved the ball and sent his old colleague and another opponent shopping. He cut into the middle of the field before playing a pass behind the defense.

De Jong’s predicament at Barca is still the subject of a lot of rumors; the most recent development is that the Blaugrana have requested him to renounce his current contract and return to his earlier one.

The club asserts that they have discovered proof of illegal activity on the part of the previous board, which renewed his contract in October 2020.

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