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PEDRO RODRIGUEZ AND OUSMANE DEMBELE -- 5 THINGS THAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON: WHO IS MORE AMBIDEXTROUS?

 

PEDRO RODRIGUEZ AND OUSMANE DEMBELE -- 5 THINGS THAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON: WHO IS MORE AMBIDEXTROUS?

Pedro Rodriguez and Ousmane Dembele, two notable forwards who are ambidextrous.

Who is more ambidextrous?

What I mean, by ambidextrous, is that they can use both feet effectively.

While most players usually have a stronger foot (maybe left footed or right footed), Ousmane Dembele and Pedro Rodriguez are strong two footed players. 

They can shoot, dribble, push the ball, tackle hard with either foot. A feat that not all players in the game can pull.

Not even the present GOATs can pull this feat. 



Lionel Messi’s strong foot is his left foot, and Christiano Ronaldo’s is his right foot.

This comes with a disadvantage because defenders can often predict where they will dribble to, shoot the ball from, push the ball with etc. 

However, with ambidextrous players, this prediction can not work. With Ousmane Dembele, for example, defenders and goalkeepers are often dazed and confused about his next move.

Likewise Pedro, he is unpredictable.

Pedro might want to take a shot with his left (then suddenly change his mind), faint the defender and cut the ball to his right, and then (KABOOM) shoots the ball home. 

The game of football has been blessed with only a handful of players who can use both feet accurately.

Two footed players are rare. Examples of ambidextrous players that FIFA and fans have been blessed with are Nedved, Philip Lahm, Ter Stegen etc. They are like the eclipse of the sun in the manners in which they appear. 

These players:  Pedro Rodriguez and Ousmane Dembele are Europeans. Also, they play in the same positions too. They can play as a RWF (Right Wing Forward) and as a LWF(Left wing forward). 

Dembele is 10 years younger than Pedro; which makes him faster than Pedro at the moment.

Actually, Dembele is blessed with a blazing speed. On his good day, Dembele leaves his defenders catching their breaths instead of catching up with him. Tottenham Hotspur’s defender, Kyle-Walker Peters, can testify to this.

Amazing facts about them: 

1. They are both World cup winners.

2. They both have a connection with FC Barcelona.

3. Dembele plays for Barcelona, while Pedro came from Barcelona’s La Masia.

4. They wear the same jersey number (11).

5. Unlike Pedro, Dembele is (now) prone to hamstring injury. 

But, who is more ambidextrous among them? 

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