PSG striker Ousmane Dembélé fit to face Arsenal in Champions League semifinal

PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain striker Ousmane Dembélé has recovered from a slight hamstring problem and will be in the squad taking on Arsenal in the second leg of their Champions League semifinal on Wednesday.

Coach Luis Enrique said Dembélé, who scored the winner in PSG's 1-0 win in London last week, has been training with his teammates for two days.

"I have him at my disposal tomorrow,” Enrique said on Tuesday.

Dembélé was injured during the first leg and rested over the weekend when PSG lost to Strasbourg 2-1 in Ligue 1. Enrique heavily rotated his squad with the match against the Gunners in mind.

Dembélé’s goal against Arsenal was his eighth in nine Champions League appearances since the start of the year.

PSG defender Achraf Hakimi said he believes Dembélé has recovered well.

“He really wants to play,” Hakimi said. “Ousmane is a different kind of player. He makes you want to go and watch the game in the stadium, he can change the course of a match at any moment, he’s a genius with the ball. We’re delighted to have him back.”

According to UEFA statistics, PSG has won 18 of the 19 ties in which it won a first leg away, while Arsenal has never overturned a home first-leg defeat in European competition, losing all five ties. Enrique, however, isn't counting on history ahead of the match at the Parc des Princes.

“We’re bound to suffer because our opponents don’t have a favorable result,” Enrique told reporters. "We need to match our performance as closely as possible in the first leg to win the return leg and stay true to our ideas.”

Both teams are looking for a first Champions League title, and second final. PSG lost to Borussia Dortmund at this stage last year. The French side lost to Bayern Munich in its only Champions League final in 2020, while Arsenal was runner-up to Barcelona in 2006.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said his team will do most of its talking when the whistle blows on Wednesday.

“We are here to make history, we have a big opportunity tomorrow,” Arteta said Tuesday at a Paris news conference.

Arsenal has won its last four away matches in the Champions League, including a 2-1 victory over Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in the quarterfinals.

“It's Madrid against all the odds because obviously they were talking about all the comebacks and the history and what they did,” he said. "We proved something very different to what they expected and tomorrow we want to do the same.”

AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

Arsenal's Declan Rice, left, with Arsenal's Martin Odegaard, right, during a training session in London, England, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, ahead of the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly arrives during a training session in London, England, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, ahead of the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Arsenal's manager Mikel Arteta looks on during a training session in London, England, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, ahead of the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

PSG's head coach Luis Enrique applauds the fans at the end of the Champions League semifinal first leg soccer match between Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain at Arsenal Stadium in London, England, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Paris Saint Germain's Ousmane Dembele celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Champions League semifinal first leg soccer match between Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain at Emirates Stadium in London, England, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Adam Davy/PA via AP)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s motorcade took a different route than usual to the airport as he was departing Florida on Sunday due to a “suspicious object,” according to the White House.

The object, which the White House did not describe, was discovered during security sweeps in advance of Trump’s arrival at Palm Beach International Airport.

“A further investigation was warranted and the presidential motorcade route was adjusted accordingly,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Sunday.

The president, when asked about the package by reporters, said, “I know nothing about it.”

Trump left his Palm Beach, Florida, club, Mar-a-Lago, around 6:20 p.m. for the roughly 10-minute drive to the airport, but took a circular route around the city to get there.

During the drive, police officers on motorcycles created a moving blockade for the motorcade, at one point almost colliding with the vans that accompanied Trump.

Air Force One was parked on the opposite side of the airport from where it is usually located and the lights outside the plane were turned off.

Anthony Guglielmi, the spokesman for U.S. Secret Service, said the secondary route was taken just as a precaution and that “that is standard protocol.”

President Donald Trump departs Trump International Golf Club in the presidential limousine, known as The Beast, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)