Mathieu Warnier, Media365: published on Saturday November 16, 2024 at 9:30 p.m.
If he is an executive both at FC Barcelona and in the French team, Jules Koundé manages to irritate Hansi Flick, his coach in Catalonia. In fact, his lateness to training is difficult to accept and has already been punished.
Jules Koundé is unanimous this season. Both in the French team and at FC Barcelona, the player trained at the Girondins de Bordeaux is more than ever an executive thanks to his ability to be solid in defensive tasks but also to provide solutions in attack. However, the native of Paris is not completely free from all reproaches, particularly towards his trainer in Catalonia Hansi Flick. Indeed, as reported by the Spanish daily Sports WorldJules Koundé sometimes has problems being punctual for training sessions and the French international has already been reprimanded three times for this reason, once during preparation and then twice during the season. An attitude which is not to the taste of the German technician, who considers it a lack of respect for the entire team and who was the subject of sanctions from a sporting point of view during two and two La Liga matches .
Koundé already dismissed twice by Flick
Over the first thirteen days of the Spanish championship, Jules Koundé started eleven as a starter. A total to which are added the Blaugrana's four Champions League matches. The Tricolor thus began on the sidelines the matches at Alavés on October 6 and against Espanyol Barcelona on November 3. During these two matches it was not a sporting choice. Indeed, according to information from Sports WorldHansi Flick sanctioned Jules Koundé after delays. For the trip to the Basque country, the French international defender was not on time for a tactical briefing. Regarding the Catalan derby, won by the Blaugrana, he did not show up on time for the pre-match talk organized in the hotel where the Barça delegation was staying. Faced with this behavior, the coach of the Catalan club had each time taken the decision to remove Jules Koundé from his starting eleven, replaced by Hector Fort on the right flank of his defense before coming into play for the end regulation time.
