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In Greg’s Team, Benoît Trémoulinasformer player of the Girondins de Bordeaux and now consultant, spoke the day after France qualified against Belgium, in this Euro 2024 (1-0). In the “class council” he gave his opinion on the performance of Jules Koundé, elected man of the match. He gives him “congratulations”.
“Am I happy for Jules Koundé? Yes, because first of all, he’s a great guy. He’s a guy who is irreproachable, both on and off the pitch. The good thing is that he doesn’t play down. He knows his qualities. He knows that despite everything he’s a central defender, he’s not a right-back. So he doesn’t play down. If it wasn’t obvious against Belgium that he wasn’t trained as a right-back? Yes, there’s no frills. That is to say, he plays in front of him, defensively he’s strong, he puts the pressure on. When there’s space, just control forward and he puts it in front of the goal. He doesn’t waste time taking the ball and wanting to dribble or wanting to play down. That’s why Jules Koundé was very good against Belgium. And his analysis of the match is very good in the press conference, because he says ‘Why did I have more facilities to cross and be better offensively? Because Doku left a lot of space’ behind him, which allowed Jules Koundé to shine against Belgium. He took advantage of it, so much the better. What he has been doing since the start of the competition is very consistent.
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