Jules Koundé was one of the most stood out players beside Frenkie of Jong in the victory of the FC Barcelona by 2-1 in Pamplona. The French defender was present during the 90 minutes and, in addition to annotating a goal with an impressive finish of head, showed his defensive quality, reaffirming once again that his natural position is in the saga.
The ex of the Seville left a big impression in the defensive appearance. Forming couple with Andreas Christensen, attained to neutralise to the offensive of the cast 'rojillo', led by Ezequiel 'Chimy' Ávila, Aimar Oroz and In front of Budimir, contributing solidity to the fortín culé. It won nine of the 11 duels in which it participated, made seven clear, two intercepciones, two shots blocked and two entrances, without allowing that any rival dribbled it.
Koundé No desentonó in his incursions in offensive
In the offensive appearance, also can stand out the exert of the native of Paris. In addition to being the attendant to initiate the played from the background line of the cast of Xavi and participate in numerous incursions to the rival field, Koundé received the balloon in at least 113 occasions, with a percentage of passes hit of 92% (86/93). Added to this, of the six long strokes that tried, five were successful, made two shots to door and three effective dribblings.
Definitely, the French has turned into one of the pillars of the combined Barcelona in this start of season. With the injury of Ronald Araújo, the ex of the Seville has turned into the leader of the defence of the FC Barcelona and one of the main managers that the combined Catalan was one of the less goleados in the LaLiga EA Sports up to now. With the arrival of Joãor Cancel, expects see to the Parisian like central defender to complete time, and his consecutive performances show that it never had to abandon this position, although it also showed a good exert like right side.