Jules Koundé completed the first four parties of the FC Barcelona being one of the key pieces for Xavi Hernández in his team. It has served like angular piece and resource more important in the defensive saga. Only in front of the Osasuna, this weekend, completed nine successful duels (of eleven), with seven clear and two intercepciones. It topped his performance with the goal that opened the marker and left clear that is of way to recover and show his best version.
The international with France did not sign a first exceptional year in the Barça and his figure, in fact, remained several times in discussion. The main reason was that it was thrown to the band in front of the absence of a right side that generated confidence to the trainer egarense. It did not have Héctor Bellerín and Sergi Roberto was not solvent, by what the option was to move to Koundé of the axis of the defensive saga and that went back to the position in which there was 'grown' as footballer.
Koundé Would play like side with France
Play in the right band is not new for the Parisian. Already it had played there in the inferior categories of the Girondins of Burdeos, in his go through the first team and also in the beginning of his career by the Seville. However, where more has stood out is in the centre of the defence, as it is showing it in this start of campaign. It was the reason by which the Barça him fichó... So that it shared saga with Ronald Araújo.
The history can change him in this stop of selections. Didier Deschamps has not doubted in summoning him for the friendly against Germany for the parties that will contest in this stop of selections. It is a fixed in the lists, but like alternative to play in the right side. Except unexpected twist of guion, will be in this position in which it go to play in the next parties.
They have been very few the times that Deschamps has bet by Koundé like head office. In fact, in the last nine parties that has appeared has been to defend the right-handed band. It is necessary to retreat until September of the past year, in the Nations League, to find the last time in which Koundé split in the axis of the saga. Against Austria, in a party that France saldó with victory by 2-0 and in which the player of the Barça only contested 23 minutes.
It will change the defensive saga of France?
Since, everything has come it playing like right-handed side. It settled more in the World-wide of Qatar, by all the wrap with Benjamin Pavard, and has added seven titularities in the last eleven parties of France, including the final against Argentina. It seems unlikely that the seleccionador of 'them bleus' change his couple of head offices, formed by Konaté and Upamecano, but does not be necessary descartar at all in front of the good start of season of Koundé.