If there is a name that is having a performance superlative in the Eurocopa 2024 with his selection, that is Jules Koundé. The Parisian defender has turned into a key piece for the diagram of Didier Deschamps in 'Them Bleus', to the point that it has endowed to the right side with a remarkable personality, being defensivamente an authentic 'wall' and improving increasingly his provision to offensive level.
This is not only a question of feelings that leaves in the terrain of game the exjugador of the Seville, but also it backs in statistical data. In fact, according to the metric of 'WhoScored', the '5' of the combined Frenchman leads to his selection in the average of entrances made by meeting (3) during the Eurocopa. To his time, finds between the leaders in registers like being the second less times driblado by duel with a total of 1.2, and the third in average of key passes made by 'bump' with a total of 2.2.
No only this, the imponente defender has had to confront challenges quite complicated during this Eurocopa, especially in the eliminatory phases. In the eighth, where by the way was appointed the 'MVP' of the commitment against Belgium (1-0), confronted to a difficult extreme to detain like Jérémy Doku, the one who kept it to line of remarkable way. In the chambers against Portugal, confronted to Rafael Himãor, probably one of the best extremes of the Series To, and also attained a good result, limiting his margin of action of remarkable form.
Koundé And his unknown facet like big cobrador of penaltis
However, what more surprised in this commitment against the lusos was the personality that showed Koundé when being one of the cobradores in the batch of penaltis to define the final result. Deschamps Trusted him the option to execute the third maximum penalty, in spite of not being a cobrador usual, and confront to a guardameta like Diogo Coast, the one who came to cut across three launchings of this style against Slovenia.
Nevertheless, the defender Frenchman converted his penalti with an incredible solvency. A derechazo crossed with big power that not even Coast could detain in spite of guessing the direction of the shot, because of the excellent placing of the same. In front of this totally unpublished fact, Jules was questioned after finalised the 'bump' about why was chosen like one of the throwers, and did not doubt in clearing the reason.
"I practise regularly the penaltis in the trainings of the Barcelona, likes me. Therefore I asked him to the trainer that left me launch it", explained the '5' of 'Them Bleus'. Then, although it was not an executor of penaltis frequent, left clear that, thanks to his trainings in the FC Barcelona, is more than ready in case it corresponds him be partícipe of some definition from the 11 metres.