Roony Bardghji shines with Sweden's U-21; Koundé regains starting position with France

The FC Barcelona internationals continue to add minutes in the FIFA date with their national teams. On Friday it was the turn of Roony Bardghji and Jules Koundé, both starters in their teams' victories. The full-back returned to Didier Deschamps' XI, while the forward was a scorer and figure with the Swedish U-21.

The Kuwait-born player had the luxury of missing a penalty in the 7th minute of the match against Armenia (3-0). Afterwards, he had his revenge by executing the shot in Panenka style. In addition, he gave an assist to close the thrashing with which his team began the road to the next European Championship of the category.

Sweden shares a group with Poland, Italy, Montenegro and Macedonia. Next Tuesday, Bardghji will visit Montenegro looking to extend his scoring streak, as he had also rattled the net in a friendly with Barça Atlètic last week.

Bardghji sharpens his aim before debuting with Barça

For the 19-year-old forward, next week will be key, as he will return to Catalonia with the aim of entering his first League call-up against Valencia. The club has already resolved his registration with the subsidiary, but hopes to activate his card as a first team player to avoid problems with his federative license.

Beyond, by age, being in a position to occupy a place in the subsidiary, Roony does not plan to play in 25/26 with Atlètic in Segunda RFEF. Therefore, it is best to keep him as a first team player with the number he used in the pre-season, the '19'.

In any case, Barça has not yet assigned him a number with the subsidiary, while in the initial list for the Champions League he is enabled with the '28'. Once Oriol Romeu's contract termination is official, this is the last folder (the registration of the Swede) pending for the culés related to the summer market that closed last Monday.

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Jules Koundé regains confidence with France

Jules Koundé, during the Ukraine-France (0-2) match

The other Barcelona international who saw action on Friday was Jules Koundé. The Frenchman was a starter and played 90 minutes (Malo Gusto entered for him in added time) in France's victory against Ukraine (0-2).

The Barça '23' had missed the final four of the Nations League in July due to his injury in his right thigh and has just returned to the starting lineup with 'Les Bleus'. In the match played in Poland, Jules was impeccable as a right back, completing 56 of 59 passes (95%). In addition, he completed 7 defensive actions and recovered 6 balls.

Koundé started the 25/26 season as a substitute in the team led by Hansi Flick (against Mallorca and Levante, Eric García took his place), but returned to the starting lineup in Vallecas and hopes to maintain the starting position next Sunday against Valencia. Before, he will face the match against Iceland next Tuesday with a France that will be local in Paris.