KOUNDÉ, INDISCUTABLE FOR XAVI
The new 'untouchable' of Barça! Jules Koundé, the only one who has played everything
Xavi Hernández has 'returned' Jules Koundé to his 'natural' position and the player's performance has increased considerably, to the point that he is the great 'boss' of the defense and an undisputed player
The FC Barcelona has lived a beginning of season very positive and sum five victories followed between LaLiga and Champions League. They have been a lot of the players that have taken a step forward for 'help' to the team and Jules Koundé, without place to doubts, is one of them. The French has returned to the axis of the defence and has found his more optimum and decisive version to convert , to day of today, in the big leader of the retaguardia.
The player of 24 years had kept a meeting with Xavi Hernández at the beginning of the summer to transmit him his wish to play in his natural position, in which it already had shined in the Seville. They had him fichado for this, but in front of the urgencies of the blaugrana with the right side, had to displace him to the band. In the past season, although it fulfilled with the requirements, did not shine neither stood out . In this course, wanted to change the history.
Jules Koundé, the more 'important' of the Barça
The true is that, in this campaign, the central alone Parisian has played a party in the right side. Of rest, has left exhibition after exhibition directing the axis of the defence and has taken advantage of of the absence of Ronald Araújo to add chevrons in the team, until the point that it has been the most used player in the six parties, between LaLiga and Champions League.
It has been headline in the six parties, playing the 90 minutes in all. In fact, it has turned into the only player of field that has contested all the minutes and has not been substituted. Not even Frenkie of Jong or Robert Lewandowski, that have been substituted to have rest in these last clashes. They have been 540' of 540' possible. Only it equalises it Marc-André ter Stegen.
The players of the Barça with more minutes
To day of today, east is the 'top 5' of players of the FC Barcelona that more minutes have contested:
- Jules Koundé: 540 minutes
- Marc-André ter Stegen: 540 minutes
- Robert Lewandowski: 539 minutes
- Frenkie Of Jong: 508 minutes
- Ílkay Gündogan: 461 minutes
