Jules Kounde’s exclusion from the starting lineup in the Barcelona and Alaves match on Sunday raised many questions, especially with the endless praise from coach Hansi Flick about the French star.
According to Flick, Kounde’s absence from the match was to give him some rest before he joins the international break with the French national team.
However, the newspaper “Sport” indicates that Kounde’s exclusion from the match against Alaves came for “disciplinary reasons” and not for rest as Flick said.
The French international was late to attend the pre-match meeting, which angered Flick a lot, and made him decide to exclude him from the starting lineup for the match.
The German coach’s punishment comes after he repeatedly stressed to his players the need to adhere to the deadlines and that he does not accept any excuses for being late, stressing that he will punish violators no matter how valuable they are to the team.
It is worth noting that Kounde participated in all of Barcelona’s matches before the Alaves match, and in full, for a total of 900 minutes.
