Opposed to the France team this Monday evening, in the Euro 2024 qualifiers, Gustavo Poyet is surprised by the choice of his counterpart Didier Deschamps. The coach of Greece does not understand the use of Jules Koundé, his former player in Bordeaux.
For the Blues, Greece will not be an opponent like the others. The winner of Euro 2004 is led by a coach who knows the France team particularly well. And for good reason, Gustavo Poyet closely follows French football, he who wore the Grenoble jersey, before training the Girondins de Bordeaux. Among the Navy and White, the Uruguayan coach had launched the French internationals Aurélien Tchouaméni and Jules Koundé, whose small size had not cooled him when aligning him in the axis.
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” After two training sessions, I knew he was going to be my central defendertold Gustavo Poyet to the newspaper L’Equipe. Beyond his power, his speed, he exuded such serenity for his age: a mixture of grace, passion, desire and audacity. He had asked us to practice alone on certain afternoons to improve aspects of his game. “The sequel proved him right since Jules Koundé quickly asserted himself in the central hinge of Bordeaux and Sevilla FC.
Poyet would not have made the same choice
But like Xavi at FC Barcelona, Didier Deschamps prefers to use Jules Koundé on the right side. An astonishing choice for Gustavo Poyet. ” Waste of using him as a right-back? I understand that Didier or Xavi use it on the right depending on the issues they havereacted the coach of Greece. He is capable of playing in both positions but if I had him in my team he would play central defender every day.. “Facing the Greeks on Monday evening, the Blaugrana should evolve well on the right.
