Jules Koundé is back in the French team. Present at a press conference this Wednesday, the former Bordeaux spoke of his absence during the Final Four of the League of Nations which took place last June. An absence due to a thigh injury contracted with FC Barcelona last May.
“” It was frustrating, it happened at the most important time of the season, when we played a semi-final of the Champions League, he deplored. Obviously it frustrated me, it happens just after a high with the victory against Madrid in the king's cup. This is the limit to play as much. I try to control as many things as possible but at one point, the body called stop. The sequence was very fast. But I have recovered well, it's part of everyday life to injure yourself. “
To justify this injury, Jules Koundé calls into question the chain of matches. The French international was one of the most demanded players with nearly 6,000 minutes of play disputed in 2024, according to the report published by FIFPro.
“” Things to improve »For Jules Koundé
This is not the first time that Jules Koundé has spoke about the overloaded calendar. During the Club World Cup, the player had already spoken on this subject: ” There are teams, their season she started in mid-July 2024… We are on July 4, 2025 and they still play… ”
This Wednesday morning, the defender of the Blues once again questioned this system asking the authorities to question the main actors: “ I have already said it full of times, I think there are things to improve, opinions to consider in particular those of players but also those of coaches, less visible people being part of the technical staff … All the people who work around football and are sometimes victims of this disproportionate cadence. It is a whole ecosystem. Having a lot of matches … In life, when you abuse certain things, you don't give the same importance. We may sometimes end up with less interest in certain matches because there is overconsumption. These are all these things to put in perspective and that we should change. “
