23 - Jules Kounde

[M3ls]

It does not matter what Cubarsi did. Both are at fault

And he did not get dribbled once. Vinicius also had a chance in maybe 15th minute after he just left Kounde in the dust behind him

And I could probably name you many more such episodes. But there is no point. You are clearly not changing your mind

Vini used to be one of best dribblers in the world. Now he is a guy who hasn't scored in 17 games and performs like shit against very top team's fullback

In this episode, he quite rightly moves toward Rodrigo to prevent him from receiving the ball facing our goal. And here too, Cubarsi's actions are terrible, playing too passively against Vinicius.




It does not matter what Cubarsi did. Both are at fault

This is primarily a mistake by Сubarsi, who is once again extremely passive. Look at his position. During this entire episode, he barely moved! He pressed his hands to his ass and just stood there!

 

[Horatio]

Getting beat 1 vs 1 by Vinicius one time doesn't mean he had a poor game. That's all. Nobody said he played a great game.

I know you didn’t say he had a great game.

And it wasn’t 1 time. There were 2 other occasions where they played long ball to Vini and he easily passed Kounde while carrying ball.

 

[FCMessi]

Vinicius was just running at and through Kounde without any technique and either going through easily or backing Kounde back to the penalty spot.

 

[Latschenkiefer]

On Vinicius' goal I wasn't that pleased with Pedri's positioning either. He should either have properly taken on Vinicius or stayed behind Kounde to cover.

 

[M3ls]

I know you didn’t say he had a great game.

And it wasn’t 1 time. There were 2 other occasions where they played long ball to Vini and he easily passed Kounde while carrying ball.

Kounde was beaten in a dribble exactly twice in the whole match: in the goal-scoring episode and once near the center of the pitch, when he committed a foul. That’s it.

 

[serghei]

On Vinicius' goal I wasn't that pleased with Pedri's positioning either. He should either have properly taken on Vinicius or stay behind Kounde to cover.

True. He didn't do anything to help Kounde.

 

[Horatio]

Kounde was beaten in a dribble exactly twice in the whole match: in the goal-scoring episode and once near the center of the pitch, when he committed a foul. That’s it.

Was it Raphina on the other occasion then?

But he got beaten 3 times then. You should also count the nutmeg.

 

[reDIOS10]

another player who we're not winning the CL while he's starting. That cancelo deal may actually be timely in hindsight. kounde's defending is supposed to be why we tolerate his bum offense and if he's getting exposed like that, maybe cancelo combining with yamal is the better option. so frustrating that we have to go with this defense in high pressure games

 

[iniestaGOAT]

another player who we're not winning the CL while he's starting. That cancelo deal may actually be timely in hindsight. kounde's defending is supposed to be why we tolerate his bum offense and if he's getting exposed like that, maybe cancelo combining with yamal is the better option. so frustrating that we have to go with this defense in high pressure games

Its time to try him at CB,
Send cubarsi to the bench.

 

[reDIOS10]

Its time to try him at CB,
Send cubarsi to the bench.

xavi actually had the right idea playing kounde at cb and araujo at rb when facing pacy wingers. idk why that idea was abandoned with both of them being exposed in their respective positions

 

[kush]

xavi actually had the right idea playing kounde at cb and araujo at rb when facing pacy wingers. idk why that idea was abandoned with both of them being exposed in their respective positions

People need to let this go. Araujo looked ok the first game he played RB against madrid. After that he looked bad and was a black hole going forward/ball progression. He's not a RB and shouldn't play there.

 

[SeloBarca]

And again

And again

 

[reDIOS10]

People need to let this go. Araujo looked ok the first game he played RB against madrid. After that he looked bad and was a black hole going forward/ball progression. He's not a RB and shouldn't play there.

The most important part of that idea is to not play kounde at rb against any pacy winger. I would even rather have Garcia and him switch positions. But we now have cancelo so let’s see. I expect him to be as bad in defense but better in attack

 

[kush]

The most important part of that idea is to not play kounde at rb against any pacy winger. I would even rather have Garcia and him switch positions. But we now have cancelo so let’s see. I expect him to be as bad in defense but better in attack

Cancelo is definitely worse than Kounde at defence. If cancelo played against vini yesterday barca probably would've lost.

 

[MonteCuler]

Cancelo is definitely worse than Kounde at defence. If cancelo played against vini yesterday barca probably would've lost.

Why do you think that?

Because Kounde stopped soo many Vini dribbles?

In fact I am not sure if Vini has lost any 1v1 vs Kounde yasterday

You are comparing shit to shit. Kounde is not reliable in defense, neither is Cancelo. The difference ? Cancelo can do something in attack