Jules Kunde Responsible For Barcelona Series Results

Jules Kunde made a blunder when Barcelona were detained in the Celta Vigo (Instagram/@jkeey4) series.

JAKARTA - Barcelona failed to win again after only picking up one point while visiting Celta Vigo headquarters in the 14th week of La Liga 2024/2025, Sunday, November 24, 2024.

In fact, the Blaugrana had a 2-0 lead through goals from Raphinha (15') and Robert Lewandowski (61').

However, Marc Casado's red card in the 82nd minute became a disaster for Hansi Flick's team.

Celta Vigo equalized in just two minutes. Their first goal was scored from the blunder Jules Kounde who failed to give backpass to goalkeeper Inaki Pena.

Alfonso Gonzalez worked together to take the ball and reduce the gap to 1-2. However, the goal became Celta Vigo's trigger to press and finally managed to equalize 2-2 in the 86th minute through Hugo Alvarez.

Kounde is well aware that Celta Vigo's revival started with his mistake. He claimed responsibility for the result.

"We weren't at the level needed for the whole game and in the end we were punished. Starting with me because I didn't play well."

"I lacked concentration. In what should be a simple game, I made a big mistake. That mistake has harmed us," said the French defender.

The result of the series made Barcelona fail to win in the last two matches. Previously, they had been beaten by Real Sociedad 0-1 ahead of the international break.

As a result, the two minor achievements stopped seven consecutive Barcelona wins in all competitions.

Kounde also admitted that his team had to come up for the games ahead. He has learned a lot from the two most recent matches.

"This is a lesson for everyone. We haven't played well in the last two games."

"We have to get back to our level. When things go well, it's very easy. However, now we have to unite and focus on restoring our best performance," Kounde said at ESPN.

However, Hansi Flick was reluctant to blame his team for the two negative results, both Casado's red card and Kounde's blunder.

He prefers to focus on improving the team as a whole by instilling a mindset that victory is difficult to get with all teams now wanting to beat Barcelona.

Flick wants his students to have the same spirit in every game and no longer think victory is easy to get.

Nearby, Barcelona will host Brest in the Champions League on November 27, 2024, early morning WIB. The Blaugrana are clearly eyeing victory so that their position in the top eight of the standings or a path passes directly to the knockout phase is safe.

Barcelona so far are in sixth place in the Champions League standings with nine points from the four matches they have played.