The defender\u2019s appearance put him into the record books at the Camp Nou as the Frenchman with the most appearances for the club. He\u2019s now played more times for Barca than Eric Abidal, Ousmane Dembele and Clement Lenglet.<\/p>\n
There was also a goal for the defender to celebrate as well. Kounde grabbed Barcelona\u2019s third of the night after earlier fluffing a good opportunity to get on the scoresheet.<\/p>\n
Still, he came off admitting he\u2019s felling good and doing his best to force his way back into the XI on a regular basis.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel good physically and mentally too. I\u2019m working hard to get my position and my level back and help out. I feel good in every way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Has to done enough to convince Flick? He was asked that very question and was happy to respond: \u201cThat\u2019s a question for the manager. I\u2019m working hard to improve and find my best form. I feel good, strong, and ready,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m happy to be on the pitch and help when it\u2019s my turn. We played a solid game, which is what we wanted, and the victory was well-deserved.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re focused, we never stop. We always want more, and that\u2019s the atmosphere in the dressing room. We know we\u2019re doing things well, but we have to keep going, because as soon as we slip up, another team can come along. We\u2019re in good shape.\u201d<\/p>\n
Flick also had praise for Kounde afterwards, describing his defender as \u201c100% professional\u201d and a player who \u201calways wants to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n
After a difficult start to the season, seeing the smile back on Kounde\u2019s face was a welcome sight after a win which will have made the Frenchman feel a whole lot better about life at Barcelona.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The defender\u2019s appearance put him into the record books at the Camp Nou as the Frenchman with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":878393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1480,403,99],"class_list":["post-878392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-barcelona-la-liga","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=878392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/878393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=878392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=878392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}