One Barcelona star was forced to run to avoid the wrath of Hansi Flick before Girona clash | OneFootball

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·19 October 2025

One Barcelona star was forced to run to avoid the wrath of Hansi Flick before Girona clash

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A round of footage stemming from the moments leading up to Barcelona’s meeting with Girona on Saturday has gone viral online.

This comes after one of the Blaugrana’s stars, in Jules Koundé, was forced to pick up the pace to ensure that he was not late to the club’s pre-match talk.


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It is of course common knowledge that Hansi Flick is nothing short of ruthless when it comes to tardiness on the part of his players.

The German has on several occasions in the past dropped high-profile stars to the bench, after they were late for activation sessions, meetings and more.

One such player to have been punished more than once comes in the form of the aforementioned Jules Koundé.

Faced with the prospect of the same ahead of Saturday’s Catalan Derby, the Frenchman was therefore forced to pick up the pace, to ensure his timely arrival:

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