Lucas Hernandez had to settle for a replacement status on Wednesday during the shock against Manchester City. Consequence of the preference given by Luis Enrique at the Marquinhos-Pacho hinge in central defense and in Nuno Mendes in the left corridor. The situation should be different on Wednesday in Stuttgart due to the suspension of the Portuguese side.
However, two months after his comeback on the field after almost ten months without playing due to a serious knee injury, Lucas Hernandez still has to eat his brake. And to believe
The teamit could be the same in the French team.
Beautiful people in the axis
Despite its status as world champion and its importance in the tricolor group, Lucas Hernandez may not have a voice in March next March for the two nations League matches against Croatia. Didier Deschamps and the tricolor staff would estimate that the former Munichois still needs time to regain his level.
And Didier Deschamps would be all the more circumspect since he does not lack a central hinge solution, the tricolor coach considering him more as an axial defender than as a lateral. Ibrahima Konaté, William Saliba and Dayot Upamecano seem unbeatable and in their wake the competition is not lacking with Benjamin Pavard or Jules Koundé even if the latter is increasingly used in the right corridor. What make Lucas Hernandez's presence in the Croatia list very uncertain.
