It was the little surprise on the day of Luis Enrique. This Saturday, on behalf of the 28th day of Ligue 1, the Spanish technician decided to start Lucas Hernandez in the Parisian defense. With a marquinhos suspended for the first leg against Aston Villa on Wednesday, the first rumors suggested that Beraldo was going to replace his Brazilian friend this Saturday to create automatisms with Pacho in the defense. But Luis Enrique therefore surprised his world and twice.
He first decided to tenure Marquinhos despite his certain absence against the Villans. But he especially decided to relaunch Lucas Hernandez as a left side to blow out nuno Mendes. The French international, left side on paper, has mainly evolved in the axis in a defense at 3 alongside Pacho and Marquinhos. A way for him to chain matches before being established against Aston Villa? This is a possibility, especially with such a serious performance on his part. Faced with a team of Angers who had spaces despite a difficult context, the former defender of Bayern Munich was very sought after. But he has lost none of his explosiveness and aggressiveness, which allowed him to scratch several balls in the opposing feet.
An interesting physical form
Above all, he seemed very comfortable in his positioning alongside a pacho that has filled the spaces when Lucas Hernandez did not hesitate to get the ball carrier very high. And Luis Enrique will undoubtedly appreciate its rather stunning quality of recovery on this match. With 98% precision of passes (109 successful passes out of 111 attempted), the 29 -year -old defender also recovered 7 balls in this match, the highest total of his team on this meeting. “When you come back from such an injury, you feel good at first, then after, you are going through a more complicated moment. I come back to take play time, sensations. This is the most important moment of the season and I have a lot of confidence ”he explained in the mixed zone after the meeting with obviously his eyes turned to Aston Villa. “In the park, we will be favorite, that's for sure, but there … We will first see what will happen to go. Aston Villa is a very good team, if they are in the quarterfinals, it is no coincidence. It will be a big match, for you journalists, for supporters and for us players. A beautiful match to watch to have fun. ”
But before that, the French international (37 selections) first wants to savor this new title of champion of France. “We are all very happy to have reached this first title of the season, but for us, this is only the beginning. This is the most important moment of the season with the remaining trophies. We are very happy. The first goal was to win the championship. Now we are undefeated and we will continue to motivate ourselves with that. We do not take any match lightly, even if we are already champion in April. These are records to take to mark the history of PSG. ” It remains to respond this Wednesday in C1 against the villans on Wednesday.
