PSG put on a show on Tuesday in the Champions League. Traveling to Bayer Leverkusen, the reigning European champions delivered a real performance and crushed the German club (7-2). Lucas Chevalier would perhaps have preferred a less prolific score but accompanied by a clean sheet.
However, the former Lille player has little to reproach himself for. While he had to wait until the final moments of the match to make his only save of the evening, he conceded two goals on which he could do little: a penalty on which he had started on the right side and an exceptional strike into the top corner. Not enough to restore his confidence after his new wanderings against Strasbourg which earned him severe criticism. Wrongly, according to Luis Enrique.
“I'm very happy with Lucas, for me he's one of the best options if not the best. I am very happy with his performance. When we recruit a player, we think long term. He showed personality,” he confided on Monday, on the eve of the match against Bayer Leverkusen, adding to his critics: “I think you don't remember how many years you criticized Gigio Donnarumma. For four years, you killed it sportingly! »
But for Samir Nasri, the Spanish technician's defense does not hold up. “We have the right to say it if it’s not good. He is nice Luis Enrique, he said on the set of Canal Football Club. We do not question the talent of Lucas Chevalier. We know that he is a talented goalkeeper because when he was at Lille, his talent was praised. We saw him going to a much bigger club than Lille. »
“Today, we have the right to say that they let Donnarumma go, who won the trophy for best goalkeeper in the world, he continued. Chevalier replaces him and for the moment, the outfit is too big for him in the matches that count. It is not a final judgment, on the contrary. It will be decisive for PSG. He fits better with Luis Enrique's philosophy, that's for sure, because of his kicking game. But for the moment, Tottenham, Marseille, Strasbourg, there are mistakes and we are entitled to say that too. »
