Arriving at Paris Saint-Germain to succeed Gianluigi Donnarumma is an immense challenge. Lucas Chevalier, recruited at a high price this summer, is learning this the hard way. After a mixed start, marked by some classy saves but also by unusual errors, the young goalkeeper is already under pressure. And it is not the words of one of his predecessors that will reassure him.
“He must not take this one”
This veteran of the house is Jérôme Alonzo. And his analysis, delivered in The Parisianis a real reframing. He points to the goal conceded against Strasbourg, where Chevalier was beaten on a missed exit. “He must not take this one, not him“, he blurted out, before driving the point home: “It's all the duty to erase in the same position when he succeeded Navas. He will have to understand the fact that his typical goalkeeper attitude is not full of confidence. »
For Alonzo, Chevalier's problem is mental. “He is mentally affected”he assures, believing that the young goalkeeper is “still recovering from his blunder against Tottenham in the Super Cup”. A harsh criticism, which highlights the difficulty for a young player to withstand the pressure of a club like PSG.
Donnarumma's shadow
This outing is all the more violent as it revives a debate which has never really stopped: was PSG right to part ways with Donnarumma? Alonzo seems to lean towards no.
“The impression of being totally comfortable in his way of anticipating opposing attacks and his propensity for the first line with his kicking game are not always on his side,” he analyzes about Chevalier.
Of course, Luis Enrique defends his new goalkeeper, recalling that Donnarumma himself has been “killed sportingly” by critics for years. But Alonzo's words are there, and they hurt. They remind Lucas Chevalier that in Paris, the right to make mistakes is almost non-existent. Especially when we have the difficult task of making a legend forget.
