This Tuesday evening, Lucas Chevalier will be in the spotlight. While he had already participated in the Parisian victory during a first shock in the Champions League, against a weakened FC Barcelona, ​​the Parisian goalkeeper will have to put in a very big game for the reception of Bayern Munich, at the Parc des Princes (9 p.m.). Opposed to the best team of the moment, the 23-year-old goalkeeper, who has not yet fully convinced since his arrival to replace Gianluigi Donnarumma this summer, will have a lot to show.
So before welcoming the Bavarian club, Lucas Chevalier spoke at length to provide an initial assessment of his arrival at Paris Saint-Germain. Arriving from LOSC for a large sum of 55 million euros, the French international first assures that it was not an easy choice to join the European Champions, in particular because of the pressure. “There was reflection on my part, and with those close to me. We know that it is different even before having experienced it (…) I could have made other choices or stayed in my comfort in Lille and not taken any risks”he assured in the columns of Figarospecifying that he wanted to take a step forward in his career.
Lucas Chevalier assures that the critics are behind him
But the arrival of Lucas Chevalier was not the easiest. Not always at the top since his debut in the capital, the ex-Lille player has had to endure a lot of criticism in the media, notably after missed performances against Tottenham, in the European Super Cup, then against OM, in Ligue 1, but assures that, now, it is behind him. “I feel better and better. My arrival really accelerated in the last few days, and we immediately prepared for the European Super Cup. So the first few months, at least the first month and a half, there was a bit of discomfort. I was still staying at the hotel. And then I’m a fairly routine person, quite square, and there, it was a bit of freestyle”added the 23-year-old goalkeeper, who assures that it was the right time to leave LOSC.
Returning to the criticism, Chevalier was marked by his adaptation to PSG, a club where “you have no room for error” and where “everything is scrutinized, you have to be good straight away. Honestly, we’re going to look for little things. The good is normal, the bad is not normal”. But after two complicated months, the French international now wants to sign up for the long term at Paris Saint-Germain, where he now feels everyone has confidence. With the stated objective of winning a second Champions League in a row with the Ile-de-France residents.
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