Does Lucas Beraldo have what it takes to play for Paris Saint-Germain? The question may, of course, seem derogatory but remains, unfortunately, legitimate in view of the Brazilian’s new performance against Le Havre. Established alongside Illa Zabarnyi – Marquinhos will therefore have to wait to celebrate his 500th with the capital club – the former São Paulo player has, once again, displayed all his limits. Not very reassuring in his interventions, often at the wrong time and rarely decisive, the Parisian number 4 completely foundered.
Symbol of his new failed release? This empty tackle on the devastating hook of Issa Soumaré (25th). More than this completely failed intervention, the native of Piracicaba will, above all, have shown a worrying fragility during his 64 minutes spent on the field. Constantly moving in the duel (2 duels won out of 8 contested) and clumsy in the recovery (80% of successful passes, the lowest total on the Parisian side), the Auriverde defender, in fact, experienced all the pain in the world in the face of the breakthroughs of the Le Havre attackers.
A new failed outing that does not concern Luis Enrique
Fortunately for him, Lucas Chevalier had checked off this 13th day to respond to his detractors. Replaced by Lucas Hernandez shortly after the hour mark, the Brazilian international (5 caps) – who will not have been entitled to a friendly pat from his coach when he left – has, in any case, missed a new opportunity to score points. Established for the 8th time of the season in L1, the 1m86 left-hander – credited with a 3.5 by the FM editorial team – still does not convince and is clearly not in a position to shake up the hierarchy in the central hinge.
“Beraldo is very young, but he has a lot of experience, a personality. He is a player that I particularly like for his ability to play with the ball and to defend intelligently. I’m happy with him. At the moment, he’s not playing all the matches he wants, but that’s how it is in this team.”however, Luis Enrique recently said, when asked about his colt’s difficulties. Relaunched, this Saturday evening, on the Brazilian’s new contrasting match, the Parisian coach still refused to be alarmed.
“There are ups and downs for all players, I’m not concerned, it’s time to deal with it, players have to have that confidence, it’s not easy to give a lot of games to a player at the moment but it’s normal to have these moments in a season. Whether it’s Beraldo, Gonçalo, Mayulu, we can do better but we need everyone to win the titles we want to win, I’m not concerned.. Not sure, however, that the former coach of La Roja will keep this speech if his protégé repeats such performances…
