He celebrated his 23rd birthday on Wednesday, the day after another classy performance in the draw between LOSC and Juventus Turin in the Champions League. As a birthday present, it’s not bad: Lucas Chevalier gets his first selection for the French team this Thursday.
He takes advantage of Areola’s difficulties
A sort of logic as the LOSC goalkeeper has been making headlines for several months and is today considered one of the best goalkeepers in the French championship, if not the best. His summons must obviously be put into perspective: the very conservative Didier Deschamps called the Lille player while his usual third goalkeeper, Alphonse Areola, is in difficulty at his club West Ham, between poor form and injuries.
While waiting to know if Chevalier’s starting lease will continue, it is still a small event for the boy born in Calais, trained at LOSC, who becomes the 33rd player from the northern club to join the Blues. He will have the opportunity to discover the big world, logically without too much pressure since the holder of the position Mike Maignan and his understudy, the Lensois Brice Samba, are obviously still in front.
He will find Maignan, who knighted him
Maignan, former LOSC goalkeeper, will be able to guide him, while the two men have maintained a relationship of trust since the French team goalkeeper’s brilliant stint in Lille while Chevalier was at the training center.
Impressively consistent and so often decisive since the start of the season, Lucas Chevalier admitted after another performance against Juve:get ready» for an arrival in the French team. He has his first chance, and if the horizon, to date, seems blocked by his predecessor at LOSC, we can imagine that at 23 years old, this selection is far from being the last.
