He was brought in as a central defender, but mostly has to prove himself as a left-back!
Lucas Hernández’s first year and a half in Bavaria were not a good star for him personally. The 24-year-old won the triple in his premiere season for FC Bayern and is popular and integrated into the team. He has not yet been able to fight for a regular place under Hansi Flick, because the Bayern coach relies on David Alaba (inside) and Alphonso Davies (left).
Hernández’s hour could strike by next summer at the latest, because Alaba will leave Bayern on a free transfer.
Bayern have not yet lost a Bundesliga game with Hernández
The fact is: FC Bayern have never lost a Bundesliga game with Hernández on the field (24 wins, four draws). Since playing for Bayern, Munich has lost six Bundesliga games, Hernandez never played. In the current season Bayern only conceded seven goals when he played. Without Hernández, Manuel Neuer had to reach behind him 18 times. (Service: Results and Schedule)
The Frenchman is also a guarantee of success this season: Bayern achieved eight wins and one draw with him (Bundesliga: FC Augsburg – FC Bayern from 8.30 p.m. on LIVETICKER).
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The only Bayern bankruptcy in 43 competitive games with Hernández was last at the Cup embarrassment in Kiel. The French disappointed as an Alaba replacement. (Service: table of the Bundesliga)
The question arises: on the left or inside, in which position does Hernández really help the people of Munich?
As a left-back, Hernandez won 60 percent of his duels in the Bundesliga, and as a central defender a strong 67 percent.
Hernández plays safer as a central defender
Striking: As a left-back, Hernández has a bad pass rate of 15.2 percent in 18 Bundesliga games. As a central defender, only 10 percent. As expected, he had twice as many ball contacts on the left (1061) than on the inside (523) and played more than twice as many tackles (273 to 101).
In the air and on the ground, Hernández is much more powerful in central defense than on the left and only fouls half as often. On average, it has a top speed of 33.55 km / h in both positions.
Inside, he is demonstrably safer!
One reason why he has not yet stuck under Flick is his high number of bad passes in the Bundesliga (19.5 percent). Compared with Davies (10.4), Alaba (12.0), Jérôme Boateng (11.8) and Niklas Süle (8.2) it is the highest value. This creates uncertainties in the game structure.
In return, Hernández has the second highest value behind Süle (67.3) with a duel rate of 64.3 percent of won duels.
Flick believes that Hernández will succeed Alaba
Conclusion: Left-footed Hernández has definitely shown that he can strengthen Bayern with his speed and physique in central defense.
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Nonetheless, Flick calls for reinforcements whether the Alaba exit: “If such a player leaves the club, the club must of course bring another player – or will.”
But that doesn’t have to mean that Hernández is back on the bench. Especially since flick on SPORT1-The demand made it clear that he sees the French as a suitable successor for Alaba: “Yes, I trust him!”
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