Special guest on the show named The Legends Studiobroadcast on Europe 1 every Friday evening, Lucas Chevalier named his best stop with LOSC. His choice is quite unexpected.
A little over a year ago, before experiencing the preliminary rounds of the Champions League, Lucas Chevalier and the Mastiffs were forced to overcome the obstacle of the play-offs in order to qualify for the group stage of the League Conference. Opposed to HNK Rijeka, a Croatian team, they were pushed to their limits by snatching their qualification with forceps during extra time of the return match (3-2 cumulative score). It was during this game that the Lille goalkeeper, who gained experience match after match at the age of 23, believes he made the best save of his young career.
“I have a stop in mind. The people of Lille saw it, that’s for sure. We are going to Rijeka, in the Conference League play-offs. It was a year and a half ago. We win at home and when we go there, we are promised hell. It was a small stadium, an average pitch, but a real volcano,
he remembers. We arrive on the field, we have a storm. There is an opportunity after five minutes. The guy is along the corner line, he puts back and the receiving player puts it back. I don't see anything. I launch myself and take it in the head. When I get up, I don't even know where the ball is. He goes to the corner »thus quotes the Lille doorman.
In addition to the difficulty of the parade, Lucas Chevalier also emphasizes its importance for the future: “For me, if we take this goal, we don’t make the Conference League.
I find the stop enormous, in addition to being important. Ultimately, he is the one who ensures that we compete in this competition, that we keep the rhythm, and maybe even that we are in the Champions League today. For me, this one is in my heart. There are plenty of others, but especially this one.”he confides on Europe 1.
A memorable memory
A few days earlier, in an interview given to Kop
FootballRémy Cabella briefly returned to this meeting in Croatia. The attacking midfielder was marked by the fervor of the locals: “Two matches have marked me since I was at Lille, two boiling hot stadiums. The first was in Rijeka in the Europa Conference League play-offs. It was hot, really hot. The stadium was not very big, but very tight and above all full. It was for the qualification and the Croats were present”he mentioned, adding the grounds of Slavia Prague then that of Fenerbahçe SK to the list of the most beautiful atmospheres experienced with LOSC on enemy territory.
