Mathieu Warnier, Media365: published on Sunday October 27, 2024 at 4:30 p.m.
While Lucas Chevalier expressed his joy very vehemently after LOSC opened the score this Saturday during the derby against Lens, his attitude was the target of criticism from both Lens and Lille.
The Northern derby was lively this Saturday. It was at the end of the suspense that Lille was able to make the difference against Lens on the pitch at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis. A meeting which will remain marked by the start of controversy concerning Lucas Chevalier. Indeed, the LOSC goalkeeper did not hesitate to express his joy in a very showy way after Jonathan David opened the score from the penalty spot. Indeed, the last rampart of the French junior team did not hesitate to go up to the middle of the field before provoking the Lensois supporters with gestures representing gunshots. An attitude which did not escape the president of the Lille club Olivier Létang, who told the press that he had told his player “that we had to remain measured” in such a context. Will Still, for his part, says he found it “a shame of him”. For the RC Lens coach, Lucas Chevalier “does not need to do that, but it is part of the emotions of football”.
Thomasson really didn't like it
His opposite number Bruno Genesio highlighted the youth of his goalkeeper to try to justify his behavior. “He is from Lille, he is perhaps the one who experienced the most emotions in this derby,” added the technician who played for Lyon and Rennes before settling on the LOSC bench at the start of the season at the Paulo Fonseca Square. However, the most vehement reaction will undoubtedly remain that of Adrien Thomasson. The Lens midfielder made no secret of having “taken things very, very badly, seen from the bench”. “I am a very calm person but it is true that there, I was a little beside myself,” he added to the press. You must always show humility. I don't wish harm on anyone, but when you win this kind of match and you know the context, you have to be very, very careful about the gestures you can show towards the supporters. » For the former Nantes player, Lucas Chevalier's attitude may have triggered the tensions which marred the end of the meeting and hoped that “it will serve as a lesson to him”.
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