Lucas Chevalier was treated to the traditional hazing of new players called up to the French team on Tuesday. The LOSC goalkeeper took up a piece by Gilbert Montagné, bringing Didier Deschamps, the staff, and his new partners into the rhythm.
There are players with extraordinary personalities, and Lucas Chevalier (23 years old) is undoubtedly, in his own way, part of this caste. This Tuesday he was treated to the traditional hazing of new players called up to the French team, a step taken with a big, very big smile. In the Clairefontaine refectory, the LOSC goalkeeper climbed onto a chair to sing in front of his new selection partners, under the amused eye of Didier Deschamps and his staff. More than just an eye, they all, without exception, spun the napkins to the rhythm of the sound.
“We know that hazing is looked at very closely. We must not miss it (laughing). […] For the song, I'm still thinking about it. It will be French-speaking, maybe even something local, French-style but not in Chti”had mentioned Lucas Chevalier at a press conference a few days earlier. And he didn't lie!
With a glass bottle as a microphone, the Lille resident, dressed in blue from head to toe, sang the song “Les sunlights des tropiques” by Gilbert Montagné (72 years old). This one, released on April 27, 1985, had a small effect in Clairefontaine. The tricolor locker room and the technical staff, Didier Deschamps included, got carried away in the rhythm, raising their napkins very high and turning while ending up singing, all of them, in unison.
