Thomas Siniecki, Media365: published on Monday November 18, 2024 at 5:47 p.m.
Sparkling for the quality of his caviars, among other things, Lucas Digne has never been number 1 in his position in the French team.
A full-back who knows how to cross helps. The adage does not necessarily apply to Jules Koundé, who has progressed in the field, but there is still a world in this area with Lucas Digne, exclusive specialist in the position. Beyond set pieces, he who was a double passer for Adrien Rabiot in Italy (1-3) – on corners and free kicks – then half scorer (1-3), his quality as a center almost makes you regret the international retirement of Olivier Giroud who would have enjoyed these balloons. But Lucas then Theo Hernandez, of course, displayed other qualities over the course of the previous seasons, which also perfectly justified their status as almost indisputable starters.
“I work on this every week (…) I’ve been in the selection for a long time and this has never happened to me”
But this is no longer the case, and regarding his predispositions as a formidable counter-attacker, Digne is perhaps not at the level of the Hernandez brothers in great form, but he also does the job and is consistent as he is. 'has been throughout his career. While knowing how to defend.
And therefore hitting some pretty crazy direct long-range free kicks, an increasingly rare commodity in modern football. The goal is unfortunately not for him, “it's not nice for the goalkeeper, it gives him a bad statistic as well but we'll say that I did 50% of the job” (comments relayed by RMC Sport) : “I work on this every week. When I saw that he was taking two steps to leave the side open, I told Christopher Nkunku that I was going to shoot.” It's difficult to do better for his 50th selection: “I'm proud of my career, I enjoyed a great evening and a great match: playing in a full San Siro against Italy, that doesn't happen to everyone days. I've been in the selection for a long time and this has never happened to me, so I really wanted to take advantage of it. The group is living well and building itself.” And his role there will perhaps be more important than expected for the man who, called up for the first time in 2014, was the longest-serving international in this November selection.
