Emmanuel LANGELLIER, Media365: published on Sunday December 15, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.
Possibly lined up against Lyon on Sunday evening, Lucas Hernandez is back after his serious knee injury. A comeback that will do PSG good for several reasons.
Sunday evening, Paris-SG has the opportunity to regain a more comfortable lead at the top of Ligue 1. Olympique de Marseille and AS Monaco, held respectively by Lille (1-1) and Reims (0-0 ) did not take advantage of their match placed the day before to come back to 2 small points and inflict a certain pressure on the capital club which will have a lot to do on Sunday evening against Olympique Lyonnais, in very good shape in recent weeks. A success and PSG will be 7 points ahead of its runners-up after the 15th day. Paris will perhaps start this shock against OL with Lucas Hernandez. The international defender is indeed back and could be favored by Luis Enrique at the Parc des Princes (kick-off at 8:45 p.m.).
Back 7 months later
Victim for the second time in his career of one of the worst injuries for a player, namely the rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee, on May 1 in the semi-finals first leg of the Champions League on the field of Borussia Dortmund (0-1), Lucas Hernandez returned to the field by entering in the 83rd minute against RB Salzburg (3-0), last Tuesday. Hit in the right knee 7 and a half months ago (after the left during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar), the 28-year-old replaced Nuno Mendes and played around ten minutes. “It’s a pleasure, it’s a pride to be back on the pitch. When you suffer an injury like mine, it's never easy. Mentally, from the first day after my operation, I knew that I was going to come back quickly and stronger,” responded Hernandez in Austria.
Lucas Hernandez will bring competition and his grinta
This return to defense will do Paris-SG good as the Parisian club approaches a tough end to the year with matches against Lyon and Monaco in L1, and Lens in the Coupe de France. In the medium and longer term, the comeback of the eldest of the Hernandez siblings, a versatile element, will bring competition in a sector where we have often seen the same ones since the start of the season, notably the Hakimi quartet -Marquinhos-Pacho-Nuno Mendes. A trained central defender, Lucas Hernandez can play on the left and in the center. The man with 37 caps will also be able to convey his grinta which Didier Deschamps liked so much in the French team. This is good, PSG is in dire need of a leader this season.
