Questioned at a press conference on the eve of his team’s trip to Nice on Saturday, Luis Enrique reacted to the summons of his goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier to the French team for next week’s American tour, he who has nevertheless relegated the former Lille player to the bench for around ten matches.
“I’m very happy to see him on the list, he deserves it. I try to defend the players, my opinion on the level of Lucas Chevalier has not changed during this time. I’m very happy to see Lucas. I would do the same thing if I were coach of the France team, it’s a very positive signal for the player,” declared the Asturian from the PSG Campus in Poissy.
However, he added, “no thing outside is going to change my opinion.” “I don’t need to know what people outside think. I’m not going to change anything,” he continued, when asked about a possible start on Saturday in Nice when the Russian Matveï Safonov is now his No. 1 choice in goal.
Arriving last summer in Paris but becoming a substitute, Chevalier was therefore called up by Didier Deschamps for the two friendly matches that the French team will play at the end of the month in the United States, on March 26 against Brazil then on the 29th against Colombia.
Neves rested for trip to Nice
For the trip to the Côte d’Azur as part of the 27th day of Ligue 1, Luis Enrique will have to do without João Neves, who “is not available”, while specifying that “it is not the result of an injury” but that he simply must “know how to manage these last months and pay attention to his physical condition”.
As for Bradley Barcola, injured in the ankle against Chelsea on Tuesday in the round of 16 second leg of the Champions League, he “started treatment following his sprained right ankle” and “continues his adapted individual work” in the words of the press release published by Paris Saint-Germain.
“In terms of state of mind, technically and physically, he was very important for us. He is the striker who has the most minutes, he has done very positive things, he said. It’s a shame when a player gets injured, it’s worse when he’s a key player but that’s life, we have to adapt as a team. »
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