This Saturday, November 27, 2021 will remain as a special day in the career of young Lucas Lavallée. Recruited in Lille last summer, the 18-year-old goalkeeper learned of his summons to the first team for the trip to Saint-Etienne, Sunday (1 p.m.) on behalf of the 15th day of Ligue 1. Indeed, Mauricio Pochettino must deal with absentees from the last ramparts, with the suspension in particular of Keylor Navas who received a firm suspension match, and a suspended sentence, after his expulsion against Nantes.
If Gianluigi Donnarumma will occupy the Parisian cage in Forez, Lucas Lavallée will live for the first time a match as close as possible to the group, as third goalkeeper, he who in the starting hierarchy is only the sixth today, which did not prevent him from already participating in several training sessions with the pennant team. “Some told him that it was a mistake to sign in Paris, that it was blocked, but he always believed in his qualities,” blows a relative of the player. And to add: “PSG are very happy with their work. He came with his girlfriend to Paris, he has his apartment and is very happy here. “
“He’s a hardworking boy”
The week ends in apotheosis for Lucas Lavallée who had, last Wednesday, with the U19, his first start in the Youth League in the 3-1 victory against City, signing a decisive save two minutes before the goal of the break at the start of second period. In his entourage, he is described as “a hardworking boy, with a good mentality, who dreamed of making his career in Lille, because he is a child of the region”. History was written differently for the native of Armentières (North) and ex-hope of Bailleul, Lille having first offered him a first professional contract before turning back after the change of management, and the replacement at the presidency of Gérard Lopez by Olivier Létang in December 2020. Le Losc had recruited him from Dunkirk in 2018, snatching him from the competition of rival Lensois, also in the ranks at the time.
Linked to Paris until 2024 by a pro contract, Lucas Lavallée has four selections for the France U16 team, three selections for U17, and now a first appearance in the group for an official match with PSG. A new stage in the career of the young goalkeeper who at the same time inherits the number 70.
