nine months after “very complicated moments”, Hernandez “very proud” to return to the Blues

“Nine months later, I’m back here.Lucas Hernandez shared his happiness, this Thursday at a press conference, to find the France team. Two days before a match against Ireland (8:45 p.m.) counting for the Euro 2024 qualifiers, the defender returned to this difficult period following his rupture of anterior cruciate ligament of the right kneelast November.

Hernandez was injured in the Blues’ first match at the 2022 World Cup, against Australia. “very difficult times” followed. The 2018 world champion did not play an official match again until August 12, with PSG who he joined this summer from Bayern Munich. “At first you fall into a hole, you don’t see the exit, Hernandez said. With the help of my friends, my family, my brother, my children, you bounce back more easily.»

Not yet back to 100% according to him

“When I started running again two and a half months after the operation, that’s when I started to see the light at the end of the tunnel.Hernandez continued. The Parisian defender nevertheless ured that he stayed “100% confident of being able to return here one day to the French team“. From Clairefontaine, Hernandez said to himself “very very happy to be here, very proud“.

Able to evolve in the axis of the defense or on the left side, Lucas Hernandez has started the four matches of PSG this season. “I think I still have a little bit left to be really 100%, but I feel better and better“, he estimated. Thursday, if Didier Deschamps counts on him, he will evolve on the same lawn as in club, at the Parc des Princes, against Ireland.