2023-10-23 16:36:23
Improbable but true. While they have already worn the colors of the French selection together six times, including a victory in the Nations League against Spain in October 2021, Lucas and Theo Hernandez have never clashed with their different clubs. A rather improbable anomaly since the two brothers had the opportunity to do it six times on La Liga pitches. But injuries and the tactical choices of their respective coaches got the better of this very particular opposition.
Trained together at Atlético de Madrid, the two troublemakers had very different career paths. If the 2018 world champion grew up and asserted himself under the red and white colors (2014-2019), the youngest joined several clubs before finding his place in Milan. Helmed by his brother and the inexhaustible Filipe Luis on the left at Atlético, the youngest of the siblings, then aged 19, went on loan during the 2016-2017 season to the promoted Alavés, where he revealed. For their first year without each other, the two players did not step on the pitch at the same time. If he had not played in the first leg against his former club in the championship, Théo had shown the extent of his talent on the return leg, while Lucas remained on the bench.
After his good season in the Basque Country, Theo Hernandez spiced up his opposition with his brother, by signing with the neighbor and enemy, Real Madrid, against the amount of his release clause (25 million euros). This surprise signing further accentuated the rivalry between them, even if their mother, Laurence, always asked them to stay united: “My heart is divided. I’m with Théo and Lucas. Before being athletes, they are my sons, she confided in an interview with Marca. I reminded them to look out for each other. » In the end, the two brothers did not clash. In question, the choices of Zinédine Zidane who preferred Marcelo to Théo on the left side, when Lucas was becoming more and more important under the aegis of Diego Simeone.
“A strong moment in the history of the family”
During Théo’s third season in La Liga, this time at Real Sociedad, again. During the first clash between Atlético and Real Sociedad, the 26-year-old full-back remained on the bench, certainly punished by his coach at the time, after being suspended for four matches, for a slap given to the Huesca midfielder, Damian Musto. And during the second, the current Milanese started when Lucas suffered a knee injury.
“Playing against your brother, in an LDC match, it will be incredible: it will be a strong moment in the history of the family”
Théo and Lucas Hernandez look back on the LDC draw… and their future confrontation during PSG – AC Milan (@SaberDesfa) pic.twitter.com/R6CLz10lpK
— Téléfoot (@telefoot_TF1) September 10, 2023
Finally, a few years later, the paths of the two brothers crossed again. Théo and Lucas Hernandez should finally start at the same time on Wednesday (9 p.m.) during the clash between PSG and AC Milan in the Champions League. News that delights the eldest. “When I saw that we were going to face each other, I called him straight. Playing against your brother in a Champions League match is incredible. This will be a strong moment in the family’s history. I’m going to ask the coach to put me on the right so I can be in front of him (laughing),” said the Parisian in an interview with Téléfoot. Now we just have to hope that no twist of fate hinders this opposition.
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