Under fire and under pressure, Lucas Chevalier stands tall to crown PSG champions

A match full of emotions saw PSG face Tottenham, with the Parisians ultimately winning 4-3 on penalties.

But the Parisians arrived with painful transfer rumors – they were about to lose the world’s best goalkeeper, likely due to internal club problems between Luis Enrique and Donnarumma.

This put 23-year-old goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier at the center of all these dilemmas, at a time when his arrival at PSG was more tense than ever.

With the responsibility of goalkeeping in one of PSG’s most important finals (the UEFA Super Cup), everyone expected a great performance from him, and the pressure was on.

During the match, he made some great saves, moments where you could see this goalkeeper’s formidable talent. However, weak participation in Tottenham’s second goal by Cuti Romero raised doubts – many doubts.

Fans kept thinking about Donnarumma and what was happening with that situation. “Would this have happened with the Italian?” These and more doubts surrounded the team before the 85th minute.

But after PSG’s epic comeback, the match went to penalties – where Lucas Chevalier needed to step up. And that’s exactly what he did.

He guessed 3 shots correctly, though unfortunately, he only saved 1 of them. But this allowed him to grow in stature and give PSG the necessary confidence to also come back in the penalty shootout after Vitinha’s miss, becoming champions thanks to Chevalier’s crucial save against Micky van de Ven’s penalty.

Making it clear he’s a goalkeeper who needs time, in his first test, he had ups and downs, but always kept his head up and managed to lift his first trophy with PSG in his very first match played.