Professional football sometimes offers surprising destinies. And it’s not Lucas Da Cunha who will say the opposite. Player of Lausanne-Sport during the 2020-2021 season, the Frenchman is now part of the France team. He owes his fabulous destiny to two men. First, Cesc Fabregas, his coach at Como, who decided to make him a midfielder in 2024, although he had always played on the wing before.
Then, if Lucas Da Cunha is with the Blues, it is thanks to Zinédine Zidane. The new coach wanted to mark a break with Didier Deschamps and also wants to rely on creative midfielders like the captain of Como.
Lucas Da Cunha (25 years old) was the surprise guest of Zinédine Zidane’s selection for the Nations League. And he was much more than that, since he delivered an excellent performance against Belgium, to the point of putting France at their feet. The broadcasts and articles devoted to it are multiplying.
“The Revelation of the Gathering”
“Little Da Cunha has no complexes about anyone, I tell you. To no one!” enthused Jean-Michel Larqué at the microphone of “RMC Sport”. “Lucas Da Cunha, first time and already obvious”, headlined “Eurosport”, before adding: “He is the revelation of the gathering.”
“For a first match with the French team, I love it! He has great game intelligence. He managed not to stay in the excitement of the event,” rejoiced former French international Morgan Schneiderlin, interviewed by “L’Équipe” about his former teammate.
You will have understood, everyone is rave about Lucas Da Cunha. Without knowing it, Lausanne-Sport spectators may have seen a phenomenon wearing their club’s jersey.
