"My head is really only turned towards OL", assures Jean Lucas

• Jean Lucas signed a decisive entry Wednesday allowing OL to secure their place in the last four of the League Cup, thanks to a success (3-1) against Brest.
• Juninho's choice last summer, the young Brazilian relay runner has an amazing ratio of a goal scored every 81 minutes with OL, and only one tenure.
• Despite a loan offer this winter from Atlético Mineiro, Jean Lucas intends to continue his adventure in Lyon.

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Which Lyonnais player has the formidable ratio of a goal scored every 81 minutes this season? No, it is not a question of the attackers Memphis Depay and Moussa Dembélé but of a relaying medium having long been considered as a flop of the last summer transfer window in Lyon. The Brazilian Jean Lucas (21) has indeed found a way to sign Wednesday against Brest (3-1) his third goal of the season with a clear long shot. A funny performance for a youngster who had to be content with 244 minutes of play (all competitions combined) for his first experience in Europe…

The @ OL qualifies for the last square @CoupeLigueBKT by coming to the end of a valiant Brestoise formation 👏 # OLSB29 pic.twitter.com/M6xulyHNpq

Not sure that he left Flamengo dreaming of taking part in the very last League Cup in the history of French football, but this allows him to benefit from the turnover of Rudi Garcia. Very visible in the 8th finals for his only tenure of the season, December 18 against Toulouse (4-1), with a superb goal and a dice to the key, Jean Lucas allowed his team to get closer to the Stade de France on Wednesday. With a quality clearly lacking in Lyon circles since the departure of Corentin Tolisso in 2017: powerful distant shots.

"When Juninho called me, it was an honor to play in Europe"

"I am very happy this evening because I have worked a lot on my strikes in training for several days", explains the interested party, who would have been the subject of an 18 month loan offer from Atlético Mineiro according to information published by L'Equip e just before OL-Brest. "When Juninho called me, it was an honor to come and play in Europe, in a big club like Lyon, assures Jean Lucas. My head is really only turned towards OL. However, he does not deny his frustration at not having been able to integrate more until then, just like Maxence Caqueret, a sector of play in which Lucas Tousart and Thiago Mendes do not however seem unbeatable.

I am a young player and I knew it would be difficult to discover a very different style of play from Brazil. I work again and again to adapt as quickly as possible. It is true that there are times when I was a little sad. Because we can give everything in training and know that we have qualities, it's hard not to play. I chat a lot with my parents and they do everything to raise my head. "

To believe his entry into decisive play Wednesday, Jean Lucas (under contract with OL until 2024) is actually determined to prevail and to prove that Juninho was not mistaken in his main choice of recruitment. "I'm gaining confidence by playing a little more right now. I know I can help my team. "In view of the first part of the galley season of OL and the long-term injured (Memphis Depay and Jeff Reine-Adélaïde), it is difficult to do without an environment that has scored as much this season as the attackers Bertrand Traoré, Martin Terrier and Maxwel Cornet, right?

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