Lucas Hernández, Simeone's scar that now threatens Atlético

Few escapes have hurt as much at Atlético as Lucas Hernández's (Marsella, 1996).

Not even Thomas's, despite the date and manner of the outcome.

«He was a young boy from the quarry and with a great future.

It was a very important start ”, Diego Pablo Simeone acknowledged, just over a month ago, with the shock still throbbing by the departure of the Ghanaian midfielder to Arsenal.

The coach began to lose Lucas in the fall of 2018, just a few months after that photograph in the headquarters of France, at the World Cup in Russia, along with

, CEO of Atlético,

and

.

His contract extension until 2024, ended up being blurred with the irruption of Bayern, willing to pay his 80 million clause, as it was.

His signing was announced on March 27, after a first German assault in December, where his price, for a tax issue, would have risen to 96 million.

Today he returns to a Metropolitan who last set foot in a derby against Real Madrid (1-3).

It was February 9, 2019.

Lucas left, underwent immediate surgery on the ligament in his right knee and left a sea of ​​doubts at the beginning at Atlético.

Especially in that transition plan of Simeone, before the departure of a good part of his faithful spine.

There are those who suggest that the French did not have the same faith as the Argentine in that generational change, where his role, with only 23 years old then and blessed with the gift of versatility (world champion as a full-back and impeccable center-back), was key, because the goodbye of

, another with whom he maintained a great relationship,

was already sensed

, and the left-handed flank was exposed.

Like

, who would emigrate weeks later.

Lucas left and the scar that he left still throbs in the noble area of ​​the Metropolitan.

«He was loved a lot in the dressing room for his naturalness and vitality.

Many times he was like a child and in Germany he is sure to become a man, ”someone who shared a roof with him at Atlético acknowledges this newspaper.

A goodbye that, in addition, served as a push for

to leave for Barcelona definitively, as the Barça footballer acknowledged a few dates ago.

Collateral damage.

Escape from a "bad environment"

"I went out in search of other goals, I wanted to change my life in Madrid", summed up the Frenchman in the preview of the first game of the group stage, without the slightest sign of regret.

Because, as recognized by those who lived with him, his goal was to get away from that "bad environment" and find a better one than the one he had in the capital.

The best way to give a new impulse to your career, despite your youth.

In Munich, after overcoming a tear in the internal ligament of the ankle joint, he has taken over Bayern's left-handed side, even pushing

into center-back position.

At the Allianz, he and Simeone exchanged glances a handful of times.

Everything was talked about in those first days of 2019. No one has anything to blame for.

"If Atleti had approached what Bayern offered it, perhaps it would have thought more about it," they admit to this newspaper.

Today the French defender accumulates 38 games and five titles, including a Champions League, with the Munich team, already classified as first and arriving in Madrid without

,

and

, in addition to the injured Tolisso and

.

Atlético only needs to win to be in the round of 16 (as long as Lokomotiv does not win) and avoid major hot flashes next week in Salzburg.

The rojiblancos have not yet ruled out Luis Suárez despite the fact that this Monday he tested positive for Covid again.

Simeone will wait for the last test that will take place on Tuesday, hours before the game.

This virus is strange.

So it could possibly test negative and may be fine.

He is training and obviously wants to participate and help the team, "said the coach who clings to that inertia that makes his team fly in the League.

Surely Lucas never trusted the transition that his exes are now going through.

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