Another incredible reversal! Tottenham Hotspur relied on Brazilian star Lucas's hat-trick to complete an almost unbelievable away game despite being short of major generals. Tottenham Hotspur also entered the Champions League final for the first time in history. And this final at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid will also be the first time in 11 years since the rainy night in Moscow in 2008 that there will be a civil war between Premier League teams.
This night belongs to Lucas Moura. Without him, there would be no miracle for Tottenham! He once said that football saved his life, and this night it was his turn to make Tottenham a success. Who would have thought that just over a year ago, he was still in the awkward position of having no ball to play in Paris and even having scandals with the Chinese Super League team. After becoming famous for many years, at just 26 years old, he finally completed his self-sublimation!
"I'm so happy that I can be a coach and live in such a football world. They are all heroes, but little Lucas is a superhero!" Tottenham coach Pochettino said after the game He said forgetfully, yes, little Lucas is a superhero on this night! From star of hope to having no ball to play
Little Lucas' experience is very strange. Although he is only 26 years old, he has actually been famous for seven or eight years. He can be said to be the perfect practitioner of Zhang Ailing's famous saying, "Be famous early." When he was playing in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the then Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson admired this player very much. Rumors that Lucas was going to join the Theater of Dreams had been circulating in the British media circles for a long time. But something went wrong. In the end, Manchester United failed to compete with the wealthy team Paris Saint-Germain, and Sir Alex Ferguson lost his favorite Brazilian talented star.
Paris quickly embarked on a rapid development path after buying Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva in the summer of 2012, and little Lucas gradually changed from a supporting role to a protagonist. .
In the 2012-2013 season, he only played 10 times in Ligue 1. But after just one season, he firmly established himself as the absolute main player. From the 2013-2014 season to the 2016-2017 season, in these four seasons, his average number of appearances in the season was able to maintain around 30 games in Ligue 1 and around 9 games in the Champions League. He was a rare right-hand man beside Ibrahimovic, Cavani and other stars at that time. And he can maintain a good goal efficiency and assist number every season. However, the good years always pass quickly. In the summer of 2017, a transfer that shocked the world of football changed the fate of young Lucas.
In the 2017 summer transfer window, Paris spent a staggering more than 200 million euros to introduce Neymar from Barcelona. This transfer instantly ignited the football world, and then superstars like Mbappe also joined the team. The joining of two stars worth over 100 million made Lucas instantly eclipsed. Since ancient times, only new people have laughed, who cares about old people crying? Making way for the newly joined stars, Lucas sat on the bench in the first half of the 2017-2018 season. He only made a pitiful 5 appearances in Ligue 1, never stepped on the turf of the Champions League, and did not get any starts. Chance. Finding another way out seems to be the only option.
There were many choices before Lucas at that time, including the Chinese Super League giants Beijing Zhonghe Guoan. In 2017, this veteran team's performance was very dismal, and they were eager to rebuild and were eager to buy high-level foreign players from the European League. Lucas, who is powerful and extremely fast, has entered the team's recruiting attention, and the news that the Brazilian will come to play in the Chinese Super League has spread even more. However, the transfer market has always been changing rapidly. When the Premier League winter window was about to close, Tottenham announced the Brazilian star at the ultra-low price of 25 million euros. This is really a great deal
Actually, Lucas Jr.'s statistics are not very amazing, but the changes he brings to a team on the offensive end are often obvious. Tottenham's lineup has always been relatively thin. Lucas has strong personal abilities and can adapt to many positions. He is proficient in dribbling, passing, and shooting. He is a good supplement. He also has set-piece skills and is very fast on counterattacks, which can make Tottenham's offensive routine more versatile. From this reversal of Ajax, we can see the characteristics of little Lucas very well. After the transfer was completed, the famous football commentator Martin Lawrence said that the transfer would be worth the money. One year and three months later, this sentence became a reality.
In the second half of the 2017-2018 season, Lucas mostly played for Tottenham as a reserve force. Pochettino gave him a lot of tolerance on the court. This was also because he had to adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League when he first arrived. But in order to repay the coach's trust and to return to the national team to participate in the World Cup in Russia, he always urged this young Lucas to perform better in the limited time. Of course, the dream of playing in the World Cup did not come true in the end, but in the 5-4 home victory over Leicester City in the final game of the season, Lucas received his first assist in the Premier League. There is God's will in the dark, and the assist he sent to the leading striker Kane seems to indicate that he will usher in an explosion in North London.
It was a blessing in disguise. Without the pressure of international competition, Lucas stayed with the team and completed a complete summer training.
This allowed him to quickly become an important tactical piece under Uncle Bo after the start of the 2018-2019 season. Opportunities always come to those who are prepared. Taking advantage of Son Heung-min's participation in the Asian Games, Lucas Jr. established his status as a surprise player in the team this season with his outstanding performance against Manchester United in the away game.
That was the focus of the third round of the Premier League. The Brazilian, who had started all the previous two rounds and scored his first Premier League goal in the second round, continued to be entrusted with important tasks by Uncle Bo. He lived up to people's expectations. In the 52nd minute, he quickly inserted into the Manchester United penalty area to receive Eriksen's inverted triangle back pass and pushed the goal; in the 84th minute, it was Lucas again, who took advantage of Manchester United's overall pressure to score. He started a quick counterattack. After receiving Kane's ball in the middle, he easily passed Smalling with a change of direction and shot with his right foot. This frustrated star who once had the opportunity to dream of being the owner of the theater, blossomed at this moment, and while taking away 3 points for the team with a perfect performance, he announced his perfect return!
In the subsequent seasons, with the return of Son Heung-min, Lucas' playing time was no longer stable. However, because Tottenham continued to make rapid progress on multiple fronts this season, they entered the sprint stage of the season. Afterwards, little Lucas was once again entrusted with important tasks. He also put in a lot of outstanding performances. For example, a pass and a shot against Bournemouth in the league, a goal scored in the 1-2 loss to Liverpool, and a 1-1 away draw with Barcelona in the Champions League to equalize the score for the team at the last moment were all played by Luca. Si's masterpiece this season. Maybe he has never been the absolute superstar and protagonist of Tottenham, but he has never lacked the courage to stand up at critical moments. And on the night of May 8, little Lucas finally felt proud! At this time, nearly 10 years have passed since he made his career debut in Sao Paulo!
In an interview, the Brazilian boldly admitted that football changed his life: "When I was very young, everything was difficult because there were violence problems everywhere, guns, drugs, and crimes. Life issues. I had friends who ended up on the road to crime, some of them ended up in jail, and some of them ended up on the streets for a long time. Football, my dream is to become a football player, that's why I didn't learn bad things, I always believe that I can realize my dream and let my family live a completely different life."
He used the title of the first Brazilian player to score a hat-trick in the history of the Champions League semi-finals to prove how important his original choice was.