SWe have already been lying twice this season on Pro D2 match sheets. Andrea Lucchini, with two “C” unlike his homonymous actor, he is the Patient Agenais. Replacing in Nevers (18e day) and in Nice (23e day), the young melee half (20 years old) has never come into play. The scenarios of these matches did not allow Sébastien Calvet to offer him his first official steps with the pros. “Of course I rush to make my first minutes,” smiles this pure strain Agen.
Injured, he will also not be able to help his teammates hopes to challenge the UBB this Saturday (3 p.m.). “I had only missed a match with them this season,” says the one who doubles training the week with the pros. “The playing time is essential. You have to have playing time to be able to progress. Hopes are part of this progression. »A gentle slope ascent after two years of juniors in Mérignac and a season with the team of National 2 of Fleurance (Gers).
A “family tradition”
The name of Lucchini is surely no stranger to the most loyal Agenese supporters. “It’s a family tradition to put on the Sua jersey. My grandfather had already played half a melee at Agen and my father also played Sua in n ° 8. Of course everyone is Sua supporter in the family. Small, I came to Armandie as a family, we were in the old Ferrasse platform. It is therefore quite natural thatrea Lucchini put on his first crampons at the age of 6, making his classes there until younger.
“It is of course a dream for me and for my loved ones to make my first minutes with the pros under this jersey”
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Not kept at the time of the junior, the melee half had to export in Gironde to continue his passion. “And then Agen contacted me. I made a try and it quickly went very well with the staff of the hopes. Little by little, I started playing and climbing the ladder. And then I had the chance to train with the pros last season from January. Not yet enough to sign a first hope contract (it is under agreement), but enough to show a lot of qualities.
“Be there at the right time”
Half of ejector melee, with a good game at the foot, Andrea Lucchini necessarily put everything on her physique (1m78, 69 kg). “I try to rely on my reading of the game and to make my partners play at best to have progress. “With a model at his post which also worn the Sua jersey:” Maxime Machenaud is one of the examples to follow in terms of professionalism and career paths. “Eyed up with the exploits of Rupeni Caucaunibuca, he also admired Jean Monribot or Julien Hérseau.
Student in BTS negotiation and digitalization of customer relations (NDRC) in Saint-Caprais, Andrea Lucchini does not hide it: “Ambition is obviously to sign a first contract in Agen. It is a dream and above all a goal now. I work hard every day to reach it. Hoping to be able to quickly shake up the hierarchy at its post. “It is of course a dream for me and for my loved ones to make my first minutes with the pros under this jersey. I am patient, I know you have to be there at the right time to start in Pro D2. I work hard and I’m waiting for my time. I focus on my game and the rest will come when it will have to happen. »»
