Lille remain at the top of the French league after a valuable goalless draw against champions PSG. Part of the credit went to the French defense, personalized by the figure of Sven Botman. The Dutch central defender gave a crash course in defensive conditions in the face of the fierce attack from Tuchel's team. A wall, for something measures 1.95m, which threw all the offensive attacks of PSG to the ground. There was no one who did not highlight Botman's great game. Like his entire season, he's still a scandal, and they make him in one of the fastest growing centers in Ligue 1.
Botman, 20, is a new phenomenon from the productive Ajax quarry but has not found his place in Amsterdam. It came out last summer in exchange for 8 million euros and, as seen in this first third of the season, they can become the bargain of the year. The tall left-handed central defender has never worn the Ajax first team jersey in an official match, as last season he already shone despite his youth in the ranks of Heerenven, on loan. Now its price has skyrocketed.
He does not hide and thinks he can win the league
This season he has played in all possible Lille games, the 16 in Ligue 1 and the 6 in the Europa League, leaving a great taste in all of them. For his maturity, forcefulness, anticipation, speed and movement of the ball, especially long. His stature allows him to be very effective in the passing game. For something he is one of the young people who wins the most duels in all of Europe. He has all the characteristics to be a great center-back. His jump in quality in these months of the French league attests to this. They are so amazed at their performances that PSG has asked about their situation for the future. Botman has a contract until 2025 and a lot of room for improvement.
“I still think we can be champions this season. Why not? It is a very good result for us, we remain first and we continue to believe that we can do something special this season in the league. If the leading teams manage to maintain this pace, the outcome of this Ligue 1 could be dubious until the end. “Said an ambitious Botman, after shining against PSG.
At 20, he has not yet made his debut with the national team orange Although he has been cited in the last selection break by Frank de Boer, but he stayed on the bench. It will not take long to make a couple with De Ligt.