It is exceedingly rare for a family to be able to produce two football players. It is even rarer when one of them is good enough to play in the Champions League. It is completely out of this world, though, when both are good enough to play in the knockout rounds of the Champions League. But that is what both Lucas Hernandez and Theo Hernandez are. Both players have carved out extremely impressive careers and become one of the best players in the world in the respective positions at center back and left back.

So it’s an absolute crime that they have not actually played against each other on the field. Ever since both brothers graduated from the Atletico Madrid academy to playing in La Liga around 2016, they have had several opportunities to play one another, but injuries/suspensions/not being in favor has ruled them out of playing against each other four times. And ever since both left the Spanish nest in 2019, neither AC Milan or Bayern have been in the same European competition, so it was impossible for the two teams to match up against each other. Until now. It would be extremely poetic to finally have the brothers meet on the field.

It is exceedingly rare for a family to be able to produce two football players. It is even rarer when one of them is good enough to play in the Champions League. It is completely out of this world, though, when both are good enough to play in the knockout rounds of the Champions League. But that is what both Lucas Hernandez and Theo Hernandez are. Both players have carved out extremely impressive careers and become one of the best players in the world in the respective positions at center back and left back.

So it’s an absolute crime that they have not actually played against each other on the field. Ever since both brothers graduated from the Atletico Madrid academy to playing in La Liga around 2016, they have had several opportunities to play one another, but injuries/suspensions/not being in favor has ruled them out of playing against each other four times. And ever since both left the Spanish nest in 2019, neither AC Milan or Bayern have been in the same European competition, so it was impossible for the two teams to match up against each other. Until now. It would be extremely poetic to finally have the brothers meet on the field.