After the penalty missed by Pio Esposito, the two goalkeepers took away each other’s penalty instructions. And the photos then quickly circulated on social media
The picture is worth a thousand words. Gigio Donnarumma argues with Vasilj, with referee Turpin trying to get in the way and calm things down. And no, penalties have nothing to do with it. The bone of contention is a torn piece of paper on which both goalkeepers had jotted down suggestions about opposing players.
what happened
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But let’s frame the context, first. Pio Esposito shoots his penalty high and the Bosnian goalkeeper, behind the goal, celebrates. Here Donnarumma’s anger comes out. From the first reconstructions it seems that in anger Gigio tore up the pieces of paper in which his opponent had written down the characteristics of the Italian shooters. Vasilj, furious, shows the crumpled papers to the referee Turpin, who warns him for protesting. And here the revenge begins. Yes, because the Bosnian goalkeeper runs to take revenge and seems to tear up the Italian’s goal: two young ball boys apparently found Donnarumma’s notes on the ground and hid them, unleashing the anger of the Manchester City number one. The sheet with information on the Bosnian shooters then reappeared a few hours later on social media.
Gigio’s leaflet
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On that sheet there are the name of the possible penalty taker, the shirt number, the preferred direction, left or right, and finally the characteristics of the conclusions from 11 meters, open, closed or central: Muharemovic (left, closed), the 8 Gigovic (right, closed), the 11 Dzeko (left, closed). And again on the 20th Bajraktarevic, (left, closed), and on the 23rd Tabakovic (right, open). They didn’t help. If not to fuel more controversy.
