The decisive blue goalkeeper in the victory of the Champions League, put on the edge of the Parisian club and the Spanish “player”
The strange Donnarumma case. The goalkeeper of Italy was one of the key men in the PSG Champions League: without his parades to penalties against Liverpool in the round of 16, and without a series of other impressive interventions in various passages of the competition, the French would not have won the trophy. Yet Donnarumma ended up on the team’s margins and risks being relegated to the bench, with tasks of “twelfth”. He did not renew the contract expiring in 2026 and PSG purchased Lucas Chevalier Del Lilla to deploy him owner, a deal of about 50 million. Chevalier is a good goalkeeper, perhaps excellent, but it is not the level of Donnarumma. The PSG described it like this, in a press release to the poison: “At ease on the door line, in the duels, in the exits. And it is also equipped with an excellent game with your feet”. Hidden, indirect message: Donnarumma with your feet is scarce. Not the maximum of elegance and gratitude. Donnarumma with the feet is normal, but between the posts it is exceptional, and a piece of Champions League is his. As for purely “doors” technique, there is no comparison between Chevalier and Donnarumma.