2023-09-12 11:05:09
Despite the doubts and questioning, he maintains the support of his trainer. The new coach of Italy Luciano Spalletti, who succeeded the resigning Roberto Mancini, defended on Monday his goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, target of virulent criticism since the draw conceded against North Macedonia (1-1) on Saturday in Skopje .
“Donnarumma will start, I want to answer this question straight away,” Spalletti said at a press conference on the eve of the match against Ukraine, this Tuesday evening (8:45 p.m.) in Milan, in qualifying for Euro 2024. “As far as everything that is said and written about him, it is the nature of the goalkeeping position that always gets a lot of criticism. In addition, in his specific case, we cannot forgive him for being a prodigy who skips the steps, who has this talent, who has so many qualities.”
“Fundamental that he makes sacrifices”
Spalletti, however, warned Donnarumma that he had to “work on his talent”. “He has a gift. At 20, he was already at the top, like Messi and others before him, but it is fundamental that he works, that he makes sacrifices and that he is not presumptuous. When you’ve been given a talent, you have to improve it. »
The PSG goalkeeper, who has only had quiet weeks since his arrival at the capital club and who still carries with him his blunder against Real in 2021, also received the support of a former legendary goalkeeper of the Nazionale, Dino Zoff, in particular on the subject of the goal he conceded against North Macedonia, on a free kick where his placement could have been better: “It’s a goal that we can take, that’s It’s not as if he had diverted the ball into his own goal, said the 1982 world champion on Anch’io Sport radio. Everything is exaggerated, he’s still the goalkeeper who won us the Euro (2021), I have every confidence in him for the match against Ukraine.
Before this match against Ukraine, Italy, reigning European champion, is 3rd in group C (4 pts) with nine points behind the English leader (13 pts) and three behind the Ukrainians (7 pts) who played two matches and one more match respectively. The first two in the group are directly qualified for the final phase in Germany.
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