2023-11-14 17:08:27
Beyond the defeat suffered by PSG in Milan in the Champions League (2-1) last week, Gianluigi Donnarumma has not completely digested the rain of artificial dollars which fell in his “tribute” on the San Siro lawn. The fans of AC Milan have in fact never digested seeing their goalkeeper leave freely without any transfer compensation to PSG in the summer of 2021 and had decided to welcome the “mercenary” with greenbacks bearing his image sent from Curva Sud.
At the exit of the “Hall of fame del calcio italiano” (organized for twelve years, this evening is intended to highlight the history of Italian football) in a district of Florence (Ita), Donnarumma agreed to return to this evening not like the others.
“It wasn’t easy in October 2021 (during the Nations League semi-final between Italy and Spain) and it wasn’t easy this time either,” explained the Italian international, who has 58 caps at 24 years old. On the pitch, you try not to get distracted by anything, giving everything you have for the team. It’s certain that after the match, we feel it more and we release our emotions. But on the ground, we try not to be affected. From this point of view, I have progressed a lot. »
After having smiled a little at the beginning to see “Dollarumma” with the head of his teammate and the number 71 (which refers to a “worthless man” in the Neapolitan Smorfia, a book of dreams), Kylian Mbappé had found “too much” the treatment inflicted on the Italian.
“It’s football today, the supporters do what they want. We can’t tell them what to do. We tried to protect Gigio as much as possible,” said the PSG scorer.
The fake tickets bearing the image of Donnarumma which will be distributed this evening to Milanese supporters ????
“Mercenary”, “Dollarumma”, “man without honor”
The Italian risks having a complicated evening at San Siro…
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Gianluigi Donnarumma is currently with the transalpine selection which is preparing to face North Macedonia, Friday in Rome (8:45 p.m.), before challenging Ukraine, next Monday in Leverkusen (8:45 p.m.), in the Euro 2024 qualifiers.
The defending champions are third in Pool C behind England (whom they beat at Wembley in the Euro final in 2021) and Ukraine and must win their two matches to hope for direct qualification without going through the dams box.
A box that hardly brought them luck for the qualifiers for the last World Cup in Qatar, with a fatal exit against North Macedonia (0-1 in the play-off semi-finals).
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