Paul Rouget, Media365: published on Friday June 21, 2024 at 9:29 a.m.
If Italy lost the shock of the first round of the Euro against Spain (0-1), Gianluigi Donnarumma, best player of the last edition, delayed the deadline for a long time by making decisive saves.
There was only one of his teammates who could deceive him… Insurmountable Thursday evening in Gelsenkirchen, where Italy lost against Spain for the shock of this group stage of the German Euro ( 0-1), Gianluigi Donnarumma only gave in to an own goal from the unfortunate Riccardo Calafiori (55th), after a real billiard shot in the Nazionale area. And if this success is well deserved for La Roja, qualified for the round of 16 of the competition and assured of finishing at the top of this so-called “death” group, the transalpine goalkeeper did everything to delay the deadline, multiplying parades and other reflex stops to preserve its goal inviolate. Particularly against his PSG teammate Fabian Ruiz, scorer against the Croats and who almost did it again.
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But “Gigio”, who will compete in Paris with the Russian Safonov, repelled all his attempts, as with this violent strike from Ruiz which was flying under the crossbar but which he managed to turn away for a corner while all the everyone saw her at the bottom (25th), starting with the Spanish players. “The most important thing was to win and we are happy, because we were facing one of the best goalkeepers in the world. We made some bad choices, but he also made three or four world-class saves. On Fabian Ruiz’s shot, I really didn’t think he was going to manage to save it, but he did.t.” An almost perfect evening for Donnarumma therefore, before this twist of fate shortly before the hour. The one who had been voted best player of the last Euro did not let himself be defeated and continued to disgust his opponents when he did not was not saved by his crossbar, on a missile from the restless Nico Williams (70th). He also prevented the Spaniards from doubling the lead in added time, with two new saves for his teammates, for the most part disappointing. not anymore.
