PSG: hero Donovan Léon recounts his immense performance

Held in check by Auxerre this Friday evening (0-0), PSG continues a third match without success, despite clear opportunities. And if the Parisians were sometimes clumsy, they can especially blame the giant Donovan Léon, the AJ Auxerre goalkeeper. Author of an exceptional match with no less than 11 saves made, the 32-year-old goalkeeper was more than decisive and was credited with a score of 10/10 by the FM editorial staff. Hero of the game, he was long praised by the Parisian players, his team and especially his supporters who widely chanted his name.

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“I think we insisted. The goalkeeper was very strong, we had 25 situations. We did a good offensive job, but we will listen to the criticism”had also recognized Luis Enrique. “Dono sublimated the team’s work. It makes me very happy, because he was criticized a lot at the start of the season and he gave a good response this evening.also added his trainer, Christophe Pélissier, as well as his partner Hamed Junior Traorè: “Dono, it’s a great one. He helps a lot, we are so happy to have him and frankly he saved us”.

Donovan Léon : “I told myself that nothing could happen to me”

But at the microphone of DAZN, the hero of the evening felt “a lot of pride. I'm happy because I'm a big PSG fan (laughs), my family told me “you had a great match against Marseille, do the same against Paris now”. There are evenings when it's like that. I am rewarded, and the team too (…) Among the 11 stops, for me, there are 3, including the last two with the face-to-face with Kolo Muani and the roll of Désiré Doué, it are two important saves that hold the team together and bring home the point. There is a moment when Vitinha touches the square while turning around, and I say to myself “this evening, perhaps nothing can happen to me”, because I was beaten”he first explained.

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Before admitting that he had come from a long way away: “it was complicated for me at the start of the season, people forget that before, I was number 2, I have only had full seasons since my return to Auxerre in 2020. You always have to believe in yourself, I I had a complicated journey, the club gave me a chance and I rode it. You don't have to be in a hurry, your chance will come sooner or later. This is what is happening to me at the moment. It's just a reward.”added Léon, who will have gained a lot of credit with this match.