Luis Enrique preferred Matvey Safonov to Gianluigi Donnarumma on Tuesday evening in Munich. A choice that Luis Enrique justified after the match by mentioning Bayern's pressing, but according to the Italian goalkeeper's entourage, the latter was not 100%.
Did Luis Enrique prefer Matvey Safonov to Gianluigi Donnarumma on Tuesday evening in Munich, as he did against Toulouse a few days earlier, or did he not really have a choice? Friday evening, after the 3-0 victory against Toulouse, the Spanish coach of PSG mentioned reasons “tactics”without going into detail.
“I chose to play Safonov to overcome Bayern’s pressure”
Tuesday evening, after the defeat against Bayern, Luis Enrique was a little more talkative on the subject: “I chose to play Safonov to overcome Bayern's pressure and generate an initial superiority on the restart. Defeats are always embarrassing and hurt, but they give me a lot of information about which players will be able to play here in the future, if there is a future.”he confided.
If he therefore once again mentioned tactical reasons and the supposed ease at the foot of the Russian, who nevertheless played a lot long in Munich and not particularly shone in his kicking game until then, the Spaniard perhaps also was guided in his choice by the state of health of Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Donnarumma still ill according to those around him
The Italian goalkeeper had to withdraw from France on November 17 due to an intestinal virus. According to his entourage, cited by RMC Sport and Corriere della Sera, Donnarumma had not yet fully recovered from this intestinal virus on Tuesday and was therefore not 100%. However, PSG did not mention the Italian's state of health in its last medical update before Toulouse when it had communicated about Lucas Hernandez's viral syndrome. But the Frenchman was absent from training, not the Italian.
In any case, Safonov did not particularly score points against Munich and even delivered a Donnarumma-style match, making several important saves on his line, but showing himself to be shaky in the aerial game on the Bavarian goal, without also show particular ease in his footwork. On the contrary, he was even very imprecise in his clearances and returned numerous balls.
Which goalkeeper for PSG against Nantes?
It is therefore difficult to think that the Russian won the starting place on Tuesday evening in Munich and it will be interesting to see the choice of Luis Enrique this Saturday evening against Nantes, knowing that the decisive match against Salzburg is coming quickly and that PSG will then follow several big matches against OL and Monaco.
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