Recruited for 20 million euros this summer, Matvey Safonov has always displayed his ambition to become the number 1 goalkeeper of Paris Saint-Germain. The Russian has already managed to grab some playing time and did not expect to steal so many matches from his competitor Gianluigi Donnarumma.
For Gianluigi Donnarumma, the vacation started earlier than expected. The Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper, victim of an impressive clash with AS Monaco defender Wilfried Singo on Wednesday, must forfeit the 32nd final of the Coupe de France in Lens scheduled for Sunday evening. This will probably be the opportunity for Matvey Safonov to play an eighth match this season in all competitions.
Safonov still confident
Nobody has forgotten his last start, it was in the Champions League against Bayern Munich (1-0 defeat) who took advantage of his bad outing. This error inevitably made an impression but was not enough to affect the Russian's confidence. According to the newspaper The TeamMatvey Safonov remains convinced of being able to seize the status of number 1 at Paris Saint-Germain. Time to adapt, the former Krasnodar goalkeeper had set himself an acclimatization period and did not expect to get such significant playing time in the first part of the season.
In other words, the summer reinforcement did not think to put doubt in Luis Enrique's mind so quickly. However, this scenario is not surprising for the man who was his vice-president in Krasnodar. “ When PSG came, I told him he would be number 2told Aram Fundukyan to the sports daily. He told me: “I've never been number 2. That doesn't scare me, I'm going to try and fight for the number 1 position.” He saw it as a challenge. He's a workaholic, he'll give anything to prove it. His question is not “can I get there?”, it’s “when? » Meanwhile, Paris Saint-Germain interrupted negotiations for the extension of its Italian competitor.
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