The choice of title by L’Equipe after Gianluigi Donnarumma’s injury on Wednesday sparked strong reactions.
The summit clash between Monaco and PSG allowed the capital club to confirm its supremacy in Ligue 1. Three days after its great victory at the Parc des Princes against Olympique Lyonnais (3-1), the club of the capital did it again at the Stade Louis II by winning in the Principality 4-2 after a solid performance from Luis Enrique’s troops. Now ten steps ahead of their closest pursuers, the French champions seem to have taken an almost definitive option for a new French champion title.
The new victory won by the Parisians was nevertheless quickly eclipsed by the serious injury suffered by Gianluigi Donnarumma after less than twenty minutes of play. Hit in the face by Wilfried Singo’s crampons and victim of facial trauma and severe cuts costing him the installation of ten staples, the Italian goalkeeper was left to be replaced by Matvey Safonov and is already out for the clash against Lens on Sunday.
“Such a title is shameful”
The Parisian victory obviously made the headlines of
The Team this Thursday and the sports daily did not fail to salute the great performance of PSG. “Their best face”, headlined the newspaper, displaying on the front page a photo of Gonçalo Ramos and Ousmane Dembélé while mentioning the injury of the transalpine goalkeeper. “Gianluigi Donnarumma had to be replaced in the 22nde minute, the cheek and cheekbone lacerated by Wilfried Singo’s crampons »the newspaper wrote.
But for many readers, the choice of title was not very happy. This is evidenced by the strong reactions on social networks. “Not great pun”, “Making a pun on the state of Donnarumma’s face…. Average average”, “Honestly? Talk about face? @lequipe? Bunch of dogs”, “Damn, the play on words…”, “Such a title is shameful”, “No respect. Incredible to dare to have such a title”… These are some of the comments that accompanied the choice of this headline.