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PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma has been criticized in the French media for his part in Atlético Madrid’s last-gasp win at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday night.
The Ligue 1 giants’ disappointing campaign in the Champions League continued as a second defeat in four games left them in the elimination zone.
Warren Zaire Emery’s opening goal was quickly canceled out by the visitors’ Nahuel Molina in the first half of a largely disappointing match.
But there was drama at the death when Ángel Correa finished off a counter in the final minute of added time to silence the home fans and see Diego Simeone’s team claim all three points thanks to a 2-1 victory.
The Argentine received the ball on the right side of the area before cutting to his left and almost managed to pass to Donnarumma, who took a lot of the ball.
The French press believes that Gianluigi Donnarumma should have done better with Atlético’s goal
Donnarumma was nicknamed ‘the invisible hand’ and received a brutal rating in L’Equipe
Donnarumma had a hand in Ángel Correa’s shot but it was not enough to prevent it.
By no means was it an unstoppable effort by Correa and the French midfielder. L’Equipe They were not impressed with Donnarumma’s attempt to keep him out.
One headline dubbed the Italian “the invisible hand”, while he received a rating of just 3/10 for his performance that night.
They added that it was a goal he “could and should have saved” and that “a goalkeeper in the top eight in Europe should not do that.”
L’Equipe also believes this is a mistake that could now raise doubts about his position as number one.
They wrote: “It was during a strike, where he usually seems most reliable, that Donnarumma’s evening took a turn. And your season with that? It’s too early to say. But it will inevitably feed into the current reflection of Parisian staff on this position.’
Russian stopper Matvei Safonov joined in the summer and has played three games, but L’Equipe believes that coach Luis Enrique would not be wise to sack Donnarumma as he has become “one of the figures of the group” and “would create a source of tension”. ‘
Things are going much better for Les Parisians in Ligue 1, with Enrique’s men leading by six points after 10 games.