Donnarumma breaks his silence and talks about what happened in the Real Madrid match

Italian international goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma broke his silence today, after the criticism campaign against him against the background of a mistake he committed against Real Madrid in the second leg of the Champions League final price, which allowed the latter to return and exclude his French team, Paris Saint-Germain, from the competition.

Saint-Germain seemed on its way to overcoming the Spanish giant, Real Madrid, when it advanced in its stronghold 1-zero on Wednesday with the goal of Kylian Mbappe, who was also the owner of the goal of winning 1-0 in the first leg in Paris in the deadly seconds, but the royal club turned the table in the second half with a triple French Karim Benzema. (3-1), postponing the dream of his guest and his Qatari administration of winning the title for the first time.

Donnarumma committed a fatal error in the equalizer scored by Real on Wednesday, which made him subject to harsh criticism not only from the club's fans, but also from the French media, especially the sports newspaper "L'Equipe".

Amidst talk in the Italian press about Donnarumma's desire to return to his country only a season after leaving Milan, the 23-year-old goalkeeper, who was crowned last summer's European Cup with his country, broke his silence with a post on (Twitter) in which he said, "The exclusion from the Champions League was a strong blow. The past two days have not been easy, but it is through difficult moments of this kind that we draw strength."

"Now, we must think about the present, to win the French league and give everything, as I have always done, for this shirt," added the former Milan captain, whose name was linked to moving to Juventus after refusing to extend with "Rossoneri" before he arrived in the capital, Paris as a free player. For this club and our fans. Let's start over together! Come on Paris."

Former Juventus goalkeeper and current Parma veteran Gianluigi Buffon, who wore the Saint-Germain shirt for one season, defended his compatriot in an interview with the Corriere dello Sport newspaper, saying that "mistakes of this kind are useful for development, they are part of the development process and I am sure that he will not It has no negative impact because Donnarumma has really proven that he has the strength to overcome difficult moments."

"The problem is not with the French, but with the Italians,"

the 44-year-old continued, "He is so solid that he cannot be affected by everything that happened. Gigio is one of the best goalkeepers in the world, and one of the three best goalkeepers with (Belgian) Thibaut Courtois and (Germany). ) Manuel Neuer".

The Qatari president of Saint-Germain, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the Brazilian sporting director Leonardo, and the Argentine coach, Mauricio Pochettino, considered that Benzema committed a mistake on the Italian goalkeeper before he scored against the Paris club.

The first two were so convinced of this that they confronted the match officials in the Santiago Bernabeu's dressing rooms, which caused an investigation to be opened against them.

Buffon commented on the incident of Benzema and Donnarumma, saying, "I want to be completely honest, if it was in Italy, it would have been considered a mistake... If this happened to me as a goalkeeper, I would have been very angry. On the other hand, if the referee had made a mistake, it would have angered Real Madrid players." .

"I can add that if Gigio had stayed on the ground, something else would have happened (ie the referee had fouled Benzema). We have seen many players do that, but he was honest (he did not fall to convince the referee of the mistake)".

And Buffon touched on Donnarumma's decision to join Saint-Germain, where he faces a competition that he had not in his calculations with Costa Rican Keylor Navas, saying, "Giggio made an unpopular choice (to join Saint-Germain), and it must be respected. He wanted to enhance his ambition, and this is something that many did not like (in A reference to Milan and its fans.) They are the same people who were waiting for him to fall into error."

He believed that "the problem is not with the French... but with the Italians who were waiting for that."

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