Champions League: Paris St. Germain won Arsenale in the first semifinal

BRATISLAVA. On the right cheek has Gianluigi Donnarumma, a distinctive scar, caused by Wilfried Sing of Monaco last December. Their duel was brutal. He hit him with stupids, the goalkeeper poured blood. The pins wounds sewed him with ten stitches.

« I probably never get rid of it again, » the goalkeeper admitted.

Two years ago, thieves broke into his house. They tied the famous goalkeeper and caused him light injuries. According to AFP, thieves stole watches, jewelry and other luxury goods worth 500,000 euros.

Twenty -six -year -old Donnarumma acts as a nerve -free man.

Experts from the International Center of Sports Studies declared him the best goalkeeper of the world two weeks ago. The matches for the last year, the level of the competition, the points earned and, above all, detailed analytical data, took into account the matches. Based on all criteria, they then calculated the success index, which jumped to a dizzying 95.5 percent.

By the way, Dominik Takáč from Slovan Bratislava finished in the same ranking.

Patent for the English

Donarrumma again showed his uniqueness on Tuesday evening.

His Paris Saint Germain in the first match semifinal Champions League won the land London Arsenal 1: 0. Donnarumma had a fundamental share. He scored five interventions. He may have defeated three big chances of the opponent.

« I have the best team in the world. Not just the goalkeeper, » said coach Luis Enrique. What does he think of Donnarumm’s interventions?

« This is the work of goalies, not to save the team – they work on it every day. In the semifinals you need to make each player at a high level, » added PSG coach.

As if this guy had a patent for the English. First, Donarrumma caught the Italians in Wembley’s penalty finals of the euro 2021 and has destroyed a few generations a dream of the first football trophy for England since 1966.

In March this year, he enjoyed the fresh champion of England from Liverpool in penalties and thwarted Aston Villy’s chances a week ago.

Miraculous child

Now he has stepped on to eliminate Arsenal in the Champions League. « We know that our goalkeeper Gigio (Gianluigi Donnarumma) has performed amazing and showed great interventions. I think 1: 0 is the deserved result. We have to repeat the same in Paris, he said according to UEFA. COM VITINHA.

Donnarumma has listened to a miraculous child since childhood. He made his debut in the Italian league when he was sixteen.

Since then he has been a goalie unit in the famous Milan AC. At seventeen he made his debut in Italy’s national team. Since 2021 it has been part of Paris Saint Germain. In France, his team dominates, but has never reached the first triumph in the Champions League.

« The mission is fulfilled tonight, » said coach Luis Enrique, according to Amazon Prime.

« Our only goal is to win the second match. We cannot relieve Arsenal in vigilance and settle for. It is a team that can completely rewrite history in one second and we will come back to the beginning.

Dembélé has a life form

He won the Champions League as a player and coach. It is exactly ten years since all the big trophies won with Barcelona in the 2014/2015 season.

« We saw a great job, both individual and team. The defensive we had the attackers who worked hard, the midfielders who got forward and everyone was returning to the defense when necessary, » explained Enrique.

The only goal of the match was scored by Ousman Dembélé. He celebrated it by putting his finger on your mouth.

The French striker confirmed his life form. He scored 33 goals this season. With 21 hits he is the best scorer of the French league. He has a sensational bean especially in this calendar year when he scored 25 goals. None of the world players gave them more.

« I think Arsenal fans acknowledge that Paris was a better team. This is not an impossible task for Arsenal, but they know that a good team with really good individualities is opposed to them, » said legendary English Alan Shearer.

PSG was clearly better, says Rooney

Only two teams got to the Champions League final after they lost their first match of the semifinals at home-Ajax in 1995-96 and Tottenham in 2018-19.

« PSG was clearly a better team. They were tactically excellent, they knew when to push and go to a lower block, they could win two or three goals, » said the cult English striker Wayne Rooney. The man who won the Champions League in Manchester United in 2008 was disappointed by Arsenal.

« They were excellent against Real Madrid, but they were dampened against PSG, » Rooney thinks.

The retaliation is on the program in a week.

« If you want to be in the Champions League final, you have to do something special, » said Arsenal Mikel Artet.

« We will have to do something special in Paris to get there, » Arteta added. He believes his team.

« We are in half -time, so my message is exactly the same as Real Madrid at home. We have to go to Paris and win the match, which we are more than able. I saw two very good teams in which the differences were so small. They were effective in front of the goal and their goalkeeper made a difference.