It was a long-awaited decision, Mauricio Pochettino decided.
Thus, as L'Équipe indicates, it is Keylor Navas who will start this Wednesday evening (9 p.m.), at the Jan-Breydel Stadium, the lair of FC Bruges, for the first Champions League match of the season. .
The Costa Rican goalkeeper is keeping the favors of his coach rather than Gianluigi Donnarumma.
The Italian, holder on Saturday during the large victory against Clermont (4-0), will therefore start on the bench.
This seems to confirm that, in the mind of the coach today, Navas retains his status as number one in the hierarchy of Parisian goalkeepers.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Mauricio Pochettino confided about the Navas-Donnarumma competition: “We will see match by match. The reality is that having two players like that only raises the level, it is good for the club. All the players who join PSG know the rules and know that the competition will be very high. "
These piecemeal decisions do not surprise the former goalkeeper of the capital club, Gianluigi Buffon. "If a team like PSG has two very strong goalkeepers like this is the case, why say that one is starting and the other is number 2? Because sincerely, that would not be fair, estimates it in an interview granted to the emission of beIN Sports, “VIP Room”. You have to see the performance in a match to decide who will play. When you have two very high quality goalkeepers, it's a shame to choose one or the other. And besides, why choose one? Both must have the opportunity to play. "
