Italy goalkeeper Donnarumma takes on a TV reporter after being embarrassed against Germany

Created: 06/15/2022, 11:15 am

By: Alexander Kaindl

Gianluigi Donnarumma had to answer questions in a live interview after Italy's 5-2 defeat by Germany.

He was visibly annoyed.

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Germany can still win.

After four draws in a row, the team of new national coach Hansi Flick finally celebrated a win again.

There was an impressive 5-2 win against Italy in the Nations League.

In the meantime, Germany was 5-0 ahead, from the guests' point of view they had to be afraid of a historic debacle.

But that was it anyway.

For the first time since 1957, the Azzurri have conceded five goals.

Back then, 65 years ago, they lost 6-1 to Yugoslavia.

Italy still managed to make up for the result with two late goals, but the proud European champions are now of course insulted in their honor.

First the missed World Cup qualification, now the embarrassment with one of the big rivals.

Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma then had to put up with tiresome questions from a TV reporter.

Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma takes on a TV reporter

At first he was still caught on the microphone by Rai journalist Tiziana Alla.

Donnarumma recalled that the Squadra Azzurra were visibly tired in the fifth game in two weeks.

"But let's not make excuses.

We're sorry for the fans that they had to see this.

It doesn't work that way," he said.

When Alla then asked him that he was also responsible for Werner's 5-0 lead and that he had been unsure of himself more often, Donnarumma promptly interjected: "When did that happen to me?

If you want to be polemical, you should be polemical,” snapped the goalkeeper.

“There is no one to blame, only the team.

If you want to blame me for the mistake, then do it, no problem.” Finally, the 23-year-old finished with an annoyed look: “I think that because of these mistakes you all want to construct something.

Well.

I'm the captain, I take the blame, I take the responsibility."

Gianluigi Donnarumma: career riddled with records so far

Donnarumma was once considered the new goalkeeper god, has already been elevated to the new Gianluigi Buffon.

At 16 years and eight months he made his first goal for AC Milan, becoming the youngest keeper ever to start in Serie A.

From then on he established himself as the new number one, and at the age of 17 he made his debut in the Italian national team.

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Of course, that was a new record as well, making Donnarumma the youngest player for the Azzurri in 105 years.

The European Championship with Italy followed in 2021, on the way to the title the goalkeeper broke an almost 40-year-old Italy record and remained without a goal for a total of 1168 minutes.

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In the summer of 2021, Donnarumma then moved to Paris Saint-Germain, but from then on he was no longer the undisputed first-choice goalkeeper.

The now 23-year-old played 24 of 50 possible competitive games for Paris last season and had to share the job with Keylor Navas, who stood between the posts for the remaining games.

And now?

The former child prodigy has to get behind him five times against Germany and is under pressure from the media (press comments on the debacle against the DFB-Elf).

In addition, after missing the World Cup qualification in Italy, the Squadra Azzurra are already hard on the court.

It's good for Donnarumma that after a strenuous season it's time for a holiday.

There was entertainment value not only on Italian TV: something also went wrong on ZDF, as

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