Wednesday whistles (not only) and defeat: there was more talk of the former than of the knockout with Spain. Sunday applause, captain’s armband, victory. And also a goal under the legs, not from him. The blue week of Gigio Donnarumma came to the conclusion, maybe it’s for the best. Because he’ll remember it for a long time, not the way he wanted it to. The dispute suffered at San Siro, like it or not, left its mark as well as the fact that in the end there was no total support from later: the party of those who thought that all in all they were just whistles as a result of a choice, is remained quite busy.
CAPTAIN – But to turn the page, a better way than a game to be played at twenty-two with the captain’s armband of the National team on his arm, perhaps there wasn’t. And who knows whether the training choices of coach Roberto Mancini did not go in that direction, to leave Donnarumma the status of captain as a player with more appearances: by the way, they are already 38 with 19 goals conceded, for a blue curriculum that is completed with the European Championship and the trophy for best player in the competition. In short, it gets worse.
THE MATCH – Beyond the range, it was a quieter Sunday by far. Applauded and acclaimed like everyone at the reading of the formations (full of enthusiasm for the hosts Federico Chiesa and Manuel Locatelli), he received a few isolated shouts of encouragement before and during the game to which he responded with thanks. It is not at the Juventus Stadium that it can be contested, on the other hand, here if anything it is experienced as a regret for the transfer market and would have been welcomed with open arms.. Then the game began, Gigio did not miss a (big) bit of luck, considering the two crossbars and the pole on which Belgium went to print. Even a super save, or rather two, on Alderweireld, before capitulating in the final minutes to the dirty tunnel of De Ketelaere who set the result at 2-1. A goal conceded not really by Donnarumma, but that changes little compared to what he had to find on this occasion. Just a little bit of support. For the rest, he has broad shoulders.–
