Thursday evening, Italy stumbled on Spain in the semi-finals of the League of Nations. Gianluigi Donnarumma seemed affected by this failure, revealing his moods after the match. This did not please Roberto Mancini.
In July 2021, Gianluigi Donnarumma couldn’t be happier. The goalkeeper helped Italy clinch the European Championship title at Wembley after the penalty shootout. Donnarumma was consecrated best goalkeeper in the world and even best player of the Euro. Since then, the state of grace is over for the Squadra Azzura and even more so for Donnarumma. Transferred to PSG, he committed more balls than achieved exploits in two years. Italy meanwhile missed the 2022 World Cup and remains in a period of turbulence in terms of results. A set of elements that weighs on the morale of the troops, especially the goalkeeper.
Donnarumma no longer having fun in the Italy team
This was demonstrated on Thursday after Italy lost 2-1 to Spain in the semi-finals of the Nations League. A damaging failure when a title would have been good for an entire country. Gianluigi Donnarumma was sad, dropping a scathing sentence in front of the journalists. ” We don’t have as much fun as before “. An outing little appreciated by his coach Roberto Mancini, especially since defender Francesco Acerbi had the same speech. Before the small final of the tournament against the Netherlands this Sunday, he responded to the moods of his two players.
“Non si divertono più? E’ un problema, dovevano dirmelo prima”
Mancini responds to Donnarumma e Acerbi ⚡https://t.co/Swi4QvbQxp
— GOAL Italia (@GoalItalia) June 17, 2023
“ I don’t know if they really said those words: they didn’t say them to me, I’ll ask them. But beyond the end-of-season fatigue, if they’re not having fun, that’s a problem. Me, when I arrive in a stadium like this, on a field like this, I want to play football. You always have to have fun, if that’s the case you should have told me before… “, he dropped quite annoyed by these two very strange confessions. This is not going to help Donnarumma’s business, who is increasingly criticized in Italy for his level of play. It must be said that, to clear him up a bit, the last few months with Italy and PSG have been very trying. on a psychological level.
