Gianluigi Donnarumma and Marco Verratti are in the starting XI for Paris Saint-Germain against Rennes, but they were forced into an unusual detour.
The Italy internationals are both in the squad Roberto Mancini announced for the upcoming Nations League clash against Spain and either France or Belgium.
Former Milan goalkeeper Donnarumma has been battling with Keylor Navas for the gloves since his free transfer to PSG, losing out most of the time so far.
The tide would appear to be turning, because he was given his Champions League debut against Manchester City midweek and is now starting in Ligue 1 against Stade Rennais.
Verratti is also rediscovering his fitness after a long injury lay-off.
However, the trip to Rennes was more eventful than they had bargained for, as their flight was cancelled due to bad weather and the team had to take a coach.
This resulted in the billion-euro squad taking a break to stretch their legs in a service station.
PSG: Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Mendes; Verratti, Gueye; Di Maria, Messi, Neymar, Mbappé
PSG were forced to drive to Rennes for today’s game as bad weather forced the cancellation of their flight yesterday evening, leading to this unexpected stop at a service station. (📷@ck_harden) pic.twitter.com/7AJRrzjBGc
— Get French Football News (@GFFN) October 3, 2021
Oops… Good chance as starter for Donnarumma, but unfortunately he conceded two goals.
That was the 1st time Gigio has tasted defeat in a competitive match (club and country) since 26th April vs Lazio. Some run.