Mauricio Pochettino didn’t confirm if Gigio Donnarumma or Keylor Navas would start against Real Madrid, but according to multiple reports, the Italy international will get the nod tonight.
The Italy international played the first leg in Paris three weeks ago, so Keylor Navas was expected to go between the sticks against his former club and in his former stadium in the decider. However, according to multiple reports in Italy, Donnarumma will once again defend PSG’s goal tonight.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Tuttosport and Il Corriere dello Sport, all report that Donnarumma will start the game at the Bernabeu. Yesterday, Mauricio Pochettino refused to reveal who would start tonight between the two goalkeepers. L’Equipe in France claims the same.
“We will play with a goalkeeper,” the coach said.
“I am showing patience with the media, because I’ve had to explain the same thing for the last eight months. They are both excellent goalkeepers, that is what the club wanted.
“I will make a decision tomorrow and one of them will be disappointed, but we are happy with the way we are dealing with the situation so far.”
The Argentinean coach had rotated the two goalkeepers in the first seven Champions League games of the season, with Donnarumma playing four and Keylor Navas three. The Italy international has collected 17 appearances across all competitions this term; Keylor has 21.
Gigio Donnarumma is expected to start. @lequipe 🧤🇮🇹
— PSGhub (@PSGhub) March 8, 2022
We need Donnarumma to play in order to be match fit for the play offs as in my opinion he could have saved the Swiss goal in Rome.