Fans on social media are divided over Gianluigi Donnarumma’s culpability in Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League collapse.
The 23-year-old Italian goalkeeper made a calamitous mistake in the 60th minute of the 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid, gifting Karim Benzema his first of the game after being caught out with the ball at his feet.
Some fans have pointed to this mistake as being a key reason why PSG collapsed in the space of 17 minutes, allowing Los Blancos to book their place in the Champions League quarter finals, whilst others have pointed to the limited contributions of Lionel Messi and Neymar.
Other supporters have highlighted how the majority of the French side’s defence failed to perform up to standard, with Presnel Kimpembe and Marquinhos in particular having a disappointing match.
Milan fans have been overjoyed with Donnarumma’s struggles at PSG, still feeling painfully jilted following his departure on a free transfer last summer.
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por culpa de donnarumma estos tres ya no tendrán champions, tristeza pic.twitter.com/zRkGFeQ4CA
— mandelbrot sinisterra (@maradonasattva) March 11, 2022
Yes the wider issues of the French team caused him to stand around and wait to be tackled
— Y2B M.D. (Scudetto Winner, European Champion) (@ASLobont1927) March 11, 2022
He made a big mistake going to PSG, he should get rid of the greedy agent that gave him bad advice
— Fellini (@walter_walper) March 11, 2022
— Out Of Context Football (@nocontextfooty) March 10, 2022
Donnarumma on his way to Paris after convincing the world he’d be an upgrade over Keylor Navas. 🌚 pic.twitter.com/PuJq8VcpvQ
— Jorge 🗿 (@El_Movimiento15) March 9, 2022
Some things never change. Nothing to see here, just Donnarumma and Messi doing what they do best 😁 pic.twitter.com/C4ZCudfsjk
— The Outfitter 👕 (@outfitter_the) March 10, 2022
Unpopular: Madrid cheated their way into the last 8. Benzema tries to press the Goalkeeper (Frame,1), Fouls him as he tries to clear is line with a push (Frame.2), gets no where near the ball (Frame.3). No wonder Donnarumma can't believe it stood. In the VAR error 🙄 #RealPSG pic.twitter.com/YBlQp6Cq9p
— Kalanzi Sam (@kalanzi_sam) March 10, 2022
He made a mistake. Move on people
He still saved Europe from Ingurland winning the Euros. Never forget that people.
Opinions on social media are divided??? I might have to sit down after hearing that. You could tweet ‘water is wet’ and 30 seconds later some fool would reply saying he read a study that says its dry.