Donnarumma criticized, Zenga acts as his umbrella
Polemic over Donnarumma, Walter Zenga intervenes
After the goal subìto against North Macedonia, Gianluigi Donnarumma è ended up at the center of a lot of criticism. Reached by Corriere dello Sport, Walter Zenga è spoke about it: "To parry that shot there is no better technique than others, it depends so much on the physical structure of the goalkeeper and his instinct. Then Gigio made a mistake, becauseé if you get a goal at your post you always have something to blame yourself for. I, however, absolve him, you should not blame him".
"Gigio made a mistake and the first one to know about it è just him becauseé if you take goal on your own post, on a free kick, you always have something to blame yourself for. Surely it is a mistake, conditioned però by the ballistics of a very accurate and very fast shot. The strength of a great goalkeeper, however, è to put a point and go again. How many mistakes has Buffon made in his career? If we did a focused research, we would discover many. Because é the more you play, the more mistakes you make. That è the only trivial truth. Take Maignan, who è one of the strongest we have in Serie A. Last year on a couple of occasions he made trivial mistakes. The same can be said about Onana".
"Donnarumma è six feet tall. Vicar one and ninety-threeé. Sommer only one and eighty-threeé. Their wingspan è completely different. There is not, on a similar ball, an equally valid technique for all three. The shorter ones use the carry hand to stretch more, but it is not è a religion. They choose the instincts of those in the middle of the posts, with all their responsibility. There is no role so loaded with responsibility and so exposed to criticism as that of the goalkeeper. The Skopje tie proves this. We are discussing Donnarumma's mistake, but do we want to talk about Zaniolo's gratuitous foul causing the penalty? Then, of course, it è easier to say that the goalkeeper could have taken it" Zenga commented.
