Gianluca Pagliuca in defense of Gigio Donnarumma

Gianluca Pagliuca in defense of Gigio Donnarumma

Gianluca Pagliuca has given an interview to the microphones of Tuttosport in which he spoke not only about goalkeepers in the Italian league, but also about Gigio Donnarumma, taking his defense in a comparison with Mike Maignan: "The French AC Milan player è strong, but in recent matches he has made some mistakes. Between him and Donnarumma, critics use double standards… When Maignan makes mistakes, the bloopers go under the radar; while on Gigio I notice a preventive doggedness".

"Every mistake of Donnarumma is always emphasized and there is a tendency to massacre him – he rejoined the dose -. Too bad that when è decisive in a positive way as in Dortmund, where he made 4 decisive saves for the passage of the round in the Champions League, it is not talked about. For me Gigio remains the strongest Italian goalkeeper, an asset of our soccer that should be more supported and protected".

Few doubts about the best goalkeeper in Serie A: "In Serie A I choose Di Gregorio. He is less publicized than many others, but he is having an amazing championship. Michele è a very serious guy and has been doing very well for a few years. Bravo to Monza for believing in him and betting on him, when no one else did. He canò make the same path as Vicario".

"The best in the world è Dibu Martinez, è strong in everything and has no weaknesses. He commands the defense well, has great personality è and doesn’t suffer from pressure as demonstrated at the World Cup. And then between the posts è explosive, to someone like that; it becomes very difficult to score goals" Pagliuca commented.