Alexandre Letellier, former Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper (2020-2024), spoke to Le Parisien about his former team-mate, 26-year-old Gianluigi Donnarumma. He was keen to defend him, as was a goalkeeping coach from Europe’s top 16, who regrets that one mistake can wipe out a whole series of good moments.
Letellier “His team-mates know they can count on him”.
“I’m not bluffed by his performance, because having worked with him for three years, I’ve seen what he’s capable of. His performances are the fruit of his hard work. He’s never said anything, he’s always worked.
He’s been putting in one big performance after another for quite some time now. He exudes confidence and self-assurance, and his team-mates know they can count on him. As far as I’m concerned, the criticism was unjustified.
“I think he’s gained more confidence than anything else.
a goalkeeping coach from Europe’s top 16. :
I think he’s gained more confidence than anything else He has a connection with the defenders that he didn’t have before, and you get the feeling that he’s expressing emotions more.
He has a wealth of experience that will only grow with the big games for club and country. His confidence will also grow. Unfortunately, soccer has no memory. All it takes is one mistake to forget everything that’s gone before. Gigio is 26 and has been in the game for 10 years. If he gives us a Buffon-style career, PSG will have a goalkeeper for another 15 years.
Donnarumma has always been the ugly duckling. There are several reasons for this. He’s made mistakes, and as the “pseudo-analysts” make all the noise, it becomes a repetitive relentlessness, as if he were the only goalkeeper to make mistakes. Sometimes, they’re not even mistakes, they’re just not exploits.
The second reason is that he plays for PSG, the Parisian club is exposed and when things are going well, everyone finds fault, and when things aren’t going well, scapegoats are needed.
The goalkeeper is at the end of the chain, he’s the last line of defence, so it’s obvious when he doesn’t make the right save at the right time. Why not analyze all the factors? Surely because it would bore the reader or viewer, who is more interested in bashing than in a more substantiated analysis.
