“Doing things like that is the biggest fault of French referees.” Gigio Donnarumma will not go on vacation with Gaël Angoula and his deputies. Substitute at the kick-off for PSG-Clermont (1-1) on Saturday, at the Parc des Princes, during the 28th day of Ligue 1, the Italian international goalkeeper (61 caps) only moderately appreciated seeing the referee of the match allow only four minutes of additional time. Trailing from the 32nd minute of play, in this last match before facing Barça in C1, Paris Saint-Germain pushed in the second half, until Gonçalo Ramos equalized in the 86th minute. The CF63 was generally on a tightrope throughout the second act, and even more so after the entry of Kylian Mbappé, also spared for the Champions League, on Wednesday, once again on the lawn of the Park. Donnarumma hoped to see one of his teammates snatch victory with more added time… Missed.
Listening to him, Mr. Agoula spent his time looking at his watch during the second half. “The whole second half, he was like that,” he said, showing his wrist, very angry, while speaking to the fourth referee, in the corridor leading to the locker rooms, during a sequence captured by the Canal cameras after the final whistle of the match.
But this is obviously not what angered the former AC Milan goalkeeper the most. “He told me, ‘You have 90 minutes to win,’” he complained. Former defender Gaël Angoula would therefore have asked him to stop complaining under the pretext that PSG only had to make the difference first… That’s what Donnarumma says in any case. Note that the Clermontois actually played for time at the end of the match, simulating several injuries by remaining on the ground. A good war when you are the red lantern and you are in a position to take one or more points on the lawn of the Parisian ogre. “It’s a fault on the part of the referee, why are you telling me that?”, he got carried away again. “For you to tell me like that, it’s very serious, it’s very serious,” he repeated several times. Atmosphere. Recruited in 2021, Donnarumma, 25, is under contract until 2026. He has been playing at a very high level for several weeks, finally meeting the expectations placed on him. A priori, however, the French referees are not at their level…
