“I am very shaken by what happened, it was definitely not my intention to hurt Musiala”. With these words, released to Gazzetta dello Sport paper, Gianluigi “Gigio” Donnarumma returned to the controversial incident of the hard collision with Jamal Musiala, who sustained a serious ankle and fibula injury. The PSG and Italian national team goalkeeper found himself at the center of a wave of controversy, triggered by the words of Manuel Neuer, who had implied a certain intentionality in the intervention. Of a completely different tenor, however, was the comment of Thibaut Courtois, who stood up for his colleague, pointing out that it is often the attackers who do not worry about the risk of hitting the outgoing goalkeepers. An experience that Donnarumma himself knows well, as he still bears the marks on his face from the violent clash with Singo. Also taking the floor was Vincenzo Raiola, Donnarumma's attorney, who recounted the moments after the incident. “Gigio is a very sensitive boy,” he said, "After the clash, he did not cope emotionally and preferred to walk away to leave space for the doctors. He did not want to pretend nothing happened". An unpublished detail reveals how shaken Donnarumma was: "As soon as he returned to the locker room, he turned on his phone, something he never does during a match. He texted me right away to tell me he was shaken and that he hadn't done it on purpose".
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