Excellent despite the defeat against Liverpool (2-3) on Wednesday in the Champions League, AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan loved his world. Author of decisive parades and a penalty stop, the French international receives boxes and even makes forget his predecessor Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Mike Maignan, dj like a fish in water in Milan.
Aurol of a title of champion of France, the excellent Mike Maignan took the plunge this summer and chose to leave Lille for AC Milan. Transfr against 15 million euros, the 26-year-old goalkeeper joined Lombardy with the objective of succeeding Gianluigi Donnarumma, who left for Paris Saint-Germain.
And the French international got off to a perfect start! Already very good on the first 4 days of the championship, the Habs demonstrated the full strain of their talent on Wednesday in the Champions League against Liverpool (2-3).
Donnarumma far from spirits, Maignan at the top
Despite the defeat of his team, the former Parisian achieved a full match. First by making many decisive saves, but also by stopping a penalty from Mohamed Salah in the first quarter of an hour. A real cause of consolation for the Milanese fans, inevitably due to the fate of the meeting but satisfied with the individual copy of the goalkeeper. Proof of the quality of his performance, Maignan collected only 7/10 or 7.5 / 10 in the columns of the Italian press on Thursday.
The transalpine newspapers also cover the Tricolore d’loges. His two hands work miracles, estimates on one side La Gazzetta dello Sport. Meanwhile, Le Corriere della Sera speaks of the former Lille as best of the evening and Tuttosport describes a phnomne with birth of a canvas. The daily La Repubblica goes even further and even asks: Donnarumma, who is it?. A strong sentence, which shows that Maignan has already succeeded in adapting to Lombardy and almost makes people forget the Italian crack.
The French, king of penalties
He is an excellent high quality goalkeeper and he must continue as he did., underlined the coach of Rossoneri, Stefano Pioli, his guard at a press conference. Enchanting, that’s good, Maignan has all the qualities to do it. In particular an asset concerning the exercise of penalties. Indeed, by stopping Salah’s attempt, the former Parisian confirmed his aptitudes in the discipline with now 11 stops on the 34 attempts he has suffered since the start of his career, ie a percentage of 32% efficiency.
Here then is a goalkeeper in full confidence, who seems well on his way to continuing to climb in the world hierarchy and can already set high goals with his club, but also with the France team where the number 1 place seems to him. , term, destiny.
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