📸 Was Donnarumma fouled prior to big error for Real goal? | OneFootball

📸 Was Donnarumma fouled prior to big error for Real goal? | OneFootball

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Padraig Whelan·9 March 2022

📸 Was Donnarumma fouled prior to big error for Real goal?

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PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma offered Real Madrid a big lifeline in their Champions League last 16 tie.

With Los Blancos trailing 2-0 on aggregate, they were gifted a way back into the game when the Italian goalkeeper took too long in possession, allowing Benzema to close him down and ultimately win the ball.


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He fed Vinícius Júnior, who then returned the ball to the Frenchman to score and make it game on in the Spanish capital.

But Donnarumma was booked for complaining that he had been fouled by Benzema as he won the ball back.

Did he have a point? Or should he have simply cleared the ball sooner?