"After the Champions League elimination, it was difficult, but we won Ligue 1"

Gianluigi Donnarumma's first season at Paris Saint-Germain has been a success. The Italian international goalkeeper has managed to win the 2021-22 Ligue 1 title with his team.

In the summer of 2021, Donnarumma arrived at the Parc des Princes after ending his successful spell at Milan, the club with where he was trained, became known to the world and made his professional debut.

And in his first season, the 23-year-old goalkeeper has played in 24 official matches, all of them as a starter, conceding just 23 goals. A great performance for a top level goalkeeper, who acknowledged, in a comment to the Parisian club's media, how happy he was to lift the French League title. 

"It's very nice! It's my first title, my first championship won, so I'm very happy to have won it with PSG. And then it's the tenth title in the club's history, so it makes me even happier. It's very special. A tenth title is something special. It's very nice to win it. All the players wanted to win it. Our goal was to win this title, so it was a really important season. Unfortunately, we were eliminated from the Champions League. But winning the title consolidated us, because it made us very happy," said the former Milan player. 

Donnarumma made it clear that next season's main objective, apart from Ligue 1, will be to win the Champions League title: "It was a beautiful and emotional year, but also a bit difficult. After the Champions League elimination, it was a bit strange. We had trouble dealing with it, but we had to accept it. We had to move on because there was still the league title to win and, in the end, we knew how to react. So I would say that the season, in general, has been positive. If we leave aside the Champions League, it has been a good season, but we can't be completely satisfied with it and next year we will try to win as many titles as possible". 

"Those who think it's easy to win Ligue 1 are wrong".

Finally, he spoke about the level of the French domestic competition: "From the outside, a lot of people think it's easy to win Ligue 1, but they're completely wrong. There are great teams in this league. We always have to be prepared and work at 100 per cent. If we don't, it's very difficult to win. We have to play our best in every match. 

 

June 19, 2022