Neuer attacks Donnarumma: ‘You can't come out like that’

Turin, 6 July (LaPresse) – ‘It's a situation where you can't come out like that. It's reckless, you accept the risk of hurting your opponent.’ Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer attacked his colleague Gianluigi Donnaruma after the intervention that caused Jamal Musiala's serious injury during the quarter-final of the Club World Cup between PSG and Bayern Munich. "I went up to him and said, “Don't you want to go to our player?” It's a matter of respect to go to him and wish him well. He did that afterwards…Fairness is always important, I would have reacted differently,‘ concluded the German goalkeeper. Another top goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois, came to the defence of the Italian national team captain. ’Blaming him seems excessive to me. At the end of the day, we goalkeepers go for the ball, just like strikers. And when we do, the strikers don't care if their feet touch our faces,‘ emphasised the Real Madrid star, referring to Neuer's words. ’He's your teammate and it hurts more, obviously, and you go and criticise your opponent, but the action wasn't that avoidable. Donnarumma had to come out."