With his fist clenched, Mike Maignan can let out an angry cry: the AC Milan goalkeeper, who played this evening at home at the San Siro stadium in Milan with the Blues against Italy in the Nations League (1-3) , has just saved the Blues from a nasty Trafalgar blow from the Squadra Azzurra.
As we play the 95th minute of this poster, the Blues are leading 3 goals to 1, a perfect score since they needed to win by two goals to secure first place in their group, the promise of a undoubtedly a more lenient draw in the quarter-finals. The Italians then besiege the French goal and Giovanni Di Lorenzo sends a cross towards Moise Kean, in the area.
The ball rebounds to Ibrahima Konaté, who turns his back and can only helplessly witness the threatening strike armed by the former PSG striker. Dry, well placed at ground level, it could have seriously hurt the Blues without a brilliant reflex save from Maignan, who went to the ground in a flash to deflect the ball for a corner which will be the last ball played of the match.
“I don’t know if I saved the team with this save, the match was almost over, but it felt good. I like to make decisive saves,” the goalkeeper said on TF 1 shortly after his save. He preserved, with this very good save, the victory which had been acquired earlier in the match thanks to a double header from Adrien Rabiot and a sublime free kick from Lucas Digne.
