- Title: Donnarumma fit for French Super Cup after bad face injury
- Date: 4th January 2025
- Summary: DOHA, QATAR (JANUARY 4, 2025) (REUTERS) PSG SQUAD WARMING UP ON PITCH AT STADIUM 974 PLAYERS TRAINING, INCLUDING GOALKEEPER, GIANLUIGI DONNARUMMA PLAYERS MAKING WAY OUT ONTO PITCH PLAYERS INCLUDING MIDFIELDER, VITINHA, PASSING BALL TO EACH OTHER IN WARMUP COACHING STAFF AND DONNARUMMA MAKING WAY ONTO PITCH DEFENDER, NUNO MENDES (CENTRE), KICKING A BALL ALONGSIDE TEAMMATES PLAYERS WARMING UP DONNARUMMA SPEAKING WITH TEAMMATE SQUAD WARMING UP DEFENDER, MARQUINHOS (CENTRE), DURING WARMUP DONNARUMMA (CENTRE) DURING TEAM WARMUP FORWARD, OUSAMANE DEMBELE (CENTRE), IN RONDO DRILL WITH TEAMMATES DEFENDER, LUCAS HERNANDEZ, IN MIDDLE OF RONDO DRILL, RUNNING COACHING STAFF MARQUINHOS TAKING PART IN RONDO DRILL, FORWARD, BRADLEY BARCOLA, IN THE BACKGROUND RONDO DRILL INCLUDING, DEFENDER, ACHRAF HAKIMI; DEFENDER, MILAN SKRINIAR; FORWARD, MARCO ASENSIO, AND TEAMMATES PLAYERS RUNNING THE GAUNTLET, MARQUINHOS PLAYERS IN LARGE RONDO DRILL PARIS SAINT GERMAIN COACH, LUIS ENRIQUE, ENTERING PRESS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PSG COACH, LUIS ENRIQUE, SAYING: “No, all three goalkeepers are fit and able to play tomorrow. There is no problem concerning any of them. Any of the three could play.” WHITE FLASH (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PSG COACH, LUIS ENRIQUE, SAYING: “I will decide tomorrow which players will play. Everyone has come in good shape. And the decision will come tomorrow. There is still a training session today. Full guarantees for whichever players step out onto the pitch.” WHITE FLASH (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PSG COACH, LUIS ENRIQUE, ON FULL SQUAD BEING IN DOHA, SAYING: “Well, because we came to Doha and because it is good for everyone to start out the year and the second part of the season together. It’s a final. It is always a special match. It is for a title. And this just means that the more united the team is, the better.” WHITE FLASH (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PSG COACH, LUIS ENRIQUE, ON LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST AS MONACO, SAYING: “I really think it was an excellent match for the spectators. One which we were able to control at the beginning and score early. Despite that, Monaco had a good start to the second half and turned the match around. But when you play against opponents at that level, it’s normal for your opponent to be better than you at certain times. I think the result reflected our superiority, but it is true that it was a close match. I’m expecting a different kind of match tomorrow. It’s a final.” WHITE FLASH (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PSG COACH, LUIS ENRIQUE, SAYING: “It’s obviously a final and it is against one of the best teams in our league. It will of course be tough. And we obviously will need to be at a high level to beat Monaco, but we are motivated, prepared and looking forward to the match tomorrow.” / LUIS ENRIQUE LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE AS MONACO AS MONACO SQUAD TRAINING ON THE PITCH AT STADIUM 974 SQUAD WARMING UP PLAYERS WARMING UP MIDFIELDER, ALEKSANDR GOLOVIN, WITH BALL ALONGSIDE MIDFIELDER, TAKUMI MINAMINO, AND GOALKEEPER, PHILIPP KOEHN PLAYERS RUNNING PASSING DRILL VARIOUS OF TRAINING GOLOVIN AND TEAMMATES IN RONDO DRILL VARIOUS OF RONDO DRILL BALLS ON PITCH VARIOUS MORE OF RONDO DRILL PLAYERS HORSING AROUND SIGNAGE IN STADIUM KOEHN TRAINING IN NET AS MONACO LOGO AND COUNTDOWN CLOCK AS MONACO COACH, ADI HUETTER, ENTERING PRESS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) AS MONACO COACH, ADI HUETTER, SAYING: “First we talk about the game. It's a very, very important game for AS Monaco tomorrow to play against PSG for this title. Three weeks ago, we played against PSG in Monaco. It was a demanding game, but also, we were really close to winning this game. We were a little bit unlucky that we didn't play to a draw or maybe if we were luckier, we could have won that game also. Tomorrow is a new game, a single game. It's a final. We are fighting for this. We are here to win a title, but also we know that we need a perfect game to beat PSG. They have lots of strengths, but our team also has lots of strengths and we are able to win this game. And as far as the extension of my contract, I'm really happy and really proud to be the coach of this really wonderful club and happy to work with my team.” HUETTER TAKING A QUESTION (SOUNDBITE) (English) AS MONACO COACH, ADI HUETTER, ON MIDFIELDER, ALEKSANDR GOLOVIN, SAYING: “Aleksandr Golovin is also one of the experienced players we have here at Monaco. I think it’s been about six years that he’s been a part of this club. And he also extended his contract. For me, he’s a flexible player. He can play several positions, not only as a number ten, he is also able to play a good position as a number six.” PRESS CONFERENCE HUETTER LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE
- Embargoed: 18th January 2025 18:55
- Keywords: AS Monaco Adi Huetter Aleksandr Golovin French Super Cup Gianluigi Donnarumma Luis Enrique PSG Paris St Germain
- Location: DOHA, QATAR
- City: DOHA, QATAR
- Country: France
- Topics: Europe,Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA001084504012025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Paris St Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma could return to action when the French champions play AS Monaco in the French Super Cup on Sunday (January 5), coach Luis Enrique said, after the Italian keeper was sidelined while recovering from a face injury.
PSG came back from 2-1 down to win 4-2 at Monaco in Ligue 1 on December 18 but they had to replace Donnarumma midway through the first half after a dangerous challenge by Monaco defender Wilfried Singo left the keeper with a gashed face.
The 25-year-old Italian needed to be urgently stitched up by the club doctor on the pitch to stop the bleeding and has not played since.
The Spanish coach has brought his entire team to Doha, including some of the players who had been rumoured to leave Paris during the January transfer window.
"It seemed interesting to me to leave together to start the year and the second part of the season together," Luis Enrique said.
With their comeback victory at Monaco, PSG extended their unbeaten run in the league this season to 16 games.
Alongside Serie A side Juventus, the French champions are the only unbeaten team remaining in Europe's top five leagues in this campaign.
Third-placed Monaco trail the Ligue 1 leaders by 10 points.
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