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BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND – APRIL 15: Gianluigi Donnarumma of Paris Saint-Germain celebrates at full-time following the team’s victory and subsequent progression in the UEFA Champions League 2024\/25 Quarter Final Second Leg match between Aston Villa FC and Paris Saint-Germain at Villa Park on April 15, 2025 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Carl Recine\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Italy international Gianluigi Donnarumma is earning praise from all quarters after his extraordinary performance against Aston Villa sent PSG into the Champions League semi-finals.<\/p>\n

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If PSG hang on they are going to have Gianluigi Donnarumma to thank.\ud83e\udde4 pic.twitter.com\/a3Bjuees0R<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) April 15, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It might seem odd for the goalkeeper to be hailed as the hero after his team fumbled a 2-0 lead, 5-1 on aggregate, to lose 3-1 on the night, but he made at least three absolutely decisive saves to prevent Villa taking the tie to extra time.<\/p>\n

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Donnarumma, the Italian wall \ud83e\uddf1\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 pic.twitter.com\/XLz37m5rna<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ligue 1 English (@Ligue1_ENG) April 15, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Both the Paris Saint-Germain social media account and the official Ligue 1 account posted images of Donnarumma as a wall, while fans flocked to X in order to publicly apologise for having doubted him before.<\/p>\n

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Aston Villa had some BIG chances to force extra time v PSG.<\/p>\n

Gianluigi Donnarumma said no \u274c\u274c#AVFC #UCL #BBCFootball pic.twitter.com\/NJeW4XspTh<\/p>\n

\u2014 Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) April 15, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIn order to win the Champions League, you need a great goalkeeper, and he proved his worth today,\u201d Marquinhos told Canal+ Foot.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPour \u00eatre champion on a besoin d\u2019un grand gardien, et il montre toujours sa valeur\u201d \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n

Marquinhos ne tarit pas d\u2019\u00e9loges sur Gianluigi Donnarumma \ud83d\udcac#AVLPSG | #UCL pic.twitter.com\/SN6btvWm5I<\/p>\n

\u2014 CANAL+ Foot (@CanalplusFoot) April 15, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It was described as a \u201cgenerational game\u201d by CBS Sports Golazo.<\/p>\n

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Gianluigi Donnarumma is having a generational game in goal to keep PSG ahead in this tie \ud83d\ude30 pic.twitter.com\/Puvd1OV78m<\/p>\n

\u2014 CBS Sports Golazo \u26bd\ufe0f (@CBSSportsGolazo) April 15, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mockery of UEFA for not naming Donnarumma Man of the Match<\/h2>\n
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BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND \u2013 APRIL 15: Marco Asensio of Aston Villa takes a shot whilst under pressure from Gianluigi Donnarumma of Paris Saint-Germain during the UEFA Champions League 2024\/25 Quarter Final Second Leg match between Aston Villa FC and Paris Saint-Germain at Villa Park on April 15, 2025 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Dan Istitene\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nonetheless, Ousmane Dembele was voted Player of the Match by UEFA\u2019s panel, a decision that was roundly mocked by the Sky Sport Italia studio crew.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, Dembele should\u2019ve gone over and handed the trophy to Donnarumma, because the people who voted for this clearly don\u2019t understand a damn thing about football,\u201d said Boban, who has experience in the highest levels of UEFA.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a head of football whose job it is to oversee, usually he doesn\u2019t intervene to overturn the decision of the panel, but in this case he probably should\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Capello went even further in the Sky Sport Italia studio, insisting UEFA should \u201cidentify the three who consulted and made this decision, then ban them from voting again on the MVP. Just throw them out. I don\u2019t know what match they were watching.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The only reason PSG are still leading.<\/p>\n

What a performance from Donnarumma. pic.twitter.com\/T7o5ls5Tfy<\/p>\n

\u2014 Football Tweet \u26bd\uea00 (@Football__Tweet) April 15, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve known for years how good he is. He\u2019s so big, but he can get to the ball so quickly. In order to reach the semi-final of the Champions League, you need a great goalkeeper, and his saves got us there,\u201d Marquinhos told Sky Sport Italia.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is gaining more and more confidence, he saved us again today, we needed a great goalkeeper on Marco Asensio especially, but he made two or three saves to bring the result home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, Donnarumma was already decisive in getting PSG to the Champions League quarter-final in the first place, thanks to his heroics in the penalty shoot-out against Liverpool.<\/p>\n

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One more insane performance by Gigio Donnarumma against a wonderful Aston Villa tonight. \ud83e\udde4\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 pic.twitter.com\/QOnWiIbBW6<\/p>\n

\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) April 15, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Curiously, that too was on English soil just like in Birmingham this evening, and of course he helped Italy win the EURO 2020 trophy at Wembley Stadium against England.<\/p>\n

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Sans lui, le PSG aurait rompu.<\/p>\n

Gianluigi Donnarumma a sauv\u00e9 le PSG dans la temp\u00eate.<\/p>\n

Quel destin.<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Actu Foot (@ActuFoot_) April 15, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n