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Donnarumma against referee Mariani: "Why are you acting like superstars?"

During Real Madrid-Manchester City, the first leg of the round of 16 lost 3-0 by the Citizens away in Spain, Italian goalkeeper Gigio Donnarumma's controversy with referee Mariani (also Italian) over a penalty awarded for his foul on Vinicius in the second half did not go unnoticed.

The penalty was then saved by the Italian captain who, however, as reported by Tuttosport, used harsh words towards the refereeing team at the moment of the whistle.

"WHY ARE YOU ACTING SO STRANGE?"
Donnarumma came out low and was beaten by Vinicius Jr., who was touched on the right leg by the Italian goalkeeper. According to the former Milan player, the contact was not worthy of a penalty, and once he understood referee Mariani's decision to award the penalty, he blurted out: "Why are you showing off? Show off, show off...". Then, after a few seconds of silence, he added: "And why are you giving me a yellow card?"

Donnarumma to Guardiola
Interviewed by Sky Sport after the match, Donnarumma then spoke about the return leg and his relationship with Guardiola: "We have to play a completely different game in the return leg. I'm sorry because we lost badly, but we're playing at home and we hope to turn the situation around. Guardiola is helping me a lot in everything, on and off the pitch. He gives me advice and he's a special manager because he finds unexpected solutions. We hope to be able to fix a few things for the second leg. With our fans, it will definitely be different. They need to give us an unprecedented boost, but they will definitely do it because they are special."
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"WHY ARE YOU ACTING SO STRANGE?"

Donnarumma to Guardiola

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