{"id":10912,"date":"2021-09-28T11:19:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T05:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=153505"},"modified":"2021-09-28T11:19:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T05:49:06","slug":"gianluigi-donnarumma-to-make-champions-league-debut-against-manchester-city-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/gianluigi-donnarumma-to-make-champions-league-debut-against-manchester-city-on-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Gianluigi Donnarumma to make Champions League debut against Manchester City on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, one of the biggest matches of this year\u2019s UEFA Champions League features Paris Saint Germain vs Manchester City, in what will be an epic contest for the fans to keep their eyes on. This fixture doesn\u2019t get any better as they are filled with global superstars all around the world. All going to show their strength at the center stage at the Parc de Frances Stadium on Wednesday when these two heavyweights clash. It will be a big challenge for newly signed Sergio Ramos, goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and legend Lionel Messi with his reunion with Pep Guardiola as well.<\/p>\n<p>Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano has confirmed the news with his social media post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gianluigi Donnarumma will start for Paris Saint-Germain tonight and make his official debut in Champions League. He\u2019s one of the best goalkeepers in the world and will finally play in the best competition. \ud83e\udde4\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UCL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UCL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PSG?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PSG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI dream of playing Champions League\u201d \u2013 he said years ago. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Se8NXdgpxR\">pic.twitter.com\/Se8NXdgpxR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1442679242496647168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There are many reports coming alongside the football world, that Italian superstar goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma will be making his debut against Manchester City in this eye-catching fixture. This is probably the biggest game of the entire season as fans can\u2019t wait to see the debutant\u2019s performance on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>The Euro 2020 winner was been kept out of the PSG starting eleven by the current number one Keylor Navas since his arrival this summer. With the lack of playing time raising eyebrows, particularly across the Italian press, the 22-year-old has made only two appearances during his short time in the French capital so far and will be looking to dethrone Navas.<\/p>\n<p>PSG manager Mauricio Pochettino certainly appears to give the former Italian man the nod to face Pep Guardiola\u2019s troops, as Les Parisiens look to bounce back from the draw in Brugge with a win against the side that knocked them out in the semi-final stage of the competition last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Italian goalkeeper will return to the Champions League as he is set to make his debut against Pep Guardiola\u2019s Manchester City for what will be a mouthwatering clash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":33388,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[487,220,1318,568,359,48],"class_list":["post-10912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-lionel-messi","tag-manchester-city-f-c","tag-mauricio-pochettino","tag-paris-saint-germain","tag-pep-guardiola","tag-uefa-champions-league"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}