Not the names mentioned much like Raheem Sterling, Jorginho, Leonardo Bonucci, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) honored Gianluigi Donnarumma as the Best Player at EURO 2020. His excellent penalty saves helped the Italian team beat England in the final at Wembley.
After 120 minutes of a 1-1 draw, Italy and England had to decide the winner and lose on the 11m mark. In the penalty shootout, the Azzurri goalkeeper judged and blocked two shots from Jadon Sancho Bukayo Saka for the Italian team to take the trophy named Henri Delaunay to Rome.
Before that, the soon-to-be rookie goalkeeper of Paris Saint-Germain was also the card in the semi-final against Spain, when he broke Alvaro Morata's decisive kick. In total, Donnarumma successfully blocked 4 11m at EURO 2020.
Donnarumma became the second goalkeeper to win the award, Kasper Schmeichel, who played a key role when he was crowned with the Danish national team in 1992. It is worth mentioning that Donnarumma could not win the Best Goalkeeper award, because he only kept 3 clean sheets. This tournament belongs to the opponent in the final, Jordan Pickford, with 5 matches without conceding a goal.
Donnarumma has another individual award after being named Serie A's top scorer in the 2020-21 season, when the 22-year-old helped AC Milan return to the Champions League after an eight-year absence.
However, Donnarumma's contract with Milan expired last month. He debuted for the Rossoneri at the age of 16, playing 251 matches for the Rossoneri since then. Now, Donnarumma is close to leaving Italy to go to Paris and competing for a position with Keylor Navas.
