PSG has won its second consecutive Champions League. He had to wait for the penalty shootout, but he did not fail, as usual. Safonov did not have to stop four shots, like against Flamengo in the Intercontinental, but he held up very well to force the shots away from Eze and the final one from Gabriel.
With this round, there are now five in a row with PSG. Luis Enrique’s team eliminated Liverpool on penalties in the Champions League round of 16 and won the two Super Cups (in France and Europe) and the Intercontinental Cup from the spot.
Safonov already has two. It started Donnarumma, that stopped the shots of Darwin Núñez and Curtis Jones at Anfield. Chevalier, who came to be the starting goalkeeper, saved a penalty against Van de Ven against Tottenham in his debut; Safonov made history by stopping four maximum penalties against Flamengo on the Intercontinental and Chevalier, Once again, he vindicated himself against Marseille by saving O’Riley and Traoré’s penalties.
Borja Álvarez, PSG’s goalkeeping coach
It was the Russian’s turn tonight. We will have to put a monument to Borja Álvarez, Luis Enrique’s goalkeeping coach. Already against Flamengo, on the historic night, he headed towards the fateful area with a red towel that hid the pertinent notes. Tonight, I checked them before every Arsenal kick. It is true that he did not stop any of them, but he was once again key for PSG.
