Social networks dedicated to his wife and children, only one match in the league with the Rossoneri (against Roma, to forget …): this is who the Romanian goalkeeper will take the place of Maignan
When he sees the spotlight he takes a step back. “I’m not a club guy.” Tatarusanu is like that. The antithesis of the slightly crazy, unpredictable, instinctive goalkeeper, that’s what the pitch is for. Ciprian is quiet, reserved, he lives in a villa outside Milan and when he is not training he devotes himself to the family. Three children with Antoaneta, a life partner. If you take a ride on his Instagram 70% of the photos are with them. The last post is from 13 September, has no captions and only describes his work: he on the pitch as a Rossoneri. Now it’s up to him. After Maignan’s injury – at least two months off for the operation on his left wrist – “Tata” will defend Milan’s goalposts.
Yield
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So, suddenly, deep down he now knows how to do it. Until 2019 he has always played a starter. Gloria Bistrita, Steaua Bucharest, Fiorentina, Nantes with Ranieri, then a second year in Lyon and two more in Milan. “I know what my role is”. The twelfth. The Rossoneri have taken Mirante, but “Spider man” should play instead of Maignan, a nickname earned in Romania after the two titles with Steaua. Five games last year, some good and some less. In the Europa League, against Sparta Prague, he kept a clean sheet twice. Promoted. In the Italian Cup he was decisive against Toro neutralizing Rincon’s penalty in the last act, but in the league he was postponed. Against Roma – where Mirante played, by the way – he made a couple of serious mistakes in the 3-3 (an empty exit and a wrong placement). It is the only match in Serie A played by “Tata” with Milan. Against Verona, still at San Siro, he will have the opportunity to redeem himself. Pay attention to the variable penalties: in his career he has saved 9, including one to Fernando Torres in 2013 in the Europa League, conceding 48.
Experience
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Curiosity: Tatarusanu is one of the players of the Rossoneri squad with the most appearances in the European cups. Of course, he is 35 years old and has a lot of experience, but under the heading ‘games played’ between Europe and the Champions League it says 61. Not a few. Not to mention the 73 appearances with the Romanian national team, who left in November 2020. “It is right that other goalkeepers show off”. Translated: I gave everything, now I enjoy family. The Champions, we said. Ciprian will play at the Dragao in Porto. The last appearance in the big cup was on 11 December 2013 at Stamford Bridge, 1-0 against Chelsea. Six appearances that year. Then he always played the Europa League. In 2014/15, with Fiorentina di Montella, he reached the semifinals (lost to Sevilla). The Viola remains his best parenthesis: arrived in silence in 2014, in the following two seasons he has always played a starter. Outside Boruc, inside “Spider-man” in Bucharest: 39 clean sheets in 101 matches. Paulo Sousa has always believed in it. “For him I am the owner. I play the ball even 50 times per game, I’m not afraid if they pass it to me ”. Last summer he arrived in Milan by car, alone. He stopped at the hotel for dinner and went on medical examinations the next day. In silence, without reflectors, in tranquility, because that’s how Ciprian is.
October 13 – 10:56 pm
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