Overview
- PSG beat Arsenal on penalties in the Champions League final in Budapest on Saturday night, securing the club’s victory after a 1-1 draw with extra time.
- Before the match, adult creator Mary Rock posted that she would give goalkeeper Matvei Safonov “as many passionate nights as you have saves” and said after the result she still planned to message him.
- Safonov’s wife, Marina Kondratiuk, publicly rebuked the offer by saying her husband prefers quiet evenings of crosswords and a quiz show and goes to bed early for training.
- Match reports say Safonov was part of the winning side but did not make a save during the game and did not stop a penalty, with critics noting he was beaten early for Arsenal’s opener.
- Coverage framed the episode as tabloid human-interest rather than a sporting controversy, noting Safonov joined PSG from Krasnodar for about £17.3m this season and there are no reports of club or disciplinary action.