Zlatan was clear when he spoke from the images in which he confronted Lukaku and stressed that there is no room for racism in football
Sweden’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a Milan striker, said on Wednesday that “there is no room for racism in his world” and that “we are all the same”, in a message posted on his Twitter account after the harsh altercation and exchange of insults. had it on Tuesday with the Belgian Romelu Lukaku, Inter striker, in the derby of the Italian Cup.
“In the world of ZLATAN there is no place for RACISM. We are all of the same race – we are all the same! We are all PLAYERS, some better than others,” Ibrahimovic wrote in English on his social networks.
The Swede posted this message after the cameras caught his harsh insults against Lukaku at the end of the first half of the San Siro match., in which, among other things, he called his rival “little donkey”.
“Go and do your voodoo rituals of …”, Ibrahimovic told Lukaku, with whom he was also a teammate for a season at Manchester United.
Prior to these sentences, Lukaku responded with other insults against the Swede and his wife, according to Italian media.
The two strikers, stars of the respective teams, came to face each other aggressively, before their teammates helped to restore calm.
Both were warned after the fight, and Ibrahimovic was eliminated for a double yellow for a foul on restart..
The derby ended with a 2-1 for Inter, with a free kick scored by the Danish Christian Eriksen in the 97th minute.