The rivalry between the Belgian and the Swede dates back to when they met at Manchester United, where they competed for a position at the front.
ITALY – The Derby of the Madonnina last Tuesday marked another chapter in the clashes between Romelu Lukaku Y Zlatan Ibrahimovic. In the midst of provocations, the players faced each other in the game of Inter de Milan vs. Milan for the quarter-finals of the Italian cup.
The intense discussion between the two, seen by the Swede as a manifestation of a racist nature, recalled the times when Manchester United, where both players played together between 2017 and 2018. Unable to perform in the best way, they usually competed for the starting position.
When they stood side by side on the field, the relationship was far from ideal. In 2019, the Belgian was announced as a reinforcement of Inter Milan, a club where Ibrahimovic won Serie A three times. Over questioned Lukaku In an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport, the Swede revealed a bet he was trying to make.
I would say this about Lukaku: his best weapon is strength. Not very good technically, if you’d listened to me. I offered him £ 50 for every pull-up he did. “
“He asked me what I would give him if he did well, and I replied, ‘Nothing, it just makes you a better player.’ He never accepted it. Maybe he was afraid of losing, “the Swede said.
After one of his first goals with the Inter de Milan, Lukaku he used his social media to say that ‘there was a new king in town’. In 2020, when he returned to Milan, Ibrahimovic He replied by saying that ‘Milan never had a king, it has a God’.
The attackers meet again in the Derby of the Madonnina to be held on February 21, now for the Italian Championship.
The debate about a possible racist expression
During the first part of the match, which ended with a 2-1 victory in Inter’s favor, Lukaku e Ibrahimovic they argued and almost got beat up. The situation did not get worse as the teammates and even the referee helped keep them apart.
The Swedish striker is said to have shot Lukaku at the time of the fight: ‘You’re going to do your sh … voodoo, you’re going to do your sh … voodoo! You’re an idiot, ”Ibrahimovic is said to have said.
The event also refers to an episode where the mother of Romelu Lukaku. When he got to Everton from Chelsea, the attacker is said to have received advice from his mother, who reportedly consulted a voodoo seer, something the Belgian forward denied.
The fight, which took place at the end of the first leg, dragged on after the whistle. On the way to the dressing room, Lukaku tried to go after Ibra again. In English he said, ‘Do you want to talk about my mother? Do you want to talk about my mother? ‘And then he called out in French,’ Bastard. ‘
In the second phase Ibrahimovic got the second yellow after a foul on Kolarov and was sent away. Lukaku scored the tying run. With qualification, Inter advanced to the semi-finals of the competition.