Lukaku Breaks Silence On Zlatan Fight
08 May, 2021
Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku has broken his silence in the extreme and heated on-field struggle he had along with his ex - Manchester United teammate Zlatan Ibrahimovic previous this year.
The two former colleagues clashed throughout a Coppa Italia meet between Inter and city rivals AC Milan in January, with the Swede reportedly calling Lukaku a "donkey".
Lukaku and Ibrahimovic then entered into a battle of phrases, before Ibrahimovic was in the future sent off after picking right up a second yellow card for a great unrelated incident.
Now, within an interview with Corriere della Sera, Lukaku offers admitted he regrets reacting the way he did.
"We were losing 1-0, I missed a goal, I was a bit angry.
"His terms struck me. I'm unhappy with having reacted like this.
"I am humble and calm, I am successful and I fight to the loss of life for my teammates and for the triumph."
The former Everton forward then continued to say that Ibrahimovic being in Serie A is good for Italian football.
"A great person, he features won everywhere he possesses played, he has scored more than 500 goals," he added.
"We want players of the level in Serie A. He really wants to get for himself, me for Inter, (Cristiano) Ronaldo for Juve, now there is definitely Mou )Jose Mourinho) at Roma: all of them are good stuff for Italy.
"The particular level is raised, let's hope Inter win again."
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za