Ibra-Lukaku, the dispute in the Inter-Milan 2021 derby

Anyone who has ever practiced sport, at any level, knows well that words fly in the field that remain there in most cases. Have you ever sent your country to that country your best friend for a wrong step, an error under the net, or a foul that could be saved? We climb level, at the top, to professionals. The tension, the stakes, the rivalry: here the verbal clashes rise in tone, they also become heavy offenses. It happened 4 years ago in the Inter-Milan Italian Cup derby. The contenders? Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Romelu Lukaku. With the Belgian who has now tense an olive branch at the Swedish. “If I clarified with him? – he said in the interview with the Gazzetta – It is not needed. But I have respect for his career: he was a unique player”.

the facts

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As mentioned, the exchange of views dates back to Tuesday 26 January 2021, quarter of the Italian Cup final. Ibra leads the devil to take the 31 ‘, towards the end of the first half Zlatan and Romelu are looking for, the Rossoneri crosses the gaze of the Belgian, smiles in a provocative way and then says to him: “Call your mom, go to make your voodoo rites of M …, little donkey”. The reference was to what happened years earlier, when Lukaku refused to renew the contract with Everton, despite a super offer, because one step away from the agreement he was stopped by Mother Adolphine, Congolese origins, who in a voodoo rite – precisely received the suggestion to have his son sign with Chelsea. Romelu then went to United, where he found Ibra. Obviously Lukaku is not silent: “Do you want to talk about my mother? Why? Fottiti, you and your mother. Let’s talk about yours, about mom: it’s a p …”. In short, a sad curtain.

mural

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At 45 ‘an irrepressible Lukaku went to look for the Swedish, struggled with difficulty by the Nerazzurri Team Manager Tagliacne, from Lele Oriali and some companions. Along the way to the changing rooms, Romelu would also have told Zlatan “I shoot you on your head”. In the second half Ibra, already warned for the dispute, caught another yellow and was expelled. Then came the draw on penalty, transformed by the Belgian himself. And at 97 ‘Eriksen’s goal decided the challenge. That literal head to head also became a mural outside San Siro. Today Romelu still plays for Antonio Conte, but at Napoli. Ibra has stopped two years ago, but he is still in the Milan orbit as an Red Bird consultant. They will no longer cowardly on the pitch. After all, better this way, even if now the reconciliation seems possible.