Napoli coach, Gennaro Gattuso, gave praise to Zlatan Ibrahimovic. According to Gattuso, the AC Milan striker's appearance this season is much greater than a decade ago.
Facing Napoli at the San Paolo Stadium in the eighth week of Serie A, Monday (23/11/2020) Ibrahimovic is again believed to be the spearhead on the Rossoneri front lines.
The magic of Ibrahimovic at the age of almost four headed Gennaro Gattuso in awe. According to Gattuso, Ibrahimovic current performance is much greater than 10 years ago.
As is known, Gennaro Gattuso was a team with Zlatan Ibrahimovic at AC Milan from 2010 to 2012.
"Milan really believe in Ibra, they believe 100 percent in what they are doing. I feel he looks stronger now than 10 to 12 years ago," said Gattuso.
"They made a cross, because they knew he would welcome him. What we did today was created a lot of chances and did not believe it completely," he continued.
"It's about mentality. Football is about helping each other, being a team, having good and convincing words for your team-mates when they are struggling," said Gennaro Gattuso.
Then AC Milan player, Ismael Bennacer, acknowledged the big impact of Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the Rossoneri I squad - the nickname of Milan. According to Bennacer, Ibrahimovic's professionalism helped Milan succeed in the 2020-2021 season.
Ibrahimovic's big impact was seen again when Milan against Napoli in the Italian League continued this season. Milan came to Napoli's markars, Stadio San Paolo, Monday (23/11/2020), with a bad record.
Rossoneri haven't won at home to Napoli in the last 10 years. Milan last won three points at home to Napoli during a narrow 2-1 win in October 2010.
The bad record stopped early this Monday. Milan won 3-1 against Napoli thanks to an Ibrahimovic brace (20 'and 54') and Jens Petter Hauge's action (90 + 5 '). Meanwhile, Napoli reduced the position through Dries Mertens' goal in the 63rd minute.
The former Swedish national team striker was able to look impressive. According to the statistics recorded by Whoscored, Zlatan Ibrahimovic fired three shots, two of which were aimed at goal, winning eight aerial duels and one successful tackle. Thanks to these two additional goals, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored 10 goals from eight matches with AC Milan in Serie A this season. This number makes the 39-year-old striker entrenched at the top of the Italian League's provisional top scorer list.
In every game, Ibrahimovic shows that he is a great player. We try to do the best we can. During training, he always asked us to be more professional in order to increase our level, "said Bennacer, quoting from Football Italia, Monday (23/11/2020).
Ibrahimovic's goal brought him into the history books of the Italian League. The 39-year-old player passed Silvio Piola's record as the oldest player to score eight goals in the first eight matchdays of the Italian League. Silvio Piola set that record in the 1942 - 1943 season when he was 29 years old. 16.Ibrahimovic broke Pioila's record when he was 10 years older than him. This shows the quality of the Swedish passport player. Ibrahimovic insists that age is just a number.
Ibrahimovic's 10 goals made him the top scorer in the Italian League this season. Ibrahimovic beat Juventus striker, Cristiano Ronaldo (eight goals), and Inter Milan spearhead, Romelu Lukaku (seven goals).
Meanwhile, the win over Napoli confirmed the Rossoneri's position at the top of the standings. Milan are now collecting 20 points narrowly ahead of Sassuolo (18 points), AS Roma (17 points), and Juventus (16 points).
However, Milan's victory over Napoli paid a heavy price for the injury of Ibrahimovic. Ibrahimovic suffered from muscle problems and had to be replaced by Lorenzo Colombo in the 79th minute. If Ibrahimovic's injury is severe, it is a big problem for Milan who all this season have depended on his sharpness.
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