Ibrahimovic drag the Milan in the victory of Naples which allows to maintain the primacy in the standings and to nominate the Rossoneri as one of the contenders for the Scudetto without any doubts, a word that seemed almost a mockery at the beginning of the season, then it became a dream and now, again thanks to Ibra, it is becoming a concrete reality.
With 10 goals scored and a winning mentality conferred on the whole team, even the youngest and most refractory players, the Swede at the age of 39 invented a championship team by himself. The two goals that have struck Napoli are two masterpieces which, moreover, recall the exploits of two great Milan fans of the past. The header that overtook Koulibaly obviously reminded us Hateley on Collovati in that historic derby of the 80s, while Rebic’s goal from knee to cross to kiss has recalled Gullit’s patella shot in that Milan-Turin of 1991-92.
An Ibra like this seems unstoppable and the Swede is right when in the pre-game advises the rookie Bonera not to get stressed on the bench because he “would have thought of it” at Napoli. His 39 years are never seen. Until unfortunately the right leg flexor does not send him a merciless concrete message. Which Ibra captures by stopping 2 minutes later and avoiding, hopefully, further complications.
The extent of the muscle damage will be known from the first instrumental tests, but surely the Swede will miss most of the matches that are missing between now and the winter break. And the loss is very serious. This can be understood from the total disorientation of the team when its driver leaves the field. A loss aggravated by the fact that Leao is also stopped in the pits and that the only alternative is the young and immature Colombo.
In the next few hours, market hypotheses will be wasted to replace the “irreplaceable”. But the reality is that the market opens in 9 games and there are no low cost players able to replace Ibra. The only idea could be to sign a free agent and the first that comes to mind is Balotelli, with Ibra and Raiola who should do everything to put him in line.
The bomber’s injury is the only really out of tune note of the Neapolitan evening in which he returns to shine Theo Hernandez, in which Donnarumma makes a spectacular save worth a goal and in which the star of the young man begins to shine Hauge which scored another very heavy goal, his first in Serie A. The Milan fans did not fully enjoy the victory precisely because of that muscle injury of Ibra, the second this year. But it must be taken into account why even though he is a splendid athlete and an excellent professional, he is still almost 40 years old. Unfortunately.
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