How serious the damage is remains to be seen. But it is undeniably inconvenient, quite exactly one month before the start of the European Championships.
The knee injury he suffered during his time at Manchester United, and which kept him away for a long period, affected his high knee. This time he took to his left knee when he grinned badly.
An indication that the injury is not serious was that Zlatan remained at the substitutes’ bench for the rest of the match.
The match in Turin was of awful importance, for both teams. Games in this autumn’s Champions League were in the pot. The teams both had 69 points, with Milan in fifth place, below the Champions League line.
It was packed with many foul passes during virtually the entire first half. Milan managed to tame the reigning champions’ offensive. A player like Cristiano Ronaldo was more or less invisible.
And in extra time before the break, Milan took the lead through Brahim Diaz who pushed the ball up the net.
Nine minutes into In the second half, Milan got the chance to see the lead after Chiellini was covered by a shot with his arm inside the penalty area. Franck Kessie took the penalty for Milan, but Szczesny in Juventus’ goal saved.
A save that gave the home team energy to go for the equalizer. And it did not look good when Zlatan left.
But with twelve minutes left of regular, Ante Rebic took advantage of weak defensive play by Juventus, got a dream hit from a distance and hung the ball in the right cross. Then Fikayo Tomori closed the match three minutes later by nodding in 3-0 after a free kick.
The three-pointer means that Milan rises to third place in the table. And that Milan will most likely play in the Champions League this autumn.
Reigning champions Juventus, on the other hand, now risk missing the Champions League.
And then the question is how interested is Cristiano Ronaldo to stay at the club?
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