Zlatan was clear in speaking after the images where he faced Lukaku and has pointed out that there is no room for racism in football
Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a Milan striker, said on Wednesday that in his “world there is no room for racism” and that “we are all equal”, in a message posted on his Twitter account after the heated altercation and exchange of insults had this Tuesday with the Belgian Romelu Lukaku, forward of the Inter, in the derby of Glass Italy.
“In the world of Zlatan there is no room for RACISM. We are all of the same race – ‘we are all equal !! We are all PLAYERS, some better than others,” Ibrahimovic wrote in English on his social media.
The Swede posted this message after the cameras captured his harsh insults to Lukaku at the end of the first half of the San Siro match., In which, among other things, he called his rival “little donkey.”
“Go do your voodoo rituals of …,” Ibrahimovic told Lukaku, with whom he was also a teammate for a season during his time at Manchester United.
Faced with these sentences, Lukaku responded with other insults against the Swede and his wife, as reconstructed by the Italian press.
The two strikers, stars of their respective teams, came to face each other aggressively, before their teammates will help restore calm.
Both were cautioned after the fight and Ibrahimovic was sent off for a double yellow card for a foul committed in the second half..
The derby ended 2-1 for Inter, with a direct free kick scored by Danish Christian Eriksen in the 97th.