Dream Sunday for Zlata Ibrahimovic: Back on the pitch, he scored in his team’s victory and set a record in Italian football.
The Portuguese Rafael Leao and Zlatan, in their return after four months out, decided this Sunday the 2-0 victory of AC Milan against Lazio and allowed him to continue with the full of victories in Serie A, three of three.
The team of Stefano Pioli, Porto’s rival of Matheus Uribe and Luis Díaz in the Champions League, in a group that also includes Liverpool and Atletico Madrid, got in Naples the front of the league standings in a night opened by Leao and sealed by “Ibra”, in which, in addition, the Ivorian Frank Kessie, missed a penalty with the 1-0 in the luminous one.
Returning after a four-month layoff due to a left knee injury, in which he underwent surgery in June, Ibrahimovic only needed seven minutes on the field to be reunited with the goal. Pioli gave way to the game time to recover sensations, also in the face of the prestigious visit to Anfield next Wednesday.
Combing with a colorful braid, the veteran Swedish striker, who will turn forty on October 3, made it 2-0 in the 67th minute, with a comfortable touch after a low cross from the Croatian ante rebić. He pushed the ball with his right leg and with his boot unbuttoned, as when he started the Milan counterattack Ibra was about to get on his knees to fix the problem.
With this goal, the legendary striker broke a new record in his famous career. He became the most veteran foreign footballer to score in Serie A at 39 years and 344 days. Pure history.
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