Zlatan riles Lukaku with 鈥榲oodoo鈥 rant at San Siro
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic squared up to Romelu Lukaku in Tuesday鈥檚 all-Milan Italian Cup quarterfinal, riling his former Manchester United teammate by evoking voodooism and calling him 鈥渁 little donkey,鈥 according to reports yesterday.
AC Milan forward Ibrahimovic and his Inter Milan opponent Lukaku were involved in a heated altercation at the half-time whistle in the San Siro.
Ibrahimovic taunted Lukaku and infuriated the Belgian by laughing in his face before the pair went head-to-head.
鈥淕o to your voodoo shit, you little donkey,鈥 Ibrahimovic told Lukaku in English, alluding to an episode during Lukaku鈥檚 time at Everton.
In 2018 Everton鈥檚 majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri suggested Lukaku had declined a new contract after heeding the advice of a voodoo message.
Lukaku, who in 2017 had joined United, rejected outright any notion of voodooism influencing his decision to leave Everton. In a BBC interview in January 2018, a representative of the player raised the possibility of taking legal action against Moshiri, pointing out that Lukaku was in fact Catholic.
On Tuesday, Ibrahimovic and Lukaku continued to trade insults as they headed towards the tunnel with a furious Lukaku being restrained by his teammates. Both players were booked over the incident.
Ibrahimovic was subsequently sent off after picking up a second yellow card 15 minutes after the break for bringing down Aleksandar Kolarov.
Christian Eriksen scored a last-gasp winner to send Inter into the semifinals after goals by both Lukaku and Ibrahimovic.
Milan manager Stefano Pioli and his inter counterpart Antonio Conte played down the row, saying they had not heard the players鈥 arguing and blamed any tension on the nature of the fixture as a Milan derby.
But Italian daily La Repubblica said the clash was 鈥渁 poor spectacle that spoilt a great game鈥 while Corriere della Sera said it was a case of 鈥渙ne goal each, (but) a bad scenario for everyone鈥. Corriere dello Sport called it a 鈥渟hameful鈥 episode.
According to Milan sports daily Gazzetta dello Sport Ibrahimovic apologized to his team for getting sent off but denied using racist terms towards Lukaku.
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