Portuguese giants Cristiano Ronaldo and Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic gathered in common in their football career, in which they proved that age is just a number that cannot be predicted with the date of their retirement in light of the escalating offensive pattern, and the machine of the goals that are still being wasted strongly, enthusiasm and high competitiveness in their controversial and attractive statements to the masses and the media , Until "narcissism" became the adjective feature of both for years.
The "Sultan" Ibrahimovic (38 years) met with "Don" Ronaldo (35 years and five months) at the Top of Ages between Milan and Juventus in round 31 of the Italian Football League, the day before yesterday, and I witnessed a similar scenario for some of the past encounters of both players in different shirts, Ibrahimovic and his comrades made an "impossible Rimontada", after turning their backs with two clean goals to a victory by four within six minutes, amid the astonishment of Ronaldo and his colleagues.
This match reminiscent of the 2013 Portugal match with Sweden in which Ronaldo denied his opponent Ibrahimovic from qualifying for the World Cup «Brazil 2014» when Ibrahimovic scored two goals, but Ronaldo responded to him with a “hat-trick”, to end the exciting confrontation with the victory of the “Don” 3- 2, which means that Cristiano has spent the last attempt at Ibrahimovic in the dream of participating in the World Cup, which he has not set foot in until now.
The confrontation of the day before yesterday reflected the value of the veteran strikers by defeating their colleagues from the younger generation, as Ronaldo continued to draw his way towards the Serie A top scorer scoring goal number 26, and he becomes three goals away from striker Lazio Shiro Imobili seven rounds before the end of the championship, while he continued Ibrahimovic had a direct impact on improving Milan's results and satisfying his fans, especially since the "Lombardy" team defeated Lazio, "the runner-up", in the last round with three goals from which Ibrahimovic scored a goal.
With his big victory, Milan prevented his Juventus rival from widening the difference to 10 points in the lead, especially after the surprise defeat of 1-2 for his closest pursuers Lazio against Lecce, who is ranked 17th in the "Calcio", to keep the difference between them at seven points before the expected confrontation between them in 20 months. What is going on in the 34th round, which the "old lady" team is afraid to fight amid greater pressure, especially that he will meet with "stubborn and developed" Atlanta in the next round next Saturday.
After the meeting, Ibrahimovic told the Italian “DZN” network, after the cameras showed him laughing the moment of reducing the difference 1-2: “I am old, this is not a secret, age is just a number, I work well, and I get a good balance, I played Today more than the last game, I feel comfortable, to be honest, I try to help the team in every way. ”
He added: «I am a president, player and coach, the only negative is that I only receive my salary as a player, if I had been here from the first day of the season, Milan would have won (Scudetto) for sure .. We will see, there is still a month to enjoy it, but there is a strange situation happening And we do not control that. ”
"If I don't make the difference, I don't like it. I'm not here to be a talisman to bring good luck. I'm here to help my team-mates, the club and the fans."
For his part, Ronaldo said through his official account on the site "Instagram": "It was not the result that we wanted, but we have to raise our heads and continue to work."
The results of Ronaldo's confrontations with Ibrahimovic
July 7, 2020:
Serie A: Milan (Ibrahimovic) 4-2 Juventus (Ronaldo).
February 13, 2020:
Italian Cup: Juventus (Ronaldo) 1-1 Milan (Ibrahimovic)
November 3, 2015:
UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid (Ronaldo) 1-0 Paris (Ibrahimovic).
October 21, 2015:
UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid (Ronaldo) 0-0 Paris (Ibrahimovic).
November 19, 2013:
World Cup 2014 Qualifiers: Portugal (Ronaldo) 3-2 Sweden (Ibrahimovic).
November 15, 2013:
World Cup 2014 Qualifiers: Portugal (Ronaldo) 1-0 Sweden (Ibrahimovic).
November 3, 2010:
UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid (Ronaldo) 2-2 Milan (Ibrahimovic).
October 9, 2010:
UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid (Ronaldo) 2-0 Milan (Ibrahimovic).
November 29, 2009:
UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid (Ronaldo) 0-1 Barcelona (Ibrahimovic).
March 11, 2009:
UEFA Champions League: Man United (Ronaldo) 2-0 Inter Milan (Ibrahimovic).
February 24, 2009
UEFA Champions League: Man United (Ronaldo) 0-0 Inter Milan (Ibrahimovic).
October 11, 2008:
Portugal (Ronaldo) 0-0 Sweden (Ibrahimovic).
The remaining matches for Juventus
Atlanta (11 - 7).
Sassuolo (15 - 7).
Lazio (20 - 7)
Udinese (23-7).
Sampdoria (26-7).
Cagliari (29 - 7).
Rome (2-8).
Serie A arrangement 7 rounds to close
Juventus: 75 points.
Lazio: 68 points.
Inter Milan: 64 points.
Atlanta: 63 points.
Milan: 49 points.
Rome: 48 points.
Naples: 48 points.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic:
"I am a president, player and coach. The only negative is that I only receive my salary as a player."
Cristiano Ronaldo:
"It was not the result that we wanted, but we have to raise our heads and continue working."
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