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AC Milan: Zlatan achieves a brace and says he is getting younger ... like Benjamin Button

2020-09-22T10:17:51.103Z


Author of two goals against Bologna for the first day of Serie A, the Swede, 38, compared himself to Benjamin Button, this character of


Physically, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is not the exact double of Brad Pitt.

The Swedish striker, 39 years old on October 3, however, took on the role of Benjamin Button, held by the American in 2008 according to the fantastic news from Francis Scott Fitzgerald, after his double with AC Milan against Bologna, Monday evening, for the first day of Serie A.

Always so subtle in the combined art of megalomania and the second degree, the former goalscorer of PSG compared himself to this funny character who was born at 80 and lived his life backwards, without being able to stop the course time.

Let it be said, the Zlatan gets better with age and is approaching the 500 goals scored in club since his debut in Malmö… in 1999.

Benjamin Button pic.twitter.com/RtYq2TH0Wr

- Zlatan Ibrahimović (@Ibra_official) September 21, 2020

"If I had been 20 tonight (Monday night), I would have scored four goals, not two, but luckily I'm 39. I'm like Benjamin Button: I was born old, but I'm going to die young" , joked the incomparable Zlatan after the game.

Convinced of the state of form of Ibrahimovic, who was at the end of his contract, the Lombard club did not hesitate to extend one of its major players for a season for 7 million euros.

Well seen.

The former player of Inter, Barcelona, ​​PSG, Manchester United or Los Angeles Galaxy opened the scoring with a stung header (35th) before driving the nail on a strong penalty (50th).

Even missing the hat-trick in a badly negotiated face-to-face with the Bologna goalkeeper (63rd).

Rejuvenating bath

"The team has worked well: it is clear that we are not yet 100%, but it was important to start well," said the Scandinavian veteran.

The objective is to do better than last year (

Editor's note: sixth in the championship 17 points from Juventus.)

This year, we have to think from match to match, play with confidence, as if it was always a final.

»Immersed in his bath of youth, Zlatan does not lack of appetite.

God Save the Queen pic.twitter.com/4wIC8lwn5A

- Zlatan Ibrahimović (@Ibra_official) August 11, 2020

“The last six months that we have done have shown that we can achieve certain objectives, he breathed when he decided to stay in Lombardy.

But we must not forget that we have not won anything.

In my head, the goal is always to win something.

This season we have to win something.

“Next performance Sunday in Crotone…

Source: leparis

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