Two immortal myths.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has enriched his collection of acrobatic goals to consolidate the first place of AC Milan, Sunday during the 6th day of Serie A which saw Cristiano Ronaldo, barely back after his quarantine, offer himself a double for his return with Juventus.
In an Italian championship where the veterans seem to be getting younger, Juve suddenly found their Portuguese star, the taste for victory against La Spezia (4-1) and a ranking worthy of its standing ( 3rd, tied on points with Atalanta Bergamo).
With CR7, who missed four matches due to coronavirus, everything becomes easier for coach Andrea Pirlo and his Juve under "construction".
Entered after ten minutes of play in the second half when his team was hung 1-1, the Portuguese took only three minutes to score, served by Alavaro Morata.
And he did not leave it to anyone to transform the 4-1 penalty, after Adrien Rabiot had meanwhile made the break solo, like a striker (68th).
"Cristiano is back!"
("Cristiano is back"), dropped the 35-year-old Portuguese, all smiles, not sorry to have returned to "doing what (he) likes, playing football".
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Until Ronaldo came into play, instead of a transparent Dybala, everything had been more complicated.
The Italian champions had certainly opened the scoring by Morata (14th), at the conclusion of a nice collective movement: a goal that allowed the Spaniard to overcome the curse of the VAR, after several goals refused for offside , especially Wednesday against Barcelona.
But Juve, still at “60.70%” of its possibilities in Pirlo's judgment, still spoiled too much, allowing La Spezia to equalize on one of its rare forays.
Like Ronaldo at Juve, Ibrahimovic justified his star status and the highest salary in the team by pulling AC Milan out of a bad spot on Udinese (2-1).
And with the manner, thanks to one of those acrobatic returns of which he has the secret, a few minutes from the end.
"A beautiful goal", certainly, but above all a kick synonymous with three points in a match that "was not easy", said the Swedish 39-year-old, top scorer in Serie A with now seven goals.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic continues to impress with this kickback to restore the advantage to Milan against Udinese! Https: //t.co/6fufJF0YB3
- beIN SPORTS (@beinsports_FR) November 1, 2020
The Rossoneri, started by the accumulation of matches, were joined at the start of the second half on a penalty (De Paul, 48th) after having opened the scoring by Kessié (18th), already on an impeccable service behind “Ibra ".
Milan, who has found his goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma (Covid-19) and his striker Ante Rebic (elbow) before Lille's arrival in the Europa League on Thursday, stretches his unbeaten streak to 24 matches since the resumption of competition in June.
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