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Lukaku and Ibrahimovic without observing the distance rule
Photo: DANIELE MASCOLO / REUTERS
After the rough scenes at the Italian soccer cup duel between Inter and AC Milan, the sports court banned Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Romelu Lukaku for one cup game each.
The court punished the two strikers for their arguments in the 2-1 win Inters on Tuesday.
Lukaku is missing in the semi-final home game on February 2 against the star squad from Juventus Turin with the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo.
"The pictures we saw weren't pretty and will be discussed," said the President of the Italian Football Association (Figc), Gabriele Gravina, on Friday.
The Figc prosecutor had requested the arbitrator's report for their investigation.
In the clash of the Milan city rivals, AC top scorer Ibrahimovic and Inter-professional Lukaku had fierce arguments during the game.
In the tumultuous scenes, Ibrahimovic even gave his opponent a head nut.
The Swede flew in the second half of the game with yellow-red.
The cockfight between the two was a big topic of conversation on the internet and in Italian sports newspapers.
After the game, Ibrahimovic also had to defend himself against allegations of racism.
"There is no place for racism in Zlatan's world," the 39-year-old protested in a post on Twitter on Wednesday.
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