‘Zlatan’s world has no place for racism’

AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has defended himself against allegations that he targeted racist remarks at Inter’s Romelu Lukaku during the Coppa Italia quarter-final on Tuesday, saying there is no place for racism in “Zlatan’s world.”

Ibrahimovic and Lukaku, who played together at Manchester United, exchanged words at the end of the first half before the pair had to stop while the players left the pitch for the interim.

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The referee warned the pair before giving Ibrahimovic another yellow card and a red after the restart for deceiving Aleksandar Kolarov. AC Milan went on to lose 2-1.

The BBC reported that Ibrahimovic had picked up a park-side microphone saying “go your voodoo” to Lukaku, apparently referring to 2018 comments from Everton owner Farhad Moshiri that Belgium had turned down an offer to stay in Merseyside on voodoo messaging advice. “

However, Ibrahimovic said on Instagram: “In Zlatan ‘s world there is no place for racism.

“We’re all of the same race – we’re all equal. We’re all slightly better players than others.”

Sky Sports said the Italian Football Federation is likely to make a decision on the matter on Friday.

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