The Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic participated in a call-up with Milan for the first time so far this season this Friday.
The Swedish striker played his last game as a ‘rossonero’ on May 22, against Sassuolo, in the last game of the season that saw Milan crowned champions of the ‘Scudetto’, 19 years after their last conquest.
Three days after that game, Ibra underwent surgery on his left knee, an operation that kept him off the field for eight months.
Italy’s Stefano Pioli, coach of the Milan team, confirmed at a press conference that the Sweden international will be on the bench in the important league game against Turin, at a time when Milan need victory to not move away from the positions of the champions. Competition.
In this way, Pioli is restoring a figure whose importance transcends his role on the green, a player who emerged as the leader of the dressing room, but who is not on the list for the Champions League, as he is not 100 per cent afterwards. the long period of inactivity.
“His role has always been that of a great motivator and a great player, I hope he can continue to be that. For the Champions League, the guarantee he could give us was too limited at the moment, in a month and a half. Who knows?” said the coach at a press conference on Thursday.
Milan are sixth in the table but plunged into a game crisis that has occupied them for seven games in which they have not known a win. Eliminated in the Cup and with the Champions League on the doorstep, the ‘rossoneri’ occupy the Conference League position, one point behind the ‘Champions’ positions, the new goal of this Milan who started the season and wanted to qualify rehabilitate.
Source: El heraldo
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