MILAN (AP) — Ibrahimovic could lift the AC Milan trophy on Monday.
amulet zlatan ibrahimovic He has yet to come out of retirement, but his 19-year-old son Maximilian has been called up to Milan for the Italian Super Cup.
Maximilian Ibrahimovic was one of six reserve team players who traveled to Saudi Arabia with the first team amid Milan’s long injury list.
His father scored 93 goals in 163 appearances during his two years at Milan, winning two Serie A titles and the Italian Super Cup.
The young Ibrahimovic could make his debut in one of the Rossoneri’s two games in Saudi Arabia.
“They have great skills,” Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri said on Wednesday. “We wanted to reward them for all the hard work they are doing in training.”
Italian Cup runners-up Milan will face Serie A champions Napoli on Thursday. Bologna wins the Italian Cup The next day they will face Serie A runners-up Inter Milan, with the final taking place on Monday.
Of the four teams, only Inter won at the weekend, beating Genoa to take top spot in Serie A. Milan and Napoli both dropped points..
Milan were held to a 2-2 draw with Sassuolo. They became the third promoted side to fail to win this season, after suffering a shock home defeat to Cremonese in their opening game and drawing with Pisa.
“We should be angry but not depressed,” Allegri said.
Milan managed to finish the round in second place, one point behind Inter and one point ahead of Napoli, who lost to Udinese. Bologna lost at home to Juventus.
Although Milan struggled against promoted clubs, they managed to defeat the other teams in the top four this season, including Napoli.
Coach Allegri said, “Tomorrow will be a different game. It’s a knockout game where our goal is to advance to the final.” “Napoli are a very strong team, so they will be angry if they lose to Udinese.
“When there are difficult moments, (Napoli coach) Antonio Conte always manages to bring out the best in his team.”
Milan won the Italian Super Cup for the eighth time last season. Beat Inter in the final This ended the Nerazzurri’s three-game winning streak.
Napoli has won this competition twice, in 1990 and 2014. Bologna ended 51 years of major trophy winnings with the Italian Cup, but have never lifted the Super Cup.
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