Ibrahimovic instills champion character in Milan

Ibrahimovic instills champion character in Milan

Milan's top goalscorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic, spoke about his challenge after returning to San Siro.

Milan have had a serious fever in recent years. The management constantly entered into skirmishes with the management in matters of transfers and coaching appointments. But Pioli seemed to fit the club and there was no need to change him to Ralf Rangnick, as the president wanted.

But Rossoneri had a global problem - they did not survive the generational change. The last time the club took Scudetto was in the 2010/11 season, when the team was coached by Massimiliano Allegri, and Clarence Seedorf, Thiago Silva, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Filippo Inzaghi and Robinho played for it. Then there was a radical purge with the arrival of Chinese investors and no smooth transition.

After long wanderings and changes of coaches, Milan decided to return to the right path and invited 38-year-old Ibrahimovic to give the basics to the players in moral terms. They took not only a first-class striker, who takes advantage of the lack of personal pressure from the defenders and positionally outplays them in two steps, but also a lump that remembers the achievements of old Milan,

“It was a great challenge for me to come back here to try to change the mentality of the club, to rectify the situation and to make the players understand what Milan is. Milan that I know. Milan, which the whole world knows.

I am never satisfied, I always want more. Maybe that's why I'm here today. I don’t see many players, both in the past and in the present, who could act like me. I consider myself Benjamin Button - every day I am getting younger. I need to feel alive,” Ibrahimovic said.

Right now, Milan are confidently on the first line in the league, taking advantage of the mistakes of Andrea Pirlo at Juventus and the instability of their neighbors, Inter. Ibra plays at a high pace for 30-40 minutes for the entire match and this is enough to beat Napoli or take points from Roma. Even without the Swede, Rossoneri beat Fiorentina 2:0 and continue to go along with Juventus unbeaten in Serie A.

Therefore, Milan did everything right, inviting a forward of this caliber. Pioli managed to connect the old generation with the young and without innovations in playing style and tactics permanently gain victories, being ahead of rivals by five points after the ninth round.