Zlatan Ibrahimovic said Wednesday
his hamstring injury is less severe than expected and he will
only be out "for a couple of weeks at most."
In an interview with Swedish sports daily Sportbladet, the
Sweden great and AC Milan centre-forward explained how he still
thinks he has a lot to give at the age of 39, after bagging his
12th Swedish Golden Ball.
"I fell I'm still alive, I can still show what I'm capable of,
and achieve things in what I'm good at," he said.
"Then, the results speak for themselves, and it's an honour
every time you win the Golden Ball".
"It's all in your mindset. Milan needed me," he said.
Ibrahimovic will miss at least Milan's next three matches after
suffering an injury to his left hamstring in Sunday's 3-0 win at
Napoli, in which he bagged a brace to keep the Rossoneri on top
of Serie A before limping off, the seven-time European champs
said Monday.
The Sweden great, who recently came back from COVID-19, will
have to skip the Rossoneri's two Europa League fixtures against
Lille and Celtic, and a Serie A date with Fiorentina, Milan
sources said.
Milan are currently atop Serie A, two points clear of surprise
package Sassuolo, thanks mainly to the giant Swede.
He has scored 10 goals in Serie A this term, two more than
Juventus's Portugal legend Cristiano Ronaldo.
The former Ajax, Juventus, Inter, Man Utd, Barcelona and PSG
player helped Milan to their 18th and latest scudetto in 2011,
during his first spell at the club from 2010 to 2012.
Milan are three ahead of third-placed Roma, four ahead of
Juventus in fourth, and five clear of fifth-placed Inter Milan.
Napoli, Atalanta and Lazio are joint sixth on 14 points.
Milan face Lille in the Europa League Thursday night .
Aftre three matches, the Rossoneri are second in Group H on six
points, one behind the French club.
Sparta Prague are third on three points and Celtic bottom on
one.
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