Zlatan Ibrahimovic plays the heel but it is Napoli who suffer stage fright


Napoli and Sassuolo’s six-goal thriller upstaged the Milan star’s guest appearance at the Sanremo Music Festival

Zlatan Ibrahimovic took some time off from co-hosting the Sanremo Music Festival to watch Milan draw with Udinese on Wednesday. After weeks of anguished speculation about how his involvement in the event might impact his team’s title push, the Swede had picked up a thigh injury that ruled him out of this game regardless.

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic makes his big entrance at Sanremo...

“Good evening, Italy. It’s an honour to be here, but it’s also a great honour for you to have me here.”

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