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(Milan-Bologna 2-0) Zlatan Ibrahimovic entered the Serie A season with two goals and fantastic details. Bodø / Glimt has a man they have to stop on Thursday.
– It is important to note that we do not lie down and tremble at night. We are only looking forward. We have to invent the “box” more than ever in life. It will be our entry into this match, Bodø / Glimt coach Kjetil Knutsen tells VG.
The Northerners arrive in Milan with 20 games in a row without losing (18-2-0) in the qualifying rounds of the Norwegian series and the Europa League. After 74 goals against Norwegian and Lithuanian rivals, Glimt passes the ultimate test.
His name is Zlatan.
– The boy will turn 39 in a few weeks. That score was an incredibly high level, says Knutsen after watching a match that was in the Swede’s name. The forward, who turns 40 on October 3, was at the center of it all at Giuseppe Meazza on Monday night. Knutsen is confident that Zlatan will also be available on Thursday.
– He will play, says Glimt’s coach.
After just over half an hour the first goal came. On a powerful header off the post by French left-back Theo Hernández. Both Bolonia stopper Danilo and midfielder Nicolás Domínguez soared into the air.
But there was an idea: the deflected ball turned into a cross towards Lukasz Skorupski, who was waiting for him in the area. 133rd goal by the Swede in the Italian first division.
DOUBLE ZLATAN: It is mainly about Zlatan Ibrahimovic at the premiere of Serie A in Milan. Here he applauds the first goal tonight. Photo: Antonio Calanni / AP
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Milan put Bologna, number 12 in Serie A last season, under great pressure. Ibrahimovic came close to scoring after some fantastic details early in the game. He played free with a kick to the heel, but the shot went straight outside.
– Impressively good team. They stand unbelievably high on the field and push. It must be one of the best teams in the Europa League. Top quality at all levels, says Knutsen, and besides Zlatan, he’s particularly impressed with French Hernandez.
At five minutes into the second half, the score came in second. After a VAR check, the referee pointed to the penalty spot. Ibrahimovic hit the ball into the net behind the Pole in the Bologna cage.
– Ibra was the difference, says Bologna coach Sinisa Mihailovic, according to Gazetta dello Sport.
After just over an hour, the triplet could have arrived. But the solo shot with Skorupski ended outside from an angle.
Towards the end, Milan revealed some defensive weaknesses. But he was stopped by goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and his right post before Bologna’s Mitchell Dijks received his second yellow card. With the expulsion the emotion ended.
– They lost a bit of shape towards the end, says Knutsen.
CENTER: Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates the penalty shoot-out with (from left) Hakan Calhanoglu, Ante Rebic and Franck Kessie. Photo: Antonio Calanni / AP
Zlatan is in the center mainly in Milan. The Italian comeback has worked almost perfectly and has lifted the club to sixth place and Europa League matches this summer.
This season has started with three goals against Shamrock Rovers and Bologna. On Thursday, Bodø / Glimt awaits in the third round of the Europa League qualifying.
Earlier this summer, you should have been ready for a deep cleaning in Milan. Sports director Zvonomir Boban was fired. It is said that the German Ralf Rangnick was destined for the job of a coach. The 62-year-old German has coached RB Leipzig for two stints and was reportedly due to renew Milan. Zlatan shouldn’t have been in the German’s plans.
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But Zlatan finished the season with five goals in the last four games. Thus, he signed a new contract and coach Stefano Pioli kept his position in Milan.
– Who exactly is Ralf Rangnick? I don’t even know who he is, said the comeback striker according to Aftonbladet.
Now the German technician has spoken to the Financial Times.
– It’s not that I don’t like Zlatan. Where should it not be? At the age of 38, he is still in fantastic shape. You can still decide matches, says Rangnick reproduced by Football Italy.
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-But the question is, where does the club want? What is Milan? For me, the signing of Ibrahimovic was a contradiction.
But it was no bigger than Zatan Ibrahimovic has made most things in Milan.
Adversity has turned into success.
And now Bodø / Glimt is waiting.
– For us, this will be an incredibly good reference of our position. We must prepare well both for how we will defend ourselves and to attack. But it must be through the way we play soccer, says Glimt’s coach, Kjetil Knutsen.
