Zlatan Ibrahimović played 18 minutes of football in last season’s match of the 38th round against Sassuolo, in which AC Milan triumphed and became the champion of Serie A. Since then, Ibra has not been seen on the field. After a few days, the Swede decided to go under the knife because of the knee injury he was suffering, and the recovery has been going on for half a year. However, there is light at the end of the tunnel.##NAJAVA_MECA_6911542##Ibra is timing his return to the pitch carefully and it is already stated that it should happen by the end of the current winter. Zlatan is still training individually, but during January he should start with group training and appear on the field late January – early February. In fact, the plan of the legendary goalscorer, who turned 41 this past October, is to be ready for the second leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League against Tottenham.The first duel against the English side will be on February 14, while the second leg is scheduled for March 8. And it is unlikely that Ibra, who has stepped into his fifth decade of life, will be ready for 90 minutes of football, but his presence on the bench, and in perspective and on the field in the role of a reserve player, will be immensely important for the Rossoneri. At the same time, Stefano Pioli does not have God knows how many options in attack. Olivier Giroud is certainly the most recent, but apart from him there is also the unconvincing and often injured Divock Origi and the still insufficiently experienced Marko Lazetić.In his career, Ibrahimovic scored 92 goals in 159 games for AC Milan and set up another 35 goals.At the age of 37:🇧🇷 Pele was retired.🇦🇷 Maradona was retired.🇧🇷 Ronaldo was retired.🇫🇷 Zidane was retired.And then there is Zlatan Ibrahimovic who’s still playing in one of the Europe’s top 5 leagues at the age of 41. Inspiring & example to younger players. pic.twitter.com/V6qaX8Anv8— Frank Khalid (@FrankKhalidUK) December 28, 2022
