Zlatan Ibrahimovic was vulnerable to ruffling feathers of his opponents throughout his esteemed 24-year profession, although he additionally managed to bother a fellow AC Milan legend even after they’d retired.
Alessandro Costacurta spent over 20 years at AC Milan between 1986 and 2007, aside from a yr’s mortgage spell at Monza in 1986, making over 750 appearances in whole. Throughout his time at San Siro he gained seven Serie A titles, 5 Champions League/European Cups, and the Coppa Italia.
The defender additionally fashioned an important a part of Arrigo Sacchi’s famed aspect of the late Eighties, although that does not cease Costacurta from wanting again at his profession with some annoyance.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic angered AC Milan legend Alessandro Costacurta
Enjoying within the remaining sport of his profession earlier than retiring on the finish of the 2006/07 season, Milan gained a penalty towards Udinese. Costacurta stepped up and slotted house to develop into the oldest goalscorer in Serie A, aged 41 years and 25 days.
He managed to retain that document till 2023, when Zlatan Ibrahimovic surpassed him with a penalty of his personal, additionally towards Udinese, aged 41, 5 months and 15 days previous.
In doing so, the vigorous Swede irritated Costacurta, now 58, who wished to maintain that document sturdy and with him for the remainder of his life.
“It irritated me as a result of I wished to stay in Milan’s historical past and Zlatan took that from me,” Costacurta completely tells FourFourTwo.
“I performed till 41 as a result of I used to be fortunate by no means to have a severe damage – I simply broke my knee as soon as. In any other case, I used to be very cautious about my physique, what I ate and drank, and the way I slept. There have been no unbelievable secrets and techniques.”
That Ibrahimovic aim proved essential in breaking the document, too – he retired on the finish of the 2022/23 season, and solely scored as soon as all through the complete marketing campaign.
