DBasia.news – Zlatan Ibrahimovic asked AC Milan players not to be discouraged after being eliminated from the Europa League. Because, they must immediately focus on the Serie A scudetto competition for the 2020/2021 season.
AC Milan were eliminated from the 2020-2021 Europa League after being defeated by Manchester United 1-0 in the second leg of the last 16, at the San Siro, Friday (19/3). The two teams’ aggregate is 2-1 for the Red Devils’ advantage over Manchester.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic considered, AC Milan has played well. Unfortunately, the final solution becomes an obstacle.
“There is a big disappointment because we did very well in the second leg. We made one mistake and conceded,” said Ibrahimovic to Sky Sports Italia.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic came on in the 65th minute to replace Samu Castillejo. The player who just returned to the Swedish national team has not recovered 100 percent.
“We should have taken more chances. We didn’t deserve to be knocked out today, but this is football.”
“You have to learn from negative moments and use them to grow. We will move on and the season is not over,” explained the striker.
Rise and Win the Scudetto
Zlatan Ibrahimovic refused to be dissolved in this negative result. He wants Milan to rise up and make Serie A the last fight.
“We have to come back stronger in Serie A, learn from mistakes and keep improving. I want to play to win something. We are second and have to keep trying to win the Scudetto,” said the striker.
“If qualifying for the Champions League, that’s good. However, the main objective is to win trophies. I can not say anything about next season. I only know to be here, right now.”
Currently, Milan are entrenched in second place with a difference of nine points from the top standings, Inter Milan. Next, Milan will visit Fiorentina headquarters, Monday (22/3).