Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Ibrahimovic Battered Gattuso in a jiu-jitsu sparring
By db-admin
DBasia.news – AC Milan legend, Robinho, revealed that Zlatan Ibrahimovic had challenged and defeated Gennaro Gattuso in a Jiu-Jitsu sparring.
Robinho, Ibrahimovic and Gattuso have played together in Milan. The three also successfully led the Rossoneri to win the Scudetto and Coppa Italia in the 2010-11 season.
According to Robinho, Ibrahimovic is an arrogant player. However, it actually makes the Swedish player has high confidence.
“Zlatan often said that he had convinced Milan to recruit me … He would say: ‘You are here because of me,'” Robinho said in Marca.
“Is he arrogant? Yes, but in a good way. He has confidence in his talent. “
According to Robinho, Ibrahimovic, who has several black belts in martial arts, including Jiu-Jitsu, has challenged Gattuso to a sparring. He is known to be ‘fierce’ on the field and likes to do hard tackles on opponents.
“One day in training he challenged Gattuso to jiu-jitsu. Right before your eyes, you have this ferocious man doing martial arts against Zlatan, who is a black belt. Who won? Zlatan always wins, “Robinho added.
Ibrahimovic himself returned to Milan in the second half of the 2019/2020 season. This is the second period he has defended Milan. This season, he has defended Milan in ten matches in all competitions and contributed four goals.