Ibrahimovic hits Balotelli with everything and the Italian responds with a fierce dart

Zlatan Ibrahimovic not only stood out for his attacking abilities, but also for the character he maintained throughout his career. The Swedish striker has now made a comment about a former teammate which has sparked his immediate reaction.

As part of the Sports Festival organized by Gazzetta dello Sport, the former Barcelona player was consulted by Milan striker Rafael Leao. And to show his abilities he ended up comparing him to the Italian Mario Balotelli.

“Let’s not joke about this. Leao is a genius, the only one who sees certain things. That’s why Leao is on the pitch and Balotelli is in the stands. “, he began to emphasize.

“He (Balotelli) had many opportunities to exploit and change his future, but he lost them all . There are a lot of kids waiting for these opportunities and he had a lot of them, but he wasted them. “It’s the truth,” he said of the career of the current striker for Adana Demirspor of the Turkish Super League.

Of course, the answer did not take long to arrive. Balotelli, true to his style, decided to respond to these comments using his social networks. There, on Instagram, he published a story in which he appears lifting the Champions League that he won in the 2010 season with Inter Milan, the same team in which they coincided during the season 2008-2009. a trophy that eluded the Swede.

Of course, that wasn’t all, as the former Manchester City He also tagged Ibrahimovic’s personal account to ensure the Swede saw his response. .

On the other hand, he left a comment on the Instagram account of the Italian sports newspaper, referring to the elimination from the Champions League while both were wearing the same jersey. “ANDIn Manchester, you were scared and I wanted to win (on the pitch). The following year, I still won the Champions League, but Zlatan, I still love you “.

Another of the topics covered by Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the show was the arrival of Lionel Messi in Major League Soccer, a league in which the Swede competed with the Los Angeles Galaxy.

“Now that Messi is gone, they can watch football again. Since I left they’ve been watching baseball “, he said.

He also remembered the moment he decided to leave Barcelona while playing with La Pulga. “I was really looking forward to it, I had done everything I could at Inter and I wanted to continue growing, to experience other challenges. The first six months were great, then the atmosphere changed. changed. But as I always say, from something negative, to something positive. I went through difficult times and I became stronger. It’s something fundamental to grow,” he said. concluded.