Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Romelu Lukaku involved in heated clash over voodoo jibe

AC Milan`s Zlatan Ibrahimovic (left) confronts Inter`s Romelu Lukaku during their Italian Cup encounter on Tuesday. Pic/PTI

Zlatan Ibrahimovic squared up to Romelu Lukaku in Tuesday's all-Milan Italian Cup quarter-final, riling his former Manchester United teammate by evoking voodism and calling him a little donkey, according to reports on Wednesday.

AC Milan forward Ibrahimovic and his Inter Milan opponent Lukaku were involved in a heated altercation at the half-time whistle in the San Siro. Ibrahimovic taunted Lukaku and infuriated the Belgian by laughing in his face before the pair went head-to-head. "Go to your voodoo s''', you little donkey," Ibrahimovic told Lukaku in English, alluding to an episode during Lukaku's time at Everton.

In 2018 Everton's shareholder Farhad Moshiri suggested Lukaku had declined a new Everton contract after heeding the advice of a voodoo message. Lukaku rejected outright any notion of voodism influencing his decision to leave Everton.

On Tuesday, Ibrahimovic and Lukaku continued to trade insults. Both players were booked over the incident. Ibrahimovic was subsequently sent off after picking up a second yellow card for bringing down Aleksandar Kolarov. Christian Eriksen scored a last-gasp winner to send Inter into the semi-finals after goals by both Lukaku and
Ibrahimovic.

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