Regarding the quarrel between Ibrahimovic and Lukaku in the derby during the Coppa Italia quarter-finals, Fabio Capello, former Rossoneri manager, told ilgiornale.it the following:
"These are things that sometimes happen between players. I think they both went over the top, but the thing I am sorry about is that they did not fight for a football reason. When you bring out other factors that are external to football, it is never good."
"Ibrahimovic is accused of racism? No. Come on, racism has nothing to do with what happened between him and Lukaku. Zlatan is someone who has lived a bad story like the war in Yugoslavia, he has a Muslim father and a Catholic mother. He is certainly not a racist person. I repeat, there have been unpleasant and silly exchanges of jokes."
On the Serie A:
"I didn't expect to see Milan at the top. I expected to see Inter and Juventus in the lead for various reasons. Conte is in his second year with Inter and therefore there is a sort of continuity. Juventus has had the entry of Pirlo but has come from nine consecutive years of victories and has a strong club management behind him."
On Milan's season so far:
"The Rossoneri team showed a fantastic and an exceptional 2020. That was the real surprise because of their continuity in performance."
