Before Sanremo, Amadeus, the artistic director of the festival, who is also a real Inter fan, has actually tried to put together Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Romelu Lukaku on stage in order to make peace between the Milanese clubs' strikers in the Eurovision, after the famous clash between the two in the Coppa Italia derby back to January.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Amadeus had sent a formal invitation to the Belgian frontman, for which the latter replied by: "There is only Inter, so no thanks". Then he thought of a Milan-Sanremo connection, so much so that Ibra, in the conference on the eve of the match, said: "There are no personal problems, what happens on the pitch remains on the pitch. If Lukaku wants to come, he is welcome".