It was May 6, 2019, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic was playing with Los Angeles Galaxy. Asked about the style of play expressed by the Bianconeri, Ibra did not mince words in rejecting the accusations directed at then-Bianconeri coach Massimiliano Allegri, who was about to move to Milan:
"Guys, the only thing that matters is winning, the important thing is only that. If you don’t win, you get criticized. But if you win and don’t play beautiful football, you still get criticized. So you have to decide what to do: it’s you journalists who make the criticisms, not the public. Does Ajax win thanks to beautiful play? Yes, but where was it in the other years? And then look at Barcelona: it hasn’t won yet and it seems to me they haven’t won the Champions League in quite some time… Trust me, the only thing that matters is winning. It shouldn’t matter how, that has little importance."

What were Allegri and Ibrahimovic's statistics together at Milan?
If you think of Massimiliano Allegri together with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, you automatically think of the 18th Scudetto in Milan’s history, the one the Rossoneri won in 2010/2011. With the coach on the bench and the Swedish striker leading the team up front, the Rossoneri first won the league and then also the Italian Super Cup in the following summer. A pairing that continued into the following season, without a championship, and which was forced to break up at the end of that season with Ibra’s sale to Paris Saint-Germain.
Now, with Massimiliano Allegri returning to Milan, the Livorno-born coach and the Swede will be reunited: and while the role hasn’t changed for the coach, for Zlatan it has—and significantly. Today Ibrahimovic is a Senior Advisor to RedBird within Milan. Under Allegri's coaching, Ibrahimovic played 85 matches and scored 56 goals, winning, as mentioned, a Serie A title and an Italian Super Cup.
This was relayed via Milan News.
