The 41-year-old Ibrahimovic has become the oldest scorer in the history of Serie A. Marelli believes that the referee is right to let Ibrahimovic take a penalty kick

2023-03-19 12:14

The 41-year-old Ibrahimovic has become the oldest scorer in the history of Serie A. Marelli believes that the referee is right to let Ibrahimovic take a penalty kick

In the 27th round of Serie A in the 2022-23 season , Milan lost 1-3 away to Udinese. Ibrahimovic started for Milan .


According to statistics, the 41 -year-old Ibrahimovic is the oldest outfield player in the era of the three-point system in Serie A. According to statistics, Ibrahimovic is the third outfield player to start in Serie A since the 1994-95 season, the first two being Wiljo Ward and Costacurta.


In this game, Ibrahimovic scored a penalty kick and surpassed Costacurta to become the oldest scorer in the history of Serie A. Costacurta, who was the guest commentator of the game, talked about his record being broken.


Costacurta expressed regret that he left the all-time record list of this important team, but also believes that he has other statistics that will be remembered. Costacurta also played against Udinese on behalf of Milan at the time. He said that he scored the record-setting goal in the game against Udinese, which was also his last game before retiring.


In this game, former Serie A referee Marelli believed that the referee's decision to let Ibrahimovic take a penalty kick was correct.


Milan won a penalty kick in stoppage time in the first half. Ibrahimovic's penalty was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper. However, the referee and VAR later ordered Ibrahimovic to take a penalty kick. Udinese coach Sotir protested on the sidelines. To the red card. Ibrahimovic scored the second penalty kick to help the team equalize the score 1-1 .


Marelli said that Udinese goalkeeper Silvestri saved the penalty at the time, but Beto entered the penalty area early and went to grab the ball. In this case, if a player fouls and enters the penalty area early and grabs the ball again, then a penalty kick is required, which is the correct penalty. Sotir's protest was useless, complaining about heavy penalties, although this time the penalty was correct.