Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Romelu Lukaku clash in Milan derby | Football News

Zlatan Ibrahimovic clashed with former Manchester United team-mate Romelu Lukaku throughout a heated Milan derby within the Italian Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday.

AC Milan’s Ibrahimovic and Inter’s Lukaku had been each booked following a spat on the finish of the primary half, which continued into the tunnel in the course of the interval.

The pair could possibly be seen – and heard on tv as a result of San Siro being empty – exchanging insults as Lukaku needed to be restrained by his team-mates as he tried to confront the Swedish ahead.

Ibrahimovic, who had given Milan a first-half lead, was despatched off after choosing up a second yellow card after the break, whereas Lukaku levelled with a penalty earlier than Christian Eriksen struck a stoppage-time winner for Inter to ship them by means of with a 2-1 win.

Ibrahimovic and Lukaku spent the 2017-18 season as team-mates at Outdated Trafford, with the Belgian having beforehand mentioned he was capable of be taught from his fellow striker throughout that interval.

Nevertheless, there gave the impression to be a scarcity of goodwill between the pair as what began as an trade of phrases led to the pair going face to face.

The Coppa Italia conflict got here with the edges additionally combating on the prime of the Serie A desk, with AC Milan two factors away from second-placed Inter on the midway stage of the season.

The opposite three quarter-final ties are to comply with on Wednesday and Thursday, with fellow Serie A title contenders Juventus, Napoli, Atalanta and Lazio all nonetheless within the competitors.

Spain: Finalists Actual Sociedad knocked out

Actual Betis knocked final 12 months’s Copa del Rey finalists Actual Sociedad out with a 3-1 win thanks to 2 extra-time objectives from Borja Iglesias of their last-16 conflict on Tuesday after either side had a person despatched off.

Betis striker Iglesias scored in both half throughout the additional interval to ship the house aspect into the quarter-finals, after Sergio Canales’ 79th-minute equaliser cancelled out Sociedad ahead Mikel Oyarzabal’s early opener.

Sociedad had midfielder Asier Illarramendi despatched off early within the second half in solely his second match since coming back from a 17-month damage layoff, whereas Betis ahead Antonio Sanabria was additionally dismissed within the 76th minute additionally for a second reserving.

Sociedad’s Adnan Januzaj regarded to have scored a late aim in additional time which might have arrange an fascinating finale however the effort was dominated out for offside after a VAR overview.

The Basque aspect may nonetheless elevate the Copa del Rey, nonetheless, as they play final 12 months’s rescheduled ultimate towards Athletic Bilbao in April after the match was postponed as a result of novel coronavirus pandemic.

Elsewhere, Villarreal beat second division Girona 1-0, whereas Levante received 4-2 at Actual Valladolid to additionally advance.