Ibrahimovic hails A.C Milan’s winning mentality in the Italian Super Cup win over Inter Milan
A.C Milan striker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029, has hailed his team’s second half performance against Inter Milan in the Supercoppa Italiana game and has urged his team-mates to maintain their winning mentality in the future too.
The Swedish striker scored the equalizer for Italian Champions against his former side after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 in front before the half-time whistle. Kevin-Prince Boateng’s 69th minute strike helped Milan
to lift the Italian Super Cup for the record sixth time in the competition’s history.
Ibrahimovic is really delighted with his team’s performance and believes that despite not playing at their usual standards, the team’s mental strength spurred them to success. The striker is confident that the team form will improve
as the season goes on. The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 striker insisted that all the players are committed to the club’s cause and have lot of respect for Milan’s traditions.
Ibrahimovic said, "The playing side can be improved on, which is normal, after only a month's training it's difficult to play extremely well, but not playing well but being able to win is an important quality to have.”
"Let's keep it this way, the team wants to win, I want to win, we are Milan and we are obliged to win because this is the club mentality. The history and tradition of the club impose this on us and this group is used to winning
and the winning mentality is ingrained here, and we intend to continue this tradition.”
The striker is looking forward to the 2011/12 campaign and insists that the team is in the right shape to defend their crown. Milan won the Scudetto in the 2010/11 season and Ibrahimovic has set his sights on winning the UEFA Champions
League in the upcoming season.
The Swedish international played a huge role in Milan’s success last season and his role will be extremely vital if Milan have to do well next season too.
Milan will kick start their Serie A campaign with an away game against Cagliari on August 27th, 2011.
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