In an Instagram post, he made it clear there is no place for
racism in “Zlatan’s world.”
Ibrahimovic and Lukaku, who played together at Manchester
United, had an angry exchange at the end of the first half, before they had to
be kept apart as the players left the pitch at the break.
The referee cautioned the duo, before showing another yellow
card to Ibrahimovic and sending it off for a foul on Aleksandar Kolarov in the
second half.
AC Milan went on to lose 2-1.
The BBC claimed Ibrahimovic had said “go do your voodoo” to
Lukaku, an apparent reference to 2018 comments from Everton owner Farhad
Moshiri that the Belgian turned down an offer to stay in Merseyside on the
advice of a “voodoo message.”
However, Ibrahimovic has now said: “In Zlatan’s world there
is no place for racism.
“We are all the same race — we are all equal. We’re all
players some better then others.”
The Italian Football Federation is likely to make a decision
on the matter on Friday.