Juventus and AC Milan will face each other in the Coppa Italia semi-final tonight, at San Siro. The two Italian giants will play the first leg of the tie. The two teams arrive at this game after defeats at the weekend and it will be interesting to understand the response that both teams will give in this match, but the game will inevitably be marked by the reunion of two old rivals and biggest stars of each team: Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be on opposite sides of the field for the 12th time in their careers and this particular duel will be one of the great highlights of this tie.



Ronaldo in front

The games against Zlatan Ibrahimovic are almost good memories for Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese player has a comfortable advantage in the h2h against the Swede - won five of the 11 matches, tied another five and lost only one. Champions League has been the main stage of this heavy rivalry. In the biggest clubs competition in Europe, CR7 and Ibra met on six occasions - Ronaldo did it with Manchester United and Real Madrid, while Zlatan played with Inter, AC Milan and PSG. In the Spanish League, Zlatan with Barça and Cristiano with Real Madrid met once, with the Swede coming out as the winner, scoring the goal that decided El Clásico, while in the confrontation with the national teams the statistic smiles back to the Portuguese, who won two and tied other two. In total goals, the advantage is for CR7, who against Ibrahimovic scored 6 times and saw the Swede do it for three times.

Heavyweights

The classic of San Siro will count with two of the biggest names in football in recent decades. Although with different styles, Ronaldo and Ibra left their marks on the history of football and. Although the Portuguese stats are superior, the truth is that Zlatan is unmatched in many aspects of the game. Cristiano has 723 career goals, against Zlatan's 539, having scored 61 in his best season against Zlatan's 50. At the age of 35, CR7 continues to break records in Italy - he's currently in a 10-game scoring streak for Juve, while Zlatan, at 38, is trying to recover and put Milan back on the titles way. Speaking of titles, Zlatan counts 33, against the 31 that Cristiano Ronaldo already celebrated.

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