Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored a brace in the 5-1 Derby della Madonnina victory over Milan, so the midfielder is relishing the somewhat over the top compliments from his Inter teammates. ‘Call it Mkhitaryanismo.’
The Armenia international found the net twice in yesterday’s dominant Milan Derby display at San Siro, paving the way for more goals from Marcus Thuram, Hakan Calhanoglu and then assisting Davide Frattesi in stoppages.
His Instagram post on the game sparked a firestorm of comments from his teammates, as they competed for his attention.
“Mamma mia Michele, YOU MAKE ME CRAZY! Will you marry me?” wrote Federico Dimarco, using the Italian version of his nickname, Micki.
Midfielder Nicolò Barella noted that kind of performance ought to be “illegal” before centre-back Alessandro Bastoni went through the family tree to praise the veteran.
“MY FATHER MY BROTHER MY UNCLE”
This is a meme that has been popular on TikTok in Italy as an expression of being extremely impressed.
Mkhitaryan was most amused by all the praise and suggested we all start to use a new name for his style of football, in the vein of Sarrismo.
“Call it Mkhitaryanismo.”