A At 39, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is still standing. “I’m proud of that. I’m still here. People were talking about me: ‘It’s not good enough’, ‘It’s not going to make it'”. 25 seasons at the highest level, starting with Ajax (formerly Malm) and continuing with Juventus, Inter de Milan, Bara, Milan, PSG, Manchester United, Los Angeles Galaxy and again Milan. Impressive, and always scoring goals, making the fans enjoy and leaving no one indifferent.
Ibrahimovic’s intense training: drone, one on one, pica music …
In the latest edition of France Football magazine, Ibra reviews his beginnings, his overwhelming and arrogant personality? and its football milestones.
The fans, the media, the fame …
“It’s part of my job. I didn’t choose it, but when you’re as good as I am, it just happens and you have to assume.”
Espina for not winning the Champions?
Do you think he would have been a better player if he had won it? If I had won it, it would have been wonderful. I didn’t win it, but that doesn’t make me a worse player. It’s like those who tell me: “Zlatan, you didn’t win the World Cup, you’re not a good player.” Okay … It’s easier to win a World Cup when you’re French than Swedish. Later, to return to the Champions League, the longer you wait, the more pleasant it is to win it, right? I still have goals. I want to win it. In the club I won everything except the Champions League. But I am not complaining because I have done more than many others. I am happy”.
It’s easier to win a World Cup being French than Swedish “
And for the Golden Ball?
“I don’t miss the Ballon d’Or, the Ballon d’Or misses me. We all want a trophy that says you are the best in the world, but deep down I think I am the best player in the world. Sera prestigious to win it, but the voters decide. “
What does Ibra have that Messi or Cristiano?
If you are talking about intrinsic qualities, I have nothing less than them. If you look at the trophies, yes, I did not win the Champions … But I don’t know how you calculate it. I’m not obsessed with it. Because when you do good things collectively, the individual follows you. The individual cannot be good if the collective is not good. “
I am not arrogant or pretentious, I am confident “
Arrogant or pretentious personality?
“I am confident. I am not arrogant or pretentious. An ignorant person will say arrogant. An intelligent person will say confident.”
Your weaknesses
“I have emotions, parts of weakness, things that hurt me. I am not the Hulk. I’m not superman. You see me in the field always confident, outside too, but I have a part of fragility. I have my weaknesses, my emotions. It’s natural. When you know me I have a big heart, when you don’t, you hate me. “
Withdrawal?
“For all players, it is very difficult to retire. During your career, you are scheduled. Every day you get up, you have breakfast, you train, you finish training, and then someone takes care of you, we prepare your lunch, you come home, you rest, you pass hang out with your family or whatever, and the next day it’s the same. You press “repeat”. We are programmed in our heads. And it’s been twenty or twenty-five years for me. The day you stop, the first morning, you wake up and say to yourself: “What the hell am I doing now?” You are no longer programmed and you are entering a new chapter in your life. And that scares me. But it hasn’t come yet, I don’t want to think about it. When that happens I will. “
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