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Zlatan Ibrahimovic assumes his shoulder on Azpilicueta: “I did it on purpose, I hope he understood the message”

On November 14, Spain hosted Sweden on the last day of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. The two teams were fighting for first place in the group, synonymous with direct qualification, and La Roja the won 1-0, forcing Sweden to play in the play-offs.

The end of the meeting was stormy as Zlatan Ibrahimovic gave César Azpilicueta a shoulder. For this bad gesture, Ibrahimovic received a yellow card and will be suspended for the semi-final of the play-offs. Sweden will know their opponent’s name on November 26 and matches will take place in March 2022.

A gesture fully assumed by the Swedish striker. He explains in an interview with The Guardian: “The other day, in the national team, I hit Azpilicueta. I did it on purpose. I’m not ashamed to say it because he did something stupid to my teammate. It was stupid but I did it anyway so that he understood: ‘Damn, you don’t do that. You don’t have the balls to do it against me. But I’ll show you what will happen if you do it with me. ‘ That’s why I did it.

Despite his suspension for the semi-final of the play-offs, Ibrahimovic believes he made the right choice: “I was not thinking of the dams. I had to make Azpilicueta understand that one does not make fun of the mouth of a player who is lying on the pitch. He must go after someone strong. It’s too easy to curse one of my young teammates barely 20. Now I hope he gets the message. ”

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