Sweden
Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, he could not avoid tears when asked this Monday about his family’s reaction at his first press conference when he returned with the Swedish national team four years later.
“It ‘s not a good question. He was with Vincent (one of his children) and started crying when I left him. But it’s all right … “Ibra told Stockholm, who had to take a short break and wipe away her tears.
Zlatan’s unexpected cry responds to the fact that all his loved ones are in Sweden. While he lives alone in Italy, a country where he spends most of his time for his engagements with Milan, a club he joined just over a year ago.
“When it comes to playing for your country, no one opposes. It’s just about giving up or not“, The striker stated about the reaction of his closest people regarding his return to Sweden.
The 39-year-old Swedish star is the big news on the list to face the first two qualifying fixtures for Qatar 2022 against Georgia and Kosovo and the friendly against Estonia.
“Ibra” withdrew from the Swedish national team after Euro 2016, but hinted last autumn that he wanted to return and met with Swedish coach Jan “Janne” Andersson, whom he had criticized several times in the past for not including players of foreign origin.
As he had done a few days ago in an interview broadcast by the Swedish Federation, Ibrahimovic reiterated that he was returning for his performance at Milan, not for his name.
“I’m here because I deserve it, what I did before doesn’t matter“, Stated the Swedish star, who has been proud and assured that he was to” help “and that he does not” demand “anything.
The Swedish national team’s all-time leading scorer, with 62 goals in 116 games, confessed that if he had said “no” to return, he would have regretted in a year’s time, and stressed that the important thing is “keep doing what you love as long as you can. “