AC Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who hadn’t played for his national team in five years, couldn’t help but cry when asked on Monday about his family’s reaction to returning with the Swedish national team.
“It’s not a good question. He was with Vincent (one of his sons) and he started crying when I left. But everything is fine …” he said in Stockholm. Zlatan had to pause and wipe away his tears.
The 39-year-old Swedish star is the big news on the list for the first two qualifiers for Qatar 2022 against Georgia and Kosovo and the friendly against Estonia.
‘Ibra’ retired from the Swedish national team after Euro 2016, but hinted last fall that he wanted to come back and met Swedish coach, Jan “Janne” Andersson, whom he had criticized several times in the past for being players of foreign origin.
“When I asked, they were all positive. When it comes to playing for your country, no one is against it. It’s whether you give up or not,” the attacker said of his closest people’s reaction to a possible return to Spain. Sweden.
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 in Milan, not for his name. “I’m here because I deserve it, what I did before doesn’t matter at all,” said the Swedish star, who was proud and sure he was there to “help” and not “demand anything” “.
The Swedish team’s all-time top scorer, with 62 goals in 116 games, confessed that if he had said ‘no’ to return, he would have regretted it within a year, stressing that the most important thing is to ‘continue with to do. that you love for as long as possible “.
Spain’s rival Sweden in the next European Championship will also be framed with Luis Enrique’s team in the same qualifying group for the World Cup.