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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ahn Hong-seok = Forty-year-old goalkeeper Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) returns to the national team after five years of retirement from the Swedish national team.
Ibrahimovic was included in the national team list released by the Swedish Football Association on the 16th (hereinafter, Korea Time) ahead of the March A match (international team match) period.
Ibrahimovic played 116 A-match matches, scored 62 goals, and declared the national team retirement in 2016.
However, in an interview with a newspaper in November last year, he changed his mind saying that he has a desire to return to the national team.
Head coach Janne Andersson, the head coach of the Swedish national team, went to Milan, Italy, and met with Ibrahimovic to decide to return to his national team.
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Just before the announcement of the list, Ibrahimovic, who is famous for being proud of himself, collected a topic on Instagram by writing a picture of himself wearing the uniform of the Swedish national team and the phrase “return of the gods”.
Director Andersson laughed over the expression at a press conference for the announcement of the list, saying, “Zlatan is a friend who does interesting things occasionally.
“He’s Sweden’s best player,” he said. “Zlatan can contribute not only at the stadium but also for his juniors (outside the stadium).”
Ibrahimovic, who has been active in prestigious European clubs such as Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, and Manchester United, moved to the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2018 and seemed to be in the process of retirement, but wearing the AC Milan uniform during the 2019-2020 season, the’center’ of football again. Came back.
In AC Milan, he has scored 11 goals last season and 16 goals this season, showing off his strength.
Sweden will compete against Georgia on the 26th and Kosovo on the 29th for the 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifying match.
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2021/03/17 08:32 sent