For his reunion with France, Zlatan Ibrahimovic challenges Lille in the Europa League this Thursday.
The opportunity to look back on his years at PSG thanks to the testimony of Christophe Jallet his former partner.
France is preparing to meet Zlatan Ibrahimovic, at least Lille on Thursday evening during his trip to Milan during the third day of the Europa League (9 p.m., RMC Sport, Téléfoot).
Now a consultant on the Téléfoot channel, Christophe Jallet, right side of Paris SG (2009-2014), delivers to
Le Figaro
some of his memories of the locker room with the Swedish giant, present in the capital between 2012 and 2016. His character, his desire for perfection, the daily challenge offered to his partners or his eating habits, "Jaja" says a little more about the extraordinary personality of the future forty-something.
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"You had to learn to understand him and read him because sometimes he said things badly, so that it stings you and you react.
Lots of times he did it to me.
On passes, sometimes I didn't give him the ball, he looked at me showing me his feet and I heard "Jaja" a little vehement (smile).
I knew he wasn't happy.
After that, there is something you had to know how to do, it was not to crash.
If you crash in front of Ibra, you're dead.
He likes to have answers, to be constantly in a duel and if he sees that he has the upper hand, that does not interest him.
I rebelled against him, obviously it's Ibra, obviously you are our leader, but I am not your kid either.
You can tell me things, but there are ways to do it.
He loved being answered.
And he respected you all the more if you stood up to him.
It is characteristic of great champions.
I do not know of any who do not have a little arrogant, directive sides.
You have to tell yourself one thing, the guy imposes such a demand on himself that the others must also impose it on himself.
If you understand it, you will come out only bigger and better.
Zlatan can appear with a hateful character, he's made more than one suffer, a lot even if you lack strength of character, but it helps to see if you are fit to rise to the highest level or not. "
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