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"The return of God": Zlatan Ibrahimovic returns to his national team

2021-03-16T19:40:50.987Z


Five years have passed since Zlatan Ibrahimovic last played for Sweden. The AC Milan forward has been called upon to defend his country's colors


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(CNN Spanish) -

Five years have passed since the last time Zlatan Ibrahimovic played with the Swedish national team.

The Milan striker has been called upon to defend the colors of his country and true to his style he published a phrase that once again goes around the world.

Zlatan calls himself "God" on his return to a call-up and coach Janne Andersson said after calling the team that Ibrahimovic is one of the best strikers in the world and in his opinion the best Swedish footballer of all time.

Andersson also appealed to the player's experience that they are sure to enjoy on the national team.

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In 116 games Ibrahimovic with the Sweden shirt has scored 62 goals, is the top scorer for the selected team and his last appearance was in the 2016 European Championship, where they were eliminated in the group stage.

Sweden will begin their qualifying process for the World Cup in Qatar on March 25 against Georgia and three days later they will do so against Kosovo.

These teams are in Group B together with Spain and Greece.

In the UEFA knock-out format, the winning team of the group gets their direct place in the World Cup and the second place will have to play the playoffs.

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Zlatan is having a good time on his return to AC Milan and in 14 games he has scored 14 goals, a good average for a forward, but if we take into account that he is already 39 years old, it can be described as an excellent performance so far. the season.

Ibra has added almost a quarter of the goals of the team that occupies the second place in Serie A, escorting Inter who has scored 65 points in 27 dates and barely beating Cristiano Ronaldo's Juventus by one point.

The Portuguese is the top scorer in Italian football with 23 goals and Zlatan ranks fourth along with Ciro Immobile (Lazio) and Lautaro Martínez (Inter).

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Source: cnnespanol

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