Ibra, now there is the Swedish adventure: will the playoffs be the watershed of the entire career?

The groans of the fans were immediately put out. Or rather, the fans were quickly forced to resign themselves to Ibrahimovic’s call-up to the national team. Now that Milan find themselves with the privilege of leading the Scudetto sprint in front of everyone, the Rossoneri reason of state obviously prevails in the reflections of the AC Milan fans. Serie: the fewer players we give to the national teams, the more relaxed we are. With Ibra, however, the fans were stopped not by one, but by two coaches. The first in order of time was the Swedish coach Andersson, who a few hours after the call-ups said: “He has struggled with some injuries but he is coming back. I don’t consider him a starting player for 90 minutes, but in our conversations it was very clear: he wants to be part of this team ”. Pioli echoed him a few days later: “Zlatan does everything with enthusiasm and conviction. If he feels like going to the national team, he should go. And then playing is good for him right now. He is convinced and I am 100% convinced of this call “.

Race

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With all due respect to those who consider Ibra’s Swedish parenthesis risky, hitherto used with a dropper by Pioli after returning from the month and a half of injury. The Rossoneri coach, on the other hand, sees it in a diametrically opposite way and believes that training and a possible playoff final (in the semifinal against the Czech Republic he will be disqualified) will serve Zlatan. Also because after this stop there will be no others and they will run uninterruptedly until May 22 with the eight remaining league matches and the second round of the Coppa Italia derby in a month. In other words, even if Giroud guaranteed a good contribution during the Swede’s absence, Zlatan will be absolutely needed in the final weeks of the season.

Immortality

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Ibra’s last goal dates back to 9 January (Venice), the last as a starter on 23 and from then on only crumbs from Zlatan arrived. It is known that Z must be managed with great caution after injuries and it is precisely for this reason that many fans turn up their noses at seeing him aggregated to Sweden. However, without considering a decisive factor. For Ibra these world playoffs could be the watershed between continuing to play football next season or deciding to dedicate himself to it with another role. Playing a World Cup at the age of 41 would be yet another celebration of his footballing immortality. Otherwise, the accounts with the fatigue and the aftermath of the numerous ailments could lead him to say enough. We are still in the field of hypotheses clearly, but those who know him invites us to take the outcome of this playoff with Sweden very seriously.