The former Milan striker spends words of support for Smilla Holmberg after the wrong penalty in the quarterfinals against England
Thursday 17 July the challenge of the quarter -finals of the women’s European Championship between Sweden and England was staged. The British were the best, which were imposed on the penalty kicks thanks to the decisive error of Smile Holmberg. Zlatan Ibrahimovic wanted to support the young footballer immediately afterwards, understanding the difficult moment, with motivational words
The mistake of Holmberg: Zlatan Consola
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The penalty kicks are like a lottery: whoever wins rejoices, those who lose returns to the changing rooms with a bitterness in the mouth. The Swedish footballers lived the second hypothesis, but for some it was even more painful than for others. Smile Holmberg broke out in a cry of resignation After kicking out the decisive penalty that decreed the elimination of his national team from the competition.
The eighteen -year -old Swedish young man plays in the Hammarby, one of the reference clubs of his nation, whose owner is nothing less than Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The current AC Milan manager, immediately after the elimination of his Sweden, wanted to send a personal message to the young footballer. To tell it was The girl’s father During a local press conference: “He told her that it is incredible, that he must kick the next rigor and also the one after, and that he must continue to believe in himself“. Zlatan He has always been one of Holmberg’s idols, as she herself said, and her words will certainly represent an extra motivation for the young Swedish triplet.
Ibrahimovic and the penalty of 2004: a déjà vu bitter
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Even Zlatan Ibrahimovic, today Swedish legend and AC Milan manager, has experienced a moment similar to that of Smilla Holmberg. At Euro 2004, from the number 10 of Sweden, he made a rod a penalty against Holland in the quarterfinals: he kicked high over the crossbarown Like Holmberg twenty years later.
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