Zlatan Ibrahimovic hopes Sweden’s supporters don’t expect too much from him during the play-offs for the World Cup in Qatar at the end of this year.
,,I am an old man, but fit again”, said the 40-year-old striker. ,,I have not even 90 minutes in my legs. But we already knew that.”
“People shouldn’t count on me anymore,” said Ibrahimovic. ,,Forward like Joseph Elangam, Dejan Kulusevski and Alexander Isak are the future for Sweden. I am here to help them.”
Ibrahimovic has been suspended for Thursday’s home game against the Czech Republic. If Sweden wins that match, he can be used again for the final against Poland for one ticket for the World Cup.
Ibrahimovic returned to Sweden last year after an absence of more than four years. He soon got injured and missed the European Championship. With Ibrahimovic fit again, Sweden lost to Georgia and Spain at the end of last year, which means that it must reach the play-offs.
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