Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Football Flame

19Mar

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Ibrahimovic is oldest Serie A scorer in AC Milan loss

Zlatan Ibrahimovic of AC Milan has an attempt at goal with a header during the Serie A match between Udinese Calcio and AC Milan at the Dacia Arena on March 18, 2023 in Udine, Italy. Zlatan Ibrahimovic has become the oldest scorer in Serie A history at age 41 but had little else to celebrate after defending champions AC Milan were beaten 3-1 at Udinese. Saturday’s result extended Milan’s winless streak to three matches in the Italian league. Roberto Pereyra, Beto and Kingsley Ehizibue scored for Udinese. Milan were beaten by Fiorentina and held to a draw by Salernitana in their previous two Serie A matches, while advancing to the Champions League quarter-finals with a 1-0 aggregate win over Tottenham. They missed the chance to jump to second and remained fourth with 48 points, a...

15Mar

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 41, called up to Sweden squad for Euro 2024 qualifiers

Zlatan Ibrahimovic of AC Milan in action during the Serie A football match between AC Milan and Atalanta BC at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in San Siro in Milano, Italy, on February 26 2023.AC Milan’s veteran striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was named on Thursday in Sweden’s squad for this month’s Euro 2024 qualifiers, when he could break Italian goalkeeper Dino Zoff’s age record. Ibrahimovic, 41, last featured for his country 12 months ago and will beat Zoff’s Euro qualifier milestone of 40 years and 90 days set in 1983 if he features in games against Belgium on 24 March or Azerbaijan on 27 March. He has played just three games for Milan this season after recovering from a knee issue. “Zlatan has made three slightly longer substitutions now in Milan and feels fit and in decent shape even thoug...

27Feb

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AC Milan welcome Zlatan Ibrahimovic back in 2-0 win over Atalanta

Junior Messias of AC Milan (L) celebrates with teammate Zlatan Ibrahimovic after scoring to give the side a 2-0 lead during the Serie A match between AC Milan and Atalanta BC at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on February 26, 2023 in Milan, Italy.A scorching volley from Theo Hernandez led to the opening goal, Zlatan Ibrahimovic made his season debut and goalkeeper Mike Maignan returned after five months out during an encouraging 2-0 win for AC Milan over Atalanta in the Italian league on Sunday. The victory moved the defending Serie A champion level on points with second-place Inter Milan, which lost 1-0 at Bologna, 18 points behind runaway leader Napoli. Hernandez opened the scoring midway through the first half at the San Siro with a long-distance effort that ricocheted off the post then hi...

13Dec

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Lionel Messi, NEWS, World Cup 2022, Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes it’s ‘already written’ for Lionel Messi to win the World Cup

Lionel Messi of Argentina laughs during the Argentina Training Session at on December 12, 2022 in Doha, Qatar.Zlatan Ibrahimovic thinks it's written in the stars for Lionel Messi to win the World Cup with Argentina in Qatar.The South American nation have made it to the last-four, and will face Croatia in the semi-finals on Tuesday night.This year's tournament has been full of upsets, with Brazil, Germany, Spain and Belgium all exiting earlier than expected. It has been one of the least predictable World Cups in recent memory, but Ibrahimovic is confident that he already knows who the eventual winners will be.'I think it's already written who will win, and you know who I mean. I think Messi will lift the trophy, it's already written,' Ibrahimovic told r...