Five years after announcing his international retirement, Zlatan Ibrahimovic made his comeback against Georgia on Thursday night (1-0).
Facing Georgia Thursday night as part of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, Zlatan Ibrahimovic made his comeback in selection, five years after announcing his retirement.
Decisive passer for Viktor Claesson, the only scorer of the meeting, the 39-year-old striker said he was “very happy” with his return to Sweden. “The feeling was amazing. The last time I played here the stadium was full and the atmosphere is different when it’s full, but the rest was amazing. I was very happy, I was very proud, j ‘felt great when I was on the pitch, I tried to give my best every time to help the teammates, to help myself and to perform. ”
The former Parisian still believes that his team was not up to par in this meeting. “The game was not easy, I don’t think we were up to our level, we weren’t as dangerous as we should have been, but in the end we won and we took the three points we needed. Things can be better obviously. It’s the first game, we’ve been together for two or three days, now it will be better and better. “