Mr Ibrahimovic's World Cup

What will Zlatan be doing next summer?

So, after being beaten by Ronaldo in the World Cup Play-off, Zlatan Ibrahimovic reckons "the World Cup will be nothing without him."

Most impartial fans would probably agree and it's a shame that both Sweden and Portugal couldn't both be there next year. However, I think he's missed the point.

If he was that good we would be seeing him next year.

Ibrahimovic had the tag of "Flat Track Bully" way before Ronaldo did and his Portuguese counterpart seems to be doing all he can to ditch that tag.

Zlatan's scoring record is an impressive one in two but his career has a major glitch. He could have played in 3 World Cups already but Sweden only qualified for 2 and guess what. He failed to score at either of them. In fact, in one he was blamed for being greedy and missing when he could have squared the ball for a simple tap in. This led to Sweden's early elimination.

So, on the greatest of stages, he has failed to live up to his own hype.

True greats do light up the World Cup. You only need to think of Pele, Maradona, the original Ronaldo and Zico but Zlatan has had 2 goes and has failed miserably each time. Was he wishing for third time lucky?

Individuals never win tournaments, teams do.

Maybe he had his comments the wrong way around. Maybe Zlatan is nothing without the World Cup?

Enjoy your summer...

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