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Training match against Serbia on Saturday and tribute to Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Then national team captain Jon Dahl Tomasson hopes for a good party – and admits that he would have liked to have played with Ibrahimovic during his career.
The training match against Serbia on Saturday is the last before the seriousness begins in the autumn with competitive matches. The focus – as so many times before – is now retired people Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
The 42-year-old legend will be retired after the match at the Friends arena in Solna.
– He deserves a good party. Not only on the pitch but also for the people on site, states Jon Dahl Tomasson at the last press conference before the match.
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He continues:
– He is a person with the x-factor. I wish he was Danish so I could have played with him, he says.
The players are also looking forward to Ibrahimovic’s departure.
– He is a great footballer and for my generation the greatest we have had in Swedish football history. So it will be fun to see him get a real payoff, says the recent Europa League winner Isak Hien.
The veteran goalkeeper Robin Olsen:
– He deserves everything he can get and then some. An incredibly important player and person for the entire country.
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