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Zlatan Ibrahimovic recently got to play with his son Maximilian.
Now the 41-year-old opens up about the talked-about pictures of him and the 16-year-old.
– He said he wanted to hurt me, admits “Ibra” at today’s press conference.
After making a starting comeback and making history as the oldest goalscorer in Serie A of all time Zlatan Ibrahimovic now returned to the Swedish national team as well. On Tuesday, the 41-year-old held his first press conference after the comeback.
Zlatan about his son
Then “Ibra” opened up about most of what has happened recently, everything from the difficult injury time to why he chose to continue playing after the 40-year mark. But Zlatan also got questions about what it was like to play together with his 16-year-old son Maximilian Ibrahimovic.
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Both father and son got the opportunity to play together during an internal match at Milan’s training facility about a month ago, see the video below.
– It was fun, special location and special situation. How many get to experience playing with their son at the highest level and to share the joy with him on the pitch? He has still had to follow me through my adventure, but I have tried to keep him away from everything and just be a father, says Zlatan at the press conference.
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“Wanted to hurt me”
Maximilian was also very keen to face his father in a match and was clearly going to go in hard. Therefore, Zlatan had to turn to the coach Stefano Pioliwhich had to change.
– But now he has entered the picture, he plays football and is happy. He got this opportunity to train and play with me and the others in Milan’s A team. He was tagged, you can safely say that. He said he wanted to hurt me. So I told the coach (Pioli) to put us in the same team, it won’t be good otherwise. He challenges me and he is tagged, says Ibra at the press conference.
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Zlatan also admits to recognizing a lot of himself in his son’s playing style and character, see the video below.
– If you talk to him, he has nothing from me, but if you ask me, he has everything from me.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Sweden face Belgium on Friday night and then Azerbaijan awaits on Monday during this European Championship qualifier with the national team.
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