Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Column: Ibrahimovic doesn't go out like a legend (The Associated Press)

Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic is greeted by Belgium coach Marc Wilmots as he leaves the field after the Euro 2016 Group E soccer match between Sweden and Belgium at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, France, Wednesday, June 22, 2016. Sweden lost the match 1-0. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

The self-proclaimed legend of Swedish football stopped delivering. Zlatan Ibrahimovic's last game in Swedish bright yellow wasn't worthy of a movie and had no Hollywood ending. Sweden's record scorer leaves international football with memories to cherish, none more powerful than the acrobatic overhead kick against England that won him FIFA's goal of the year award in 2013, but also with a gnawing feeling that a player with his talents and footwork that was astounding for a 6-foot, 4-inches (1.94-meter) tall colossus could and should have achieved more.


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