Zlatan Ibrahimovic (36 Viewers)
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And its not made from Camel leather.
Stuff that I don't think were posted already or extended bits:
On Swedish teammate, Fredrik Ljungberg:
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, clean, sans-serif][/FONT]His former Swedish national teammate, Fredrik Ljungberg, was labeled, 'a primadonna.' "
On His First Meeting with Luciano Moggi of Juventus in 2004 at the airport in Monte Carlo:
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, clean, sans-serif][/FONT]"I was dressed in Hawaiian shorts, a Nike tee-shirt and jogging shoes without socks and already completely drenched. We (his agent Mino Raiola) arrived at the famous VIP gate of the airport and inside there was smoke everywhere. Luciano Moggi, in an elegant suit, was struggling with a huge cigar. You understood right away that he was a powerful guy. He was used to people doing as he said. Mino began attentively, 'But look how you are dressed?' 'Are you here to give me fashion advice or to talk about business?' "
On his time at Internazionale Milano:
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, clean, sans-serif][/FONT]"I hated it there from the first day and it wasn't only due to the fact that I came from Rosengard. Where we all interacted without problems: Turks, Somalis, Yugoslavians and Arabs. It was also because I had already seen it very clearly whether at Juventus or Ajax: All teams do much better when there is cohesion between the players. At Inter, it was the opposite. There in one corner sat the Brazilians; the Argentineans were in another and all of the rest in a third corner. It was a mess. I considered this my first real test as a leader to clean up that situation.
I went around the room and said, 'What's going on here? Why are you seated like children?' Those invisible barriers were too distinct. For that reason, I went again to Massimo Moratti (President of Internazionale) and was as clear as possible. Inter hadn't won a title in decades. Do we want to go ahead like this? Do we have to be losers only because guys don't want to speak to each other? 'Obviously not,' said Moratti. 'But now we need to break up these damned clans. We can't win if the dressing room isn't united.'" (See? Even Zlatan knows the importance of a compact dressing room. Tevez? pfft)
On AC Milan and Antonio Cassano:
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"Cassano has some fame as a bad boy as I do. He likes to showcase himself and speak (of himself) as a fantastic player. The lad often has had past problems with teammates and coaches. Among them Fabio Capello during his spell with AS Roma. But Antonio has a marvelous quality in his play. I really like it. And together with him, we've become an even better team."
On the day that Milan won the Scudetto last year:
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, clean, sans-serif][/FONT]"Someone said 'Do something to Cassano up there (while he was being interviewed on television.) 'Like what?' 'Go up and kick him. You are the Kung Fu master, right?' And surely, from the time that my father and I watched Bruce Lee films on television, why not? We were all running around and Cassano was a great guy. A kick could have made him happy."
(Translator's Note: Ibrahimovic earned a black belt in Tae Kwan Do as a teenager.)
On Swedish teammate, Fredrik Ljungberg:
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, clean, sans-serif][/FONT]His former Swedish national teammate, Fredrik Ljungberg, was labeled, 'a primadonna.' "
On His First Meeting with Luciano Moggi of Juventus in 2004 at the airport in Monte Carlo:
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, clean, sans-serif][/FONT]"I was dressed in Hawaiian shorts, a Nike tee-shirt and jogging shoes without socks and already completely drenched. We (his agent Mino Raiola) arrived at the famous VIP gate of the airport and inside there was smoke everywhere. Luciano Moggi, in an elegant suit, was struggling with a huge cigar. You understood right away that he was a powerful guy. He was used to people doing as he said. Mino began attentively, 'But look how you are dressed?' 'Are you here to give me fashion advice or to talk about business?' "
On his time at Internazionale Milano:
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, clean, sans-serif][/FONT]"I hated it there from the first day and it wasn't only due to the fact that I came from Rosengard. Where we all interacted without problems: Turks, Somalis, Yugoslavians and Arabs. It was also because I had already seen it very clearly whether at Juventus or Ajax: All teams do much better when there is cohesion between the players. At Inter, it was the opposite. There in one corner sat the Brazilians; the Argentineans were in another and all of the rest in a third corner. It was a mess. I considered this my first real test as a leader to clean up that situation.
I went around the room and said, 'What's going on here? Why are you seated like children?' Those invisible barriers were too distinct. For that reason, I went again to Massimo Moratti (President of Internazionale) and was as clear as possible. Inter hadn't won a title in decades. Do we want to go ahead like this? Do we have to be losers only because guys don't want to speak to each other? 'Obviously not,' said Moratti. 'But now we need to break up these damned clans. We can't win if the dressing room isn't united.'" (See? Even Zlatan knows the importance of a compact dressing room. Tevez? pfft)
On AC Milan and Antonio Cassano:
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, clean, sans-serif][/FONT]
"Cassano has some fame as a bad boy as I do. He likes to showcase himself and speak (of himself) as a fantastic player. The lad often has had past problems with teammates and coaches. Among them Fabio Capello during his spell with AS Roma. But Antonio has a marvelous quality in his play. I really like it. And together with him, we've become an even better team."
On the day that Milan won the Scudetto last year:
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, clean, sans-serif][/FONT]"Someone said 'Do something to Cassano up there (while he was being interviewed on television.) 'Like what?' 'Go up and kick him. You are the Kung Fu master, right?' And surely, from the time that my father and I watched Bruce Lee films on television, why not? We were all running around and Cassano was a great guy. A kick could have made him happy."
(Translator's Note: Ibrahimovic earned a black belt in Tae Kwan Do as a teenager.)
He has improved in the last years though. Goals against Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Juventus just in the last two years or so.
We shouldn't underrate penalty goals though. They're not easy at all. Did you know that he has scored 16(!) out of his 18 PKs in Serie-A? Says something about his cold-ass mentality.
We shouldn't underrate penalty goals though. They're not easy at all. Did you know that he has scored 16(!) out of his 18 PKs in Serie-A? Says something about his cold-ass mentality.