After the very wide PSG victory against Inter Miami of Lionel Messi last Sunday, Zlatan Ibrahimovic wanted to defend the Pulga … while smashing the American team.
The Club World Cup offered an unprecedented shock last Sunday between PSG and Inter Miami … but also a verbal festival signed Zlatan Ibrahimović. A few minutes after the heavy defeat of the Floridian club (0-4), the former Parisian striker (2012-2016), never stingy in shattering statements, delivered a fiery plea in favor of Lionel Messi. And to shoot everything that surrounds the Argentine star in MLS.
“It is surrounded by those who run as if they wore bags of cement”
Asked about Messi's performance, Zlatan quickly cut short. For him, it is impossible to point the finger at the Argentinian number 10: “Messi's defeat?” No no, don't talk about defeat as if it were his fault! Messi has not lost, Inter Miami did it! Have you seen this team? Moving wood! Messi plays among statues, not teammates! If he was in a real team, in Paris, in Manchester, in any big star. You would have seen the real lion. »»
But Zlatan does not stop there. With his legendary outspokenness, he continues his charge, going so far as to question the supervision, the technical level and even the tactical understanding of the players of Miami: “Messi only plays because he likes the game, because he can still do what 99 % of the players cannot!” But it is surrounded by those who run as if they wore bags of cement! There are no coaches, no stars, not even players who understand how to move without a ball! »»
Messi, a ghost in a circus according to Ibra
For Ibrahimović, what the public sees today on the field has nothing to do with the Messi of the big European evenings. Not because the Argentinian has declined, but because he is too stranded by his environment: “Do you want to blame Messi?” When he plays with Ronaldo, with Mbappé, with Haaland, with Zlatan. So you can speak! But today? No, no, no. It is not the Messi that I know, it is a big ghost who plays in a circus! »»
And to conclude on a powerful warning that those who still doubt Argentine genius: “But beware, if you give him a real team, he will still burn the stadium!” Because quite simply. Messi is still Messi, but today? It is not his defeat, it is the defeat of Inter Miami and Football. »»
