Before the start of the World Cup, Zlatan Ibrahimović revealed that he will support Croatia at this tournament, pointing out that he has family roots there.
Legendary Zlatan Ibrahimovic He follows the World Cup in a new role, for the first time after the end of his playing career as an expert commentator at a major competition.
He hired him for this year’s World Cup Fox Sportsand already in his first address he attracted a lot of attention with his statement about the national team he will support.
Ibrahimović: I support Croatia
When asked by the host which group is the most interesting to him at the World Cup, Ibrahimović singled out the group in which they are England, Croatia, Ghana and Panama.
Group L! There’s England, we’ll see if football comes home. Then Croatia, my roots are from there, so I’m rooting for Croatia at this World Cup. Ghana is full of talent and I am very interested to see how they will perform. As for Panama, I think they’ll be the cracker in this group.
At the same time, Ibrahimović emphasized that he believes that England and Croatia to fight for first place in the group, while he singled out Ghana as a team that could take some points from the favorites. Panama, on the other hand, was completely written off.
He did not mention Sweden or BiH
It is interesting that Ibrahimović was not mentioned in this review Swedenthe national team for which he made 122 appearances during his career and scored 62 goals.
He didn’t mention either Bosnia and Herzegovinabut considering his family roots and connection with these areas, it can be assumed that he will also keep his fingers crossed for the Dragons at the World Cup.
Let’s remind you, Zlatan’s mother Jurka Gravić The Croatian is from the village of Prkos near Zadar, reports Gol.hr.
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