"I am like Benjamin · Button. Today is younger than yesterday, and this year is younger than last year. As long as I can still play, I will keep playing. This is my promise."
It sounds weird in the mouth of others, but if Ibrahimovic compares himself to Benjamin · Button, the reversible movie role played by Brad · Pete, then it's okay.
In January last year, Ibrahimovic returned to Italy and AC Milan. This year, he returned to the Serie A championship and returned to the Swedish national team. In the next few months, he will hit the Serie A championship, European Cup champion and spent his 40th birthday, he did incredible things, and people's biggest question is: "Where does his motivation come from?"
"This is my question: I I’ll never feel satisfied. I’m 39 years old this year. After winning so much, I actually don’t need to continue working anymore. I can also live a good life.” Ibrahimovic said, “But I’m still full of career. Passion, I’m never satisfied, maybe that’s why I’m still here today, I can continue to fight, and continue to perform. I rarely see a player at my age who can perform like me."
Yi Cloth will celebrate his 40th birthday on October 3 in six months. For now, the Swedes will definitely not choose to retire this summer. He will be at least 41 years old.
"Generally speaking, professional players will start to decline after reaching the age of 30, but I am different. After the age of 30, I start to get better. This upward curve is just the beginning." Ibrahimovic said, "You can Tame the lion, but it is impossible to tame Zelatan. Zelatan is another creature."
What about King Kong? If this monster that can fight Godzilla back and forth with Ibrahimovic, who can win? "It's 100% me, I will destroy King Kong, I will destroy it."
This is a typical Ibrahimovic-style rhetoric,But in fact, life is not so simple, even Ibrahimovic is the same. In April 2017, the Swede was still playing for Manchester United. In the Europa League match against Anderlecht, his right knee meniscus and cruciate ligament were severely torn. At that time, the Swede was "only" 35 years old. , Whether his career can continue to be marked with a question mark, but Ibrahimovic has never given up.
"I spent a year recovering and I feel like I'm alive again. To be honest, the recovery process is very boring. It is mainly mental work. I am not good at this. I am good at touching, shooting, catching, and scoring. , I am good at using imagination to create something out of nothing."
Ibrahimovic recalled, "I was at a loss at the time, and kept asking myself:'When will all this be the head? When can I finish it? I have to do it again. Do it again?' Fortunately, there are many people by my side. They push me forward and don’t let me be lazy. They tell me that I must do this and that I have to do it if I want to recover. Until the end, I finally feel like I am alive again. Come here."
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