Ibrahimovic’s Stunning Overhead Kick Caps Incredible Performance vs. England

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Published: November 14, 2012

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A week ago, Zlatan Ibrahimovic set up all four goals at Paris Saint-Germain, beating Dinamo Zagreb 4-0 in the Champions League.

On Wednesday night he did the same, except this time he scored all four of Sweden's goals against visitors England in a 4-2 victory, which opened the home side's new national stadium with a bigger bang than anyone could have hoped.

The days of fans and media alike in England saying that the cocksure striker never performs against teams from their nation are long gone.

There was his brace against Arsenal in 2010 during his lone season at Barcelona, then last season he orchestrated a 4-0 destruction of the same opponents for AC Milan and now he has left the national side in ruins with their first defeat under Roy Hodgson's management. Even those who sneered from across the English Channel that they could see his immense talent but did not care for his extreme arrogance will now be forced to accept that the former both eclipses the latter and is justifiable cause for it too.

In 19 games for club and country this season, Ibrahimovic has scored 18 goals and registered eight assists (10 and five, respectively, for PSG). The latest step in this brilliant run of form turned what was a surprisingly sedate atmosphere at kickoff to a glorious christening of the Swedish team's sparkling new home.

There is a good chance this is not the first article you have read fawning over the striker's performance—which was capped off by his incredibly audacious bicycle kick from 25 yards out—and it probably won't be the last, but it is well worth revisiting.



England captain Steven Gerrard was the focus of much of the pre-match attention as he became the sixth player to make 100 international caps. Ibrahimovic cheekily tried to hijack this milestone by saying in his pre-match press conference (via ESPN FC) that he would like to see the Liverpool midfielder "at a big interna...
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