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MILAN – The 39 year old Zlatan Ibrahimovic mocks the almost 43-year-old man Gigi buffon, not without irony: “Per he is easy – says the AC Milan striker on the UEFA website – his you just have to stand up and lock the balls. Instead, I have to move, create, shoot, duel the defenders. I can probably go on longer without really staying in shape, but I would give him a hard time.“. Ibrahimovic talks about how he finds the strength and the incentives to be the protagonist again:”I am 39 years old and from what I have already done in my career, I have no reason to continue doing this job. I still have today the same passion as always, I never feel satisfied and I always want more. I don’t see many players my age playing or continuing to play today as I am doing now. When a player is over 30, his downward spiral begins and eventually retires. Instead, at 30, I started to improve“.
Ibra: “I don’t want to be told I’m slow”
Despite his pride, Ibra cannot deny that something in his body is no longer the same: “I would like Zlatan’s brain in the body of a 25-year-old boy! Today I get tired earlier than when I was younger. I sleep a lot because I need to recover more. Let’s say in the past, after games, it took me a day to recover, feel good, and be fresh again. Today I need two to three days, which is normal for my age. As long as I play, I will do it at the highest level. The day that I am no longer at the top then I will stop playing because I need to feel alive. I need to feel like I can give something back. ” Then the Swedish striker explains again: “I don’t want to have advantages because I’m 39 years old. I don’t want to be told ‘hey, slow down’ and so on so as not to get too tired. No, I want to be considered a world-class player and I want to be treated like everyone else because of this way i can try even harder“.
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