Football-Zlatan returns when Swedes try to book a World Cup place
AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been selected in the Swedish squad for their last two World Cup qualifiers away against Georgia and Spain after recovering from injury. The 40-year-old, who has scored two goals in his last three Serie A matches, missed the European Championship 2020 with a knee injury and even though he was appointed by coach Janne Andersson in the latest Swedish squad, he was forced to withdraw when he continued. his rehabilitation.
He returns to a team that tops Group B after six games with 15 points, two ahead of Spain. The group winners qualify directly for the final in Qatar and the runner-up enters a second qualifying phase. “I have high hopes that he will be able to contribute,” Andersson said in a statement. “We have had a lot of contact and he is very eager to join the national team. It is of course good for us to have such a good player with so much experience in such a crucial situation.”
Manchester United defender Victor Lindelof was included in the squad despite suffering a blow to training on Monday. The Swedes take on Georgia in Batumi on November 11 before meeting Spain in their last group game in Sevilla three days later.
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