Ibrahimovic Euros: Zlatan Ibrahimovic has ruled himself out of the upcoming Euro 2020 tournament for Sweden due to injury.
The Swedish international sustained a knee injury in the 3-0 win against Juventus and is set to miss out the rest of the season.
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This is a damaging blow to the Swedish team for the upcoming competition with Zlatan having recently returned to the national set-up.
Zlatan recently announced his return to the national side for the World Cup Qualifications and played both matches against Georgia and Kosovo.
Sweden is part of a tough Group E along with Spain, Slovakia and Poland.
The 39-year-old has represented his country in 118 matches and scored 62 goals.
His experience and leadership would be sorely missed in the upcoming Euros.
AC Milan’s coach revealed that it could take a while for the Swedish to return from injury.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic recently signed a contract extension at AC Milan which keeps him till the end of the 2021-22 season.
He scored 15 goals and provided 2 assists for the Rossoneri this season and is the top scorer for them.
Ibrahimovic is set to undergo a six-week recovery and hence misses out.
Sweden plays their opening match of Euro 2020 against Spain followed by Slovakia and Poland.
Prior to the event, they play 2 friendlies against Finland and Armenia.
