Zlatan Ibrahimovic included in Sweden’s Rio Olympics football squad

Gianluigi Buffon has admitted Italy do fear Zlatan Ibrahimovic ahead of their meeting with Sweden on Friday, although he says he is not their only concern.

Under no-nonsense Conte, who will take over at Chelsea after the tournament, Italy were virtually impenetrable at the back against Belgium, while dynamic and creative in midfield and attack.

“I do not think we can be positive”, Ericson was quoted as saying by Aftonbladet. “I am certain that a single match can’t change the attitude of these lads, I’m convinced of that”.

“But we have to play our own game, albeit with certain adaptations to counter their strengths and take advantage of their weaknesses”.

“We remember what happened at the World Cup in Brazil when we were knocked out after winning the first game”.

“They have a number of top players and we’ll be looking at them, paying attention to them”. We’ve had four days to recover and train.

Clark will hope for a chance to make amends – manager Martin O’Neill has already told him to focus on what he did well against Sweden – when the Republic meet Belgium in Bordeaux on Saturday.

The goalie is arguably the most important position in football (soccer) and is the last line of defense for the team in case the rest of the squad fails to secure the ball and score.

Sweden prolific striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been named in the country’s provisional squad for the Olympics in Rio.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a famous goal against Italy at Euro 2004. Everyone may predict Italy but we will just have to wait and see. The games are even right until the end.

“They have three very strong central defenders”, he said.

“He had to go overseas to break into the national side”.

The selection would have paid dividends in five of Italy’s last seven victories and the juicy 13/8 (2.63) quote offered up by the odds compilers for the trend to continue in Toulouse is the recommended play for punters. He was always on the bench at Parma before moving to Holland. I’m happy for him because it shows that taking on challenges helps in life.

However, what many are failing to acknowledge is the fact that both Bayern Munich and AC Milan are also sponsored by Adidas, with both European giants linked with making a move for the 34-year-old this summer.