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Jul 2020
11m 12s

Zlatan Ibrahimović

BLUE WIRE
About this episode
Zlatan has long been known as one of soccer’s most eccentric and frustrating superstars. His inflated, egomaniacal branding presents a cartoonish version of what an athlete can be, and also ensured that he never stays with any one team for very long. But, he’ll always be in work, because sometimes he reminds us that he really can do the impossible. And no moment sums this up better than his 2012 30-yard bicycle kick goal against England.

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