Herriman • “Quadruple team him,” Mike Petke said. Then, immediately afterward, Petke almost realized that it’s actually not that crazy of an idea. For the last two decades, coaches and teams all around the world have been scouring game footage, looking for weaknesses in the armor of this near-mythical man, a 6-foot-5, 210-pound goal-scoring-take-no-prisoners punisher with a man-bun, who is most comfortable referring to himself in the third person.
“A beast,” Petke calls him. “The epitome of a man with his strength, with his size and intimidation.”
Even now in Los Angeles, even nearing the age of 37, Zlatan Ibrahimovic refuses to see the guaranteed sunset on what will eventually be recognized as one of the most illustrious careers in the history of professional and international soccer.