The striker has confirmed that he will retire after Euro 2016, meaning Wednesday's clash in Nice has taken on ever greater importance for the soon-to-be free agent
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic has always been an unpredictable character, a man with an innate flair for the unexpected. It should not have come as a surprise, then, when the Sweden captain suddenly confirmed midway through an otherwise mundane press conference in Nice on Tuesday that he will retire from international football after Euro 2016.
However, while the decision was hardly shocking, the timing, on the eve of a pivotal clash with Belgium, caught the media cold.