Head coach reacts as Sweden fails Euro 2016 and loses Ibrahimovic

– Sweden was defeated by Belgium with 1:0 score

– “Ibra” has retired from international football

– Sweden coach reacts to the situation

Sweden coach Erik Hamren states that the team will never reproduce a striker as good as Ibrahimovic after he retired from international football following Sweden’s Euro 2016 exit.

Sweden international striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic retired  from international football on Wednesday.

Ibrahimovic disclosed that he will retire from international football after Euro 2016  and a 1-0 loss to Belgium brought an end to Sweden’s campaign.

The striker finished with 62 goals in 116 appearances.

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And Hamren admits his country may never breed a player like Ibrahimovic:  “It will be impossible to find another Zlatan. He is special, he is unique. We will not find another player like him in Sweden, because he is unique. We wanted a better end for Zlatan.”

Sweden crashed out of the EURO 2016 following a draw and two defeats.

However the coach was nonetheless proud of his side’s performance: “I am obviously very disappointed with the result. I was talking about how the players should be honoured to be here and to be playing for Sweden. I can only be proud of them. We got some chances to score. Our last two games were all right, but we were unable to convert our chances. But we tried right until the very end.”

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

The Sweden coach said at a news conference: “We were not very good against Ireland, but we have since progressed. Maybe we could have done more against Italy going forward, but they have a great defence. We put in a good performance, we did everything we could.”

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