PSG thrashed Inter Miami 4-0 in the round of 16 tie on Sunday, with all the goals coming in the first-half.
Asked if this was a humiliation for Inter Miami's Leo Messi, Ibrahimovic insisted: "Messi's defeat? No no, don't talk about the defeat as if it was his fault!
"Messi didn't lose, Inter Miami did! Have you seen this team? Messi plays among statues, not teammates! If he was in a real team, in Paris, in Manchester, in any big team, you would have seen the real lion."
The Swede was also quoted by Foot Mercato: "Messi only plays because he loves the game, because he can still do what 99% of players can't! But he's surrounded by those who run as if they were carrying bags of cement! There are no coaches, no stars, not even players who understand how to move without the ball! You want to blame Messi?
"When he plays with Ronaldo, with Mbappé, with Haaland, with Zlatan. Then you can talk! But today? No, no, no. That's not the Messi I know, he's a big ghost who plays in a circus! But be careful, if you give him a real team, he'll burn the stadium down again! Because quite simply. Messi is still Messi, but today? It's not his defeat, it's the defeat of Inter Miami and football."
ParisforMancity
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wen maimi won Porto the team is good wen they lost against PSG the team is clueless 😝..u can't take responsibility for good moments and in bad moments u jst blame it on something else u are not a woman.was Ibrahimovic expecting Miami to beat the current champions league champions😝.if Messi was dat good at his old age he would av been playing for Big European teams no shade bro i still prefer Messi to Ronaldo but people don't always say the truth wen it comes to messi or Ronaldo..men reason like women men use emotions no logic wen talking about Messi and Ronaldo..All the best to u guys..me i av out grown that childish behavior..
liealmsuy
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Zlatan keep quiet there if you have nothing to say.. Suarez, Bosquet, Alba are all statue but inter Miami won league with them even while Messi was injured. Well we already know that if it is Ronaldo's Al nasarr team everyone will blame Ronaldo because he is the real goat and we expect him to win with every team.. but not it is the fake goat we have to blame the team and even call humans statues....
mathiashazard
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Messi thought he'll be a hero 😂😂😂😂
yeaailrtyz
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so you are saying Messi should not be blamed for losing but when the team wins, he takes all the praise right?