{"id":417083,"date":"2021-11-23T11:38:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T10:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=417083"},"modified":"2021-11-23T11:53:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T10:53:36","slug":"he-did-something-stupid-to-my-player-zlantan-explains-brutal-shoulder-tackle-on-chelseas-azpilicueta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=417083","title":{"rendered":"He did something stupid to my player \u2013 Zlantan explains brutal shoulder tackle on Chelsea\u2019s Azpilicueta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">Sweden striker, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has insisted that he does not regret his brutal shoulder tackle on Spain defender, Cesar Azpilicueta during both teams\u2019 World Cup qualifying tie on November 14 because the Chelsea captain did something stupid to his player.<\/p>\n<p>The AC Milan star said he was not ashamed of what he did to Azpilicueta, adding that it was deliberate and that he would do it all over again.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Zlatan sent Azpilicueta flying after slamming his shoulder into the back of the Chelsea right-back in the closing stages of Sweden\u2019s 1-0 defeat against Spain in the World Cup qualifier.<\/p>\n<p>As a corner was swung into the box, Zlatan smashed Azpilicueta, flooring him on the spot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-919515\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/arewa.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/He-did-something-stupid-to-my-player-\u2013-Zlantan-explains.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the development, Zlatan told The Guardian, \u201cThe other day in the national team, I gave a tackle to [Cesar Azpilicueta]. I did it on purpose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not ashamed to say it because he did something stupid to my player. Acting big to my player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a stupid thing, but I would still do it to make him understand: \u201cYou don\u2019t f***ing do that. You don\u2019t have the balls to do it against me. But I will show you what happens if you do it to me.\u201d That\u2019s why I did it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether Azpilicueta approached him after the final whistle, he replied: \u201cHe will not say it to me, but he will say it to my player \u2013 who will do nothing because he\u2019s too nice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was not a good thing by me, but I would still do it. That\u2019s me. I\u2019m not ashamed to say it.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sweden striker, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has insisted that he does not regret his brutal shoulder tackle on Spain defender, Cesar Azpilicueta during both teams\u2019 World Cup qualifying tie on November 14 because the Chelsea captain did something stupid to his player. The AC Milan star said he was not ashamed of what he did to Azpilicueta, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":417084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[2658,1397,16140],"class_list":["post-417083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-a","tag-chelsea","tag-zlatan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=417083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/417084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=417083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=417083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=417083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}