In the moments following the final whistle of the 2026 World Cup last Sunday, incidents occurred between Argentine and Spanish players. Among the protagonists of this scuffle, Leandro Paredes.
Contrary to what had been announced, the former Paris Saint-Germain player was not excluded after the meeting. This was an error linked to the FIFA information system. The behavior of the 32-year-old midfielder remains no less lamentable. An investigation was also opened by the body to shed light on the attitude of some of Lionel Messi’s teammates.
If Zlatan Ibrahimovic had ever found himself in the Spanish camp, he would not have hesitated to hit the Argentine international. “Paredes can count himself lucky that there was not a player like me on the pitch. I would have headbutted him and been kicked out,” confided the Swede, in comments reported by A.S..
Zlatan would have done like Zidane
“I don’t know what the Spanish players were doing, continues the former striker converted into a sports consultant. They just watch another player hit a teammate. »
A header in the World Cup final. This inevitably recalls the scene between Zinédine Zidane and Marco Materazzi, twenty years earlier. The future coach of the France team ended his career with a red card.
