The Swedish striker Los Angeles Galaxy Zlatan Ibrahimovic has criticized the Swedish coach, Jan Andersson , for not calling on his first list of players of immigrant origin, in an interview published on Tuesday the newspaper " Expressen "

The Swedish star reproached Andersson, who took office when "Ibra" left the team after Euro 2016, which did not include any player from another ethnicity in his first call, a circumstance that he later corrected for "political correctness."

"First call, what happens? How many from another source included? No one. They asked and whined. Then he already called others from different backgrounds to be politically correct," said the 38-year-old.

The former Juventus player, Milan, Inter, Barcelona and Manchester United accused Andersson of destroying what the forward has built "for twenty years ", alluding to the image of Sweden as a multicultural team , in line with a country in which the population of foreign origin exceeds 20%.

"If that is what you stand for, you must stand firm and not change why the questions appear," says "Ibra."

In statements to the same tabloid Andersson was sympathetic because Sweden has a "real" problem of racism and understands that players like Ibrahimovic, of Bosnian-Croatian origin, have had to fight against "prejudices" and have been treated "unfairly" by the origin of their parents.

"But it annoys me that it is suggested that I would be able to base my choices on the origin of the people . It is very far from what I defend as a coach and as a person," explained the coach who took Sweden to the quarterfinals of the World Cup. Russia and now seeks to qualify for the 2020 Eurocup.

Sweden, which is second in the group to 7 points in Spain in the absence of four games, faces Malta at home on Saturday and receives three days later the team of Robert Moreno in Stockholm.

Months before Russia 2018, Andersson, like some players of the Swedish team, had shown his irritation over speculation about a possible return of Ibrahimovic, fueled by himself with ambiguous messages.

"Ibra" had commented in the previous weeks that his options for being in Russia had increased and that the World Cup without him would not be a "real " World Cup , after having signed an advertising contract with a credit card company to be His face visible in the tournament.

The Swedish Federation cleared the doubts two months before the start of the World Cup by communicating that the player had not changed his mind and would not return to the national team.

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