FOOTBALL NEWS : Ibrahimovic out for calm and clings to hope
He does not lose his composure Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the usual, but that was not the case when he missed a penalty in the draw against Paris Saint-Germain 2-2 at home to Manchester City in the first leg quarter-finals of the Champions League football on Wednesday.
According to statistics published by the magazine "L'Equipe" French sports daily last year Ibrahimovic has next to Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid player in the best recording ratio from the penalty spot in the last 10 years in the five major league in Europe championships.
So when Joe Hart saved a penalty in the 14th minute Ibrahimovic was not happy with the Swedish striker.
Ibrahimovic told reporters: "We made mistakes that we can avoid them. There is also a penalty missed . That's what happened."
But Ibrahimovic missed a penalty when he equalized for PSG four minutes before the end of the first half but also missed a serious opportunity.
The only Swedish striker, who missed opportunities as Paris St Germain failed to control the play as he used which Ibrahimovic was not surprised.
He said the Swedish striker "We felt we attack rarely happened in the past."
It is still in front of Paris St Germain a chance to qualify for the semi-finals for the first time since 1995 but it has to provide much better performance.
Ibrahimovic said. "We still have hope .. we always have hope."
He added, "We are strong and we have the confidence but we have to play much better in the second leg."
Paris Saint-Germain was unable to cross the quarter-finals in the Champions League in the last 3 seasons.
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