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Freestyle skills? Neo worries! Ibrahimovic sets Pogba, Djokovic 'Matrix challenge'

Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic - cropped

London, September 27: No stranger to casting himself as 'The One' throughout a flamboyant and headline-grabbing career, Zlatan Ibrahimovic made himself the star in his own 'Matrix challenge'.

The former Inter, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United favourite joined LA Galaxy last year and pulled another Hollywood move in a video posted to his official Twitter account.

Ibrahimovic flicked up a football and balanced it on his chest, before leaning back and completing some flourishing revolutions of his arms – the use of slow-motion in the clip mimicking the style of the celebrated action sequences in sci-fi action blockbuster The Matrix.

And the 37-year-old wants to see other sporting superstars get in on the act.

When they reloaded their social media streams, Ibrahimovic's team-mate Paul Pogba, tennis great Novak Djokovic and UFC star Khabib Nurmagomedov – a quite formidable trinity – will have spotted they were tagged in the ex-Sweden striker's tweet.

Will Pogba, Djokovic and Nurmagomedov show people what Ibrahimovic wants them to see? This is a world where anything is possible.

Story first published: Friday, September 27, 2019, 15:29 [IST]
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