Sweden sweat over Zlatan's fitness as Austria clash looms

Sweden captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a doubt for his country’s Euro 2016 qualifier at home to Austria tomorrow, coach Erik Hamren said yesterday

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Stockholm: Sweden captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a doubt for his country’s Euro 2016 qualifier at home to Austria tomorrow, coach Erik Hamren said yesterday.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

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The 33-year-old striker came off at half-time in Saturday’s 0-1 defeat to Russia in Moscow complaining of an apparent abdominal injury.

“Let’s hope it goes quickly but it remains to be seen if he will be able to play,” Hamren said when asked about how long Ibrahimovic may be out.

“It depends how quickly he can recover. He has a haemorrhage to the internal oblique muscle of the abdomen,” he added at a press conference.

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