Ibrahimovic has annoyed opponents with his comments during a match. In October of last year he was branded "arrogant, dirty and childish" by a player for the Faroe Islands. Zlatan had called them "a bunch of fishermen".
The Faroe Islands captain, Frodi Benjaminsen, told the Swedish paper Expressen: "He is just so ignorant, someone who just talks a lot and I don't like him. He is so arrogant. Talks about other players, talks about himself, what he does and how he plays. He also plays dirty and that is the main reason [I don't like him]. But we didn't fight – he is not worth it."
Benjaminsen also talked to local paper Dimmalaetting after the game, describing what had happened between the pair. "He elbowed me just before the interval and when we left the pitch for half-time I asked him what he was doing," he said. "Just when we got inside he grabbed hold of me … He was belittling our team and me. What he said was not nice. He talked about where he is playing and how much he is earning. It was so childish."