Ibrahimovic: La Liga focuses on organization and Serie A focuses on strategy. Good skills may not be able to adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League.
6686 Sports News on November 13th. Recently, Ibrahimovic talked about the differences in football styles in Spain, England and Italy in a podcast.
"La Liga teams focus on passing and controlling and organizing attacks from the backcourt. Even if the overall level of the team is not top-notch, they will stick to this style of play," Ibrahimovic said when talking about Spanish football style in a podcast. He pointed out that this style has also continued to the Spanish national team, which is why the Spanish team has always been one of the best teams in passing and controlling play, no matter what the final record is.
In the Premier League, physical confrontation is the core. "The pace of the competition is extremely fast, with frequent transitions between offense and defense... Therefore, you can be slightly inferior technically, but if you cannot control the pace of the competition, even if you have personal ability, it will be difficult to adapt to this intensity," he commented.
Finally, in Serie A, where he played the most games, the style of football was different: "Serie A is extremely strategic and extremely detailed. Guarding is more important than attacking. It is very difficult to play in Serie A as a forward - when you face a team that focuses on defense, it is not easy to score goals. But once you win, the sense of accomplishment is unparalleled."
