Former Sweden international Zlatan Ibrahimovic could only point out France’s absolute dominance over Sweden on Tuesday night (3-0) in the World Cup round of 16. On the set of FOX, where he works as a consultant, the former PSG player says all the good things he thinks about the Blues, especially in offensive terms.
Are there enough superlatives to describe the Blues’ attack? Not sure. On Tuesday evening, the French team defeated Sweden (3:0) in the 1/8 finals of the 2026 World Cup. Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s heartthrob. But FOX’s World Cup consultant wasn’t surprised.
“I said it before the match, I haven’t seen the slightest weakness in this French team yet,” notes the former PSG player. “Each of their strikers can win the match. They had a very good match today. Olize, he didn’t score, but he has a vision that Dembele and Mbappe don’t have, he sees playing possibilities that they don’t see, even if they have different qualities. We’ll see how far France can go, but it’s scary.”
It’s clear that the Blues’ offensive strike force stands out. Kylian Mbappe scored a new double, Michael Olise signed two new assists… it’s hard to compete.
There are three French football players in the top 5 in the world according to Zlatan
“Of the five best players in the world, three play in this attack,” judges Zlatan Ibrahimovic. “Dembele, Olise and Mbappe. To the other two we can add Haaland and Yamal, Messi from a different class. But there are three in this attack! And putting together a combination is not easy. For example, when PSG had Mbappe, Messi and Neymar, it didn’t work 100%. But these guys don’t have the ego to know who will be number 1. And they also do their job without the ball, which is even more important. because we know what they can do with the ball. They can decide the outcome of the match themselves, it’s scary.
That’s what awaits Paraguay, France’s next opponents in the World Cup round of 16 on Saturday night in Philadelphia.