Guardiola defends mis-firing Ibrahimovic
Reuters - Friday 05 February 2010, 14:50
MADRID - Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has
played down Zlatan Ibrahimovic's recent barren spell and noted
the Swedish striker brings a lot more to the side than scoring
goals.
After moving from Inter Milan in the close season,
Ibrahimovic quickly netted 11 times in the league but has scored
only once in Barca's last nine matches.
"He has the capacity to do a great many other things (than
scoring)," Guardiola told a news conference on Friday.
"They are intangible things but they are our lifeblood," he
added. "I don't think it'll be traumatic for the player as he is
mentally very strong and he'll see it as a challenge."