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This is Ibrahimovic's world

Open the Swedish dictionary, flick to the letter Z and shortly after running your finger down the page, you will come across "zlatanera." The literal definition is "to Zlatan." Figuratively it means "to dominate" and, after originally being coined by a French satirical show, it was accepted for entry by the Swedish Language Council in 2012.

A couple of years later, the Swedish post office announced its own way of recognising Zlatan. It released a "zlamp," the special commemorative stamp celebrating his performance against England and the Puskas Award-winning bicycle kick he scored. Five million of them were pre-ordered; one imagines they were all first class.