PSG hit Inter Miami 4-0 in the round of 16 draw on Sunday, with all the goals in the first half.
Asked if this was a humiliation for Leo Messi from Inter Miami, Ibrahimovic insisted: “Messi's defeat? No no, don't talk about the defeat as if it were his fault!
“Messi did not lose, Inter Miami did it! Did you see this team? Messi plays between images, not teammates! If he was in a real team, in Paris, in Manchester, in a large team, you would have seen the real lion.”
The Swede was also quoted by Foot Mercato: “Messi only plays because he loves the game, because he can still do what 99% of the players can't do! But he is surrounded by those who run as if they are sagging with cement! There are no coaches, no stars, not even how to move without the ball! You want to blame Messi?
“When he plays with Ronaldo, with Mbappé, with Haaland, with Zlatan. Then you can talk! But today? No, no, no. That's not the messi I know, he is a big spirit that plays in a circus! But be careful, if you give a real team, he's defeating the past, but it is no more than the present? Miaamai.”