Freestyle skills? Neo worries! Ibrahimovic sets Pogba, Djokovic ´Matrix challenge´

No stranger to casting himself as ‘The One’ throughout a flamboyant and headline-grabbing career, Zlatan Ibrahimovic made himself the star in his own ‘Matrix challenge’.

The former Inter, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United favourite joined LA Galaxy last year and pulled another Hollywood move in a video posted to his official Twitter account.

Ibrahimovic flicked up a football and balanced it on his chest, before leaning back and completing some flourishing revolutions of his arms – the use of slow-motion in the clip mimicking the style of the celebrated action sequences in sci-fi action blockbuster The Matrix.

And the 37-year-old wants to see other sporting superstars get in on the act.

Matrix challenge: @paulpogba @DjokerNole @TeamKhabib @MinoRaiola SHOW ME #matrixchallenge pic.twitter.com/ZEUk8o0Wi0

— Zlatan Ibrahimović (@Ibra_official) September 27, 2019

When they reloaded their social media streams, Ibrahimovic’s team-mate Paul Pogba, tennis great Novak Djokovic and UFC star Khabib Nurmagomedov – a quite formidable trinity – will have spotted they were tagged in the ex-Sweden striker’s tweet.

Will Pogba, Djokovic and Nurmagomedov show people what Ibrahimovic wants them to see? This is a world where anything is possible.