Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Lionel Messi Prove They Are Clearly Friends, Not Enemies

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's spell at Barcelona never really worked out, and in his autobiography, he suggested that Lionel Messi was a big part of the reason why. 

He wrote, as per the Daily Mail: 

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It was a childhood dream [to play for Barcelona] and I was walking on air. It started well but then Messi started to talk.

He wanted to play in the middle, not on the wing, so the system changed from 4-3-3 to 4-5-1. I was sacrificed and no longer had the freedom on the pitch I need to succeed.

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However, on Wednesday night at the Camp Nou, the two players showed there was clearly no bad blood between them. 

Before the match, they were caught on camera joking together with Thiago Motta, while a nice photo of the pair together was also captured. 

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"@telegraaf: Opvallende foto in Nou Camp, Zlatan en Messi intiem http://t.co/uFd7EsWWhT pic.twitter.com/0VdmL26CdB" #Zlatan

— Völuspá (@bellmanNo82) December 11, 2014"

After the match, when Zlatan was asked if he still had any friends at Barcelona, he said (per Jonny Singer of the Daily Mail), "Yes, 90,000 [in the stands] and the 22 players on the field."

Ohh. Football friends! 

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[h/t Joe.ie]