Zlatan wants improvement

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has called on his Sweden teammates to improve as a weakened Sweden squad faces Northern Ireland in a crucial qualifier. Sweden are odds-on to qualify as they sit six points clear of N. Ireland at the top of the group, but have yet to throw in many convincing performances.

"I'm really up for this and I believe everyone in the team is too," he told UEFA.com.

"Last time around I struggled and so did the whole team, but now we're closing in on qualification.

"I'm sure we'll do what is required on Wednesday evening."

Ibrahimovic is in the midst of a two year international goal drought, a fact made all the more amazing by his seemingly effortless goalscoring for Inter Milan.

Still, it has yet to cause a crisis in confidence for him.

"I don't think about it much," he insisted.

"As long as we win, it doesn't matter who scores the goals."