CAPOCANNONIERE!

TOP GOAL SCORER AND SCUDETTO WITH MOURINHO AS BOSS

WHAT HAPPENED 2008/09?

New star manager José Mourinho got maximum out of Zlatan who scored a career high 25 goals in the league, winning the top goal scorer league for the first time and (of course) winning Serie A.

 

Roberto Mancini had made Inter into a league winning club for the first time in 17 years and with two consecutive victories alot of people were surprised when tit was announced he was being fired. He had built Inter's game around Ibra, helping him to reach the next level in his career so it was not good news that he was not gonna lead Inter 2008/09.

 

ENTER MOURINHO

That was until we found out who was taking over. The special one had a fantastic career already, winning Champions League with Porto and three very successful years at Chelsea. And already being a winning squad with Z undoubtedly the main force, the expectations to not only win the league but to go far in the Champions League were high.

 

A MONSTER EMERGES

This is the season where the real beast Zlatan Ibrahimović really emerged. Step by step since Malmo/Ajax, he had grown each and every season and now it seemed he was peaking, combining his extraordinary touch with flair, power and speed, looking f*cking invincible.

 

BEST SEASON YET

And it showed in the goal/assist-table. He scored 25 goals (career high at the time) + 7 assists in Serie A and a total 29 goals + 10 assists all season. Inter won the Super Cup in the beginning of the season (TROPHY 10) and had no problem winning the Scudetto (TROPHY 11), leading the table from round 11.

 

TOP GOAL SCORER-BATTLE

So when Z stepped on to San Siro in the last game, one goal behind the top goal scorers, Mourinho instructed his players to help Ibra win the individual award. And after some Z-like fighting with the Ultraz (him facing their critique head on), there was an unusual level of anticipation for a last, result-irrelevant game. Zlatan scored in the 12th min, tying with Di Vaio and Milito on 24 goals. And then (at 3-3), he did what nobody in the world of football does like him. In the 81st minute he got the ball from Crespo, fought hard against two defenders, and back-heeled in his 25th league goal, winning the top goal scorer-table, shirt off followed by the adrenalined "f*ck all you disbelievers"-scream, getting all of San Siro fired up. It was a magical way to end a fantastic era in the club he had wanted to play for since he was a kid.

 

"THAT DAMN CHAMPIONS.."

After winning Serie A four straight years and with the arrival of Mourinho, the goal to reach the Champions League-final had never been clearer. The Inter squad was well-balanced, experienced, extremely tight defensively and with one of the best strikers in the world up front there was no question Inter was seen as a serios candidate for the CL-win. After bearly making it to the knockout stage, they were faced with Manchester United, a club Mourinho had faced many times in England. 0-0 at San Siro opened up for an interesting game at Old Trafford.

 

THAT DAMN CROSS-BAR

In the second half Maicon hit a cross and Ibra got a perfect opportunity close to goal, headed the ball down to the ground, it bounced on the grass and hit the cross-bar. So ridiculously close a huge goal, which had forced Man U to score twice and with the defensive strength Inter had and Mourinho being the world class match coach he was, it's not unlikely Inter would have gone through, moments later Man U scored and ended up winning 2-0. BUT there's no point dwelling on a specific header, of course there's a bigger perspective and sadly Zlatan got knocked out before the semi again and in an interview with Swedish TV after game:
Z: "I'll do anything to win that damn Champions."
Reporter: "Is that possible with this team?"

Z: "I don't know."

Two months later he signed for Barcelona in the so far second biggest transfer in world football history.

FACTS.

• FIRST GAME:

24 August 2008, vs Roma (Super Cup-final)


• FIRST GOAL:

30 August 2008, vs Sampdoria (league)


• GAMES SCORING 2 OR MORE GOALS:

5.

• ALL ZLATAN'S GAMES 2008/09:

47 games: 37 wins, 10 draws, 7 losses.


• WHEN ZLATAN WAS IN THE STARTING 11:

45 games: 29 wins, 10 draws, 6 losses.


• WHEN ZLATAN WAS BROUGHT ON:

2 games: 1 win, 0 draw, 1 losses.


• WHEN ZLATAN SCORED:

23 games, 17 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses.


• WHEN ZLATAN DIDN'T SCORE:

24 games, 13 wins, 7 draws, 4 losses.


• PLAYING TIME:

Zlatan played a record high 4153 minutes this season.

Serie A: Winner

Italian Cup: Semifinal

Italian Super Cup: Winner

Champions League: Round of 16

Serie A 2008/09

 
G
W
D
L
GF
GA
P
1. Inter
38
25
9
4
70
32
84
2. Juventus
38
21
11
6
69
37
74
3. Milan
38
22
8
8
70
35
74
4. Fiorentina
38
21
5
12
53
38
68

"I was facing the wrong direction, so what do you do? You heel it. I heeled backwards in an angle and sure, I had scored many heel goals in my career, like the one against Italy in the Euros of course and the karate thing against Bologna. But this, in this situation, was just too much." "And slowly it sank into me, this was historical, and I thought, this is my way of responding. When I came to Italy, people were saying: Zlatan doesn't score enough goals. Now I was the top scorer. Capocannoniere. No one could have any doubts now. But I stayed quite cool. I walked back out on the pitch and what really made me jump was something completely different. It was Mourinho, that old stone face. He who never changed his face had finally woken up. He went crazy. He was screaming and cheering like a little school kid, jumping up and down, and I smiled: I could get you going after all. But it took quite an effort. I had to become the Capocannoniere with a heel kick."

- from "I AM ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIĆ"

VIDEO 2008/09 - TOP 10

1. GOAL

9,7

INTER 2008/09

vs Bologna

2008.10.04

2. GOAL

9,4

INTER 2008/09

vs Fiorentina

2009.03.15

3. GOAL

9,2

INTER 2008/09

vs Reggina

2009.03.22

3. GOAL

8,3

INTER 2008/09

vs Atalanta

2009.05.31

5. GOAL

8,0

INTER 2008/09

vs Palermo

2008.11.15

6. GOAL

8,0

INTER 2008/09

vs Chievo

2008.12.14

7. GOAL

7,9

INTER 2008/09

vs Werder Bremen

2008.12.09

8. ASSIST

7,8

INTER 2008/09

vs Panathinaikos

2008.09.16

9. ASSIST

7,8

INTER 2008/09

vs Lazio

2009.05.02

10. GOAL

7,6

INTER 2008/09

vs Palermo

2008.11.15

VIDEO 2008/09 - PLAYLISTS

PLAYLIST | SERIE A 2008/09

PLAYLIST | COPPA ITALIA 2008/09

PLAYLIST | SUPERCOPPA ITALIANA 2008/09

PLAYLIST | ALL INTER GOALS 2008/09

PLAYLIST | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2008/09

UEFA are continously removing Champions League-videos from the internet. The Dailymotion UEFA Champions League-playlist is meant to complete the Youtube UEFA Champions League-playlist. So all Zlatan's goals/assists should be in either one of them. If you notice a video being removed from youtube or unavailable, it would be much appreciated if you report it to contact@zlatanibrahimovic.com. Thank you in advance.

TEAMMATES 2008/09

TEAM TROPHIES 2008/09

2 TROPHIES

SERIE A

ITALIAN LEAGUE

2008/09

SUPERCOPPA ITALIANA

ITALIAN SUPER CUP

2008/09

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS 2008/09

SERIE A - ITALIAN LEAGUE

PLAYER OF THE YEAR:

2008/09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25 goals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOP GOAL SCORER:

2008/09

 

            

 

vs Atalanta 14 october 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOAL OF THE YEAR:

2008/09

 

 

          

TEAM OF THE YEAR:

2008/09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIFA BALLON D'OR

 

9th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOMINATED:

2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The FIFA Ballon d'Or "Golden Ball" is an association football award given annually to the male player who is considered to have performed the best in the previous year. It is awarded based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams, as well as journalists from around the world. The award started in 2010 after France Football's Ballon d'Or and the men's FIFA World Player of the Year award were merged.

FIFA

WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR

16th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOMINATED:

2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The FIFA World Player of the Year is an association football award presented to the player voted as best in the world by coaches and captains of international teams.

ZTATISTICS 2008/09

 
 
 
 
Start
Sub In
Sub Out
Goals
Assists
Yellow
Yel/Red
Red
Min

Serie A Italian League

35

 

3

25

7

8

 

 

3133'

Coppa Italia Italian Cup

2

1

 

3

1

1

 

 

225'

Supercoppa Italiana Italian Supercup

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

120'

UEFA Champions League

7

1

 

1

2

 

 

 

675'

 

 

45

2

3

  

 

9

 

 

4153'
     

47

  

29

10

 8    

 
 
GOALS - WHEN?

1-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
75-90+

Serie A Italian League

6

2

2

6

2

7

Coppa Italia Italian Cup

 

1

 

 

1

1

Supercoppa Italiana Italian Supercup

 

 

 

 

 

 

UEFA Champions League

 

 

 

 

 

1
 

 

6

3

2

6

3

9
 
GOALS - HOW?
Right
Left
Header
Penalty
Freekick

Serie A Italian League

14

4

3

2

2

Coppa Italia Italian Cup

1

2

 

 

 

Supercoppa Italiana Italian Supercup

 

 

 

 

 

UEFA Champions League

1

 

 

 

 
 

16

6

3

2

2

GAMES 2008/09

 

SERIE A

          
 
 
 
          
Start
Sub In
Sub Out
Goals
Assists
Yellow
Yel/Red
Red
Min

2008.08.30

Serie A Italian League
Sampdoria

1-1

Inter

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

90'

2008.09.13

Serie A Italian League
Inter

2-1

Catania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2008.09.21

Serie A Italian League
Torino

1-3

Inter

 

88'

1

 

 

 

 

87'

2008.09.24

Serie A Italian League
Inter

1-0

Lecce

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

90'

2008.09.28

Serie A Italian League
Milan

1-0

Inter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2008.10.04

Serie A Italian League
Inter

2-1

Bologna

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

90'

2008.10.19

Serie A Italian League
Roma

0-4

Inter

 

82

2

 

 

 

 

81'

2008.10.26

Serie A Italian League
Inter

0-0

Genoa

 

 

 

 

55'

 

 

90'

2008.10.29

Serie A Italian League
Fiorentina

0-0

Inter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2008.11.01

Serie A Italian League
Reggina

2-3

Inter

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

90'

2008.11.09

Serie A Italian League
Inter

1-0

Udinese

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2008.11.15

Serie A Italian League
Palermo

0-2

Inter

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

90'

2008.11.22

Serie A Italian League
Inter

1-0

Juventus

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

90'

2008.11.30

Serie A Italian League
Inter

2-1

Napoli

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2008.12.06

Serie A Italian League
Lazio

0-3

Inter

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

90'

2008.12.14

Serie A Italian League
Inter

4-2

Chievo

 

 

2

1

85'

 

 

90'

2008.12.20

Serie A Italian League
Siena

1-2

Inter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2009.01.10

Serie A Italian League
Inter

1-1

Cagiari

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

90'

2009.01.18

Serie A Italian League
Atalanta

3-1

Inter

 

 

1

 

45+'

 

 

90'

2009.01.28

Serie A Italian League
Catania

0-2

Inter

 

 

1

 

15'

 

 

90'

2009.02.01

Serie A Italian League
Inter

1-1

Torino

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2009.02.07

Serie A Italian League
Lecce

0-3

Inter

 

86'

1

 

37'

 

 

85'

2009.02.15

Serie A Italian League
Inter

2-1

Milan

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

90'

2009.02.21

Serie A Italian League
Bologna

1-2

Inter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2009.03.07

Serie A Italian League
Genoa

0-2

Inter

 

 

1

1

45+'

 

 

90'

2009.03.15

Serie A Italian League
Inter

2-0

Fiorentina

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

90'

2009.03.22

Serie A Italian League
Inter

3-0

Reggina

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

90'

2009.04.05

Serie A Italian League
Udinese

0-1

Inter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2009.04.11

Serie A Italian League
Inter

2-2

Palermo

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

90'

2009.04.18

Serie A Italian League
Juventus

1-1

Inter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2009.04.26

Serie A Italian League
Napoli

1-0

Inter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2009.05.02

Serie A Italian League
Inter

2-0

Lazio

 

 

1

1

86'

 

 

90'

2009.05.17

Serie A Italian League
Inter

3-0

Siena

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

90'

2009.05.24

Serie A Italian League
Cagiari

2-1

Inter

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

90'

2009.05.31

Serie A Italian League
Inter

4-3

Atalanta

 

 

2

 

81'

 

 

90'

 

35

 

3

25

7

8

 

 

3133'
 

ITALIAN CUP

          
 
 
 
          
Start
Sub In
Sub Out
Goals
Assists
Yellow
Yel/Red
Red
Min

2009.01.13

Coppa Italia Italian Cup Round of 16
Inter

3-1*

Genoa

 

76'

 

1

 

 

 

 

45'

2009.01.21

Coppa Italia Italian Cup Quarterfinal
Inter

2-1

Roma

 

 

1

1

 

 

 

90'

2009.04.23

Coppa Italia Italian Cup Semifinal 2:2
Inter

1-0

Sampdoria

 

 

1

 

32'

 

 

90'

 

* = overtime.

2

1

 

3

1

1

 

 

225'
 

ITALIAN SUPERCUP

          
 
 
 
          
Start
Sub In
Sub Out
Goals
Assists
Yellow
Yel/Red
Red
Min

2008.08.24

Supercoppa Italiana Italian Supercup
Inter

8-7*

Roma

 

 

pen

 

 

 

 

120'

 

* = penalties.

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

120'
 

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Start
Sub In
Sub Out
Goals
Assists
Yellow
Yel/Red
Red
Min

2008.09.16

UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Panathinaikos

0-2

Inter

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

90'

2008.10.01

UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Inter

1-1

Werder Bremen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2008.10.22

UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Inter

1-0

Anorthosis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2008.11.04

UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Anorthosis

3-3

Inter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2008.11.26

UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Inter

0-1

Panathinaikos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2008.12.09

UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Werder Bremen

2-1

Inter

 

46'

 

1

 

 

 

 

45'

2009.02.24

UEFA Champions League Round of 16 1:2
Inter

0-0

Manchester United

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2009.03.11

UEFA Champions League Round of 16 2:2
Manchester United

2-0

Inter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

 

 <

7

1

 

1

2

 

 

 

675'