Zlatan Ibrahimovic: It was 'very difficult' to focus on Sweden match against Denmark

ByDan Quarrell

Updated 15/11/2015 at 13:31 GMT

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has admitted that he found it very difficult to concentrate on football during Sweden’s Euro 2016 qualifying play-off with Denmark in Stockholm following the tragic events in Paris.

The Stade de France was one of six locations targeted in deadly attacks on Paris on Friday evening and all sporting events in the Paris region were cancelled on Saturday as the French capital continues to come to terms with the tragedy.

Ibrahimovic scored in Sweden’s 2-1 first-leg victory but said after the game that he found it extremely tough to focus on playing football with his thoughts very much on the city in which he plays his football for Paris Saint-Germain.

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"I have tried to focus entirely on this game, but it was very difficult," the 33-year-old said after the match.

"It's tragic what happened there. This kind of thing should never happen."

Both teams paid tribute to the victims in Paris before kick-off in what were moving scenes at the Friends Arena.

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