It's not even about winning the entire thing. Atleast perform well. Zlatan didn't.
Zlatan has one of the worst CL knockout record ever. Individually and collectively.
This guy managed to hinder Prime Inter and Barca from winning the CL/ treble. Unique achievement.
After Messi and Ronaldo, RL9 has the best goal ratio and probably the most goals in CL knockout matches.
I mean even in International Football, for a weaker national team, RL9 already has considerably more goals than Zlatan does.
You see the trend since you're an expert at studying player trends and stuff....
Look, stats are extremely easily to manipulate.
I have been doing it for years.
Suarez had horrible CL knockout and away record at Barca.
Messi had horrible CL record in away KO matches.
He did score goals at Camp Nou, but for years, he was a ghost (goals wise) on every single away CL important match, especially from quarters onwards.
I am not saying that Messi is bad or anything.
I am just pointing, for the sake of an argument how you can cherry pick stats of any player and turn him into a GOAT or into a WOAT, based on how you cherry pick stats.
So, let's make Messi a WOAT (Worst of all time) in this example:
From 2012 till today, in 11 straight CL years, playing for 2 of the best clubs in the world, he scored only 1 CL goal on away matches if we count only quarters, semis and finals (when you meet the toughest opponents).
I know, I know, you can meet tough opponents in 1/8 also, but I cherry-picked stats from quarters onwards to suit my agenda and to make it look more dramatic.
So, hear some intense drama now:
Messi hasn't scored an away CL goal in KO matches (quarters, semis and finals) for 9 years straight.
Or: he scored only 1 CL away KO goal after 2011'.
And then you say that Zlatan's 6 CL years with Juve, Inter and Barca are horrible?
Are you trying to say that Zlatan is as bad as Messi, to some extent?
2012:
1/4 Milan 0:0
1/2 Chelsea 0:1
2013:
1/4 Psg 2:2, Messi, Xavi pen
1/2 Bayern 0:4
2014:
1/4 Atletico 0:1
2015:
1/4 Psg 1:3, Neymar x1, Suarez x2
1/2 Bayern 3:0, 2:3 Neymar x2
Final: Juve 3:1, Raki, Suarez, Neymar
2016:
1/4 Barca:Atletico 0:2
2017:
1/4 Juve 0:0
2018:
1/4 Roma 0:3
2019:
1/4 Man Utd 1:0, Shaw Own goal
1/2 Liverpool 0:4
2020:
1/4 Bayern 2:8, Alaba own goal, Suarez
2021:
KOd in 1/8 by Psg
2022:
KOd in 1/8 by Real
** Once again, this post is based on cherry picking, to show how you can turn any player into shit, to suit your agenda.
And as said earlier, Zlatan is at least insanely funny: