Zlatan Ibrahimovic Fails Lie-Detector Test on Fox Analysts as Feud With 1 Alexi Lalas Deepens
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Updated · USA TODAY · Jun 19
Zlatan Ibrahimovic Fails Lie-Detector Test on Fox Analysts as Feud With 1 Alexi Lalas Deepens
3 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · Jun 19
Summary
James Corden’s World Cup wrap show put Zlatan Ibrahimovic on a lie detector, and the test flagged his “Yes” when asked if he respected all his fellow Fox Sports analysts.
The result landed amid a running on-air clash with Alexi Lalas, Fox’s lead soccer analyst, who has repeatedly been the target of Ibrahimovic’s barbs during the tournament.
Friday’s studio segment opened without Lalas, prompting Ibrahimovic to quip “America, you’re welcome,” after Rebecca Lowe said Lalas had left and Thierry Henry joked, “Your plan worked.”
That tension had already flared after France’s win over Senegal, when Lalas echoed criticism of France as arrogant and Ibrahimovic shot back that “ignorant people” call it arrogance while “intelligent people” call it confidence.