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To give people an idea about the guy Zava is based on, here are some real-life quotes and stories from Zlatan Ibrahimovic:

• "Who is most deserving of all the money that I, Zlatan, am paid? The answer is Zlatan."
• "I can't help but laugh at how perfect I am."
• "One thing is for sure: a World Cup without me is nothing to watch."
• "Nothing, she already has Zlatan." [when asked what he got his wife for Valentine's Day]
• "I heard the crowd chanting 'We want Zlatan' so I gave them Zlatan." [after scoring two goals in his LA Galaxy debut]
• "Now LA has a God and a King!" [when Lebron James announced he was going to the Lakers]
• "Dear Los Angeles, You're welcome. -Zlatan" [a full-page ad in the LA Times when he moved to Los Angeles]
• Lebron James very famously sent Zlatan one of his Lakers jerseys, as a show of respect. Zlatan signed it and sent it back to him.

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That last one is maybe my favorite ever!

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Lebron James very famously sent Zlatan one of his Lakers jerseys, as a show of respect. Zlatan signed it and sent it back to him.

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This one is my favorite

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Lebron James very famously sent Zlatan one of his Lakers jerseys, as a show of respect. Zlatan signed it and sent it back to him.

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Lmao. That's amazing.

One of my favs of his:

"First I went left; he did too. Then I went right and he did too. Then I went left again and he went to buy a hot dog."

More recently, at age 40 last year and still playing at a high level for AC Milan, he said the following about retirement:

"I want to play as long as I can. The reality is I'll play until I see that someone is better than me, so I'm still playing."

"I think the greatest sadness will be yours, as you won't get to watch me play anymore. You should enjoy it now, because you'll never see the likes of me again."

When he moved to Paris to play for PSG:

"We are looking for an apartment. But if we don't find anything, then I'll probably buy the hotel."

bthotugigem05 said:

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To give people an idea about the guy Zava is based on, here are some real-life quotes and stories from Zlatan Ibrahimovic:

• "Who is most deserving of all the money that I, Zlatan, am paid? The answer is Zlatan."

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Editing my post above to respond to this part, because this one really is peak Zlatan in full-context. Bond-villain level ego. It's incredible.

While Zlatan played for Paris, David Beckham announced he was donating his salary to a children's charity, to which Zlatan humbly responded…

"Who is most deserving of all of the money that I, Zlatan, am paid? The answer is Zlatan. The children of Paris are not leading Ligue 1 in goals this season. I am. I have 20 goals. The next best players have 12. Twelve! If anything, the children of Paris should be giving me even more money for having the privilege of being in the same city as my incredible quality. And so should David Beckham. Call it a Zlaritable donation."

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/future-news-zlatan-ibrahimovic-announces-donating-entire-salary-065816514--sow.html

I know nothing of soccer besides what I see on Ted Lasso, but based on the above quotes I ****ing love this Zlatan guy!

I don't know if this has been called out yet, but I could not stop laughing when Ted said "don't be late" to Beard when he talked about him and Jane going to an immersive theatre on the menstrual cycle.

"I'm an empty vessel. Filled with gold."

My favorite Zlatan story(fromthis article, which is full of gems https://theathletic.com/2607878/2021/05/25/zlatan-ibrahimovic-galaxy-mls/?source=user_shared_article):

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In early May of 2018, the Galaxy were facing off against the Houston Dynamo on the road. As Pontius tells it, LA looked gutless in the game's early goings and, at halftime, Zlatan made his frustrations known.

"We need more guys to get stuck in on tackles," Ibrahimovic bellowed. "Like Kevin."

Ibrahimovic's teammates were intimidated by the giant, ferocious Swede, who was prowling around the locker room, unloading on each and every one of them. But mostly they were confused. You see, there was no Kevin on the team. Zlatan, at this point, had been with them for weeks.

"Finally someone musters up the courage to ask him," says Pontius, "who is Kevin?"

Ibrahimovic motioned toward defensive midfielder Perry Kitchen, who was seated at his locker. "Him," said Ibrahimovic. "Kevin."

Like any good mythology, the Kevin story has different versions. We're first introduced to Kevin by Toronto FC defender Eriq Zavaleta.

The game (in 2019) that we won 5-3 where Zlatan scored his 500th (career) goal I heard Zlatan screaming at his teammates," Zavaleta says. "He was yelling, 'KEVIN! KEVIN! PLAY FORWARD.' Perry Kitchen had the ball at that point so I thought to myself, 'Who the hell is Kevin?' There was no Kevin on that team, to my knowledge."

"Chris is wrong," Kitchen says. "That was a different time. The Kevin thing started immediately."

The day after the Galaxy's stunning, come-from-behind 4-3 victory over LAFC a game in which Zlatan scored arguably the most memorable goal in MLS history within his first 36 hours of arriving in the United States Schmid gathered his team for a post-game tape session. While going through the film, the veteran MLS coach asked his charges if they had any observations.

"Zlatan spoke up and said something along the lines of: 'In games like these we need to have more bite, we need to be nastier. Like Kevin,'" says Kevin Kitchen. "And he pointed to me, over in my direction. I was like, looking around, to my left, to my right, making sure there wasn't a Kevin on the team. I said, 'Are you pointing to me? My name is Perry. It's right above my locker.'"

"Yes," replied Ibrahimovic. "You are Kevin."

"The guy was so confident that he stood there and just tried to tell me I didn't know my own name, man."

"He called Perry 'Kevin' every day for the next year and a half," Pontius says, still laughing. "I swear, to this very day, if he saw Perry again he would just say, 'What's up, Kevin?'"

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Ted's wife now dating their marriage counselor is a pretty messed up thing all around

FightinTexasAg15 said:

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Ted's wife now dating their marriage counselor is a pretty messed up thing all around

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Nothing to do with Ted Lasso but I know someone that this happened to. In a slightly more twisted aspect of it, the guy providing the "counseling" was the couple's preacher. The preacher/counselor began having an affair with the wife between couple's counseling sessions.

Let's just say the marriage didn't last.

FightinTexasAg15 said:

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Ted's wife now dating their marriage counselor is a pretty messed up thing all around

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no doubt, and that's a pretty smart/interesting wrinkle.

given that Ted has hooked up with Sassy a few times, it would be hypocritical for Ted to be upset that Michelle is just seeing someone. but to have it be their marriage counselor, who Ted previously expressed frustration/distrust toward to Dr. Sharon and basically caused him to reject therapy completely, could really send Ted on a spiral.

I had the thought about some janitor at Richmond who was trying to figure out who kept spitting on mirrors when it suddenly stopped. Now some janitor at West Ham is trying to figure it out and neither has put it together.

Here is his goal against LAFC - very similar to his first goal for Richmond.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Zlatan+goal+agains+LAFC&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS907US907&oq=Zlatan+goal+agains+LAFC&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30l2j0i390i650l3.21719j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:158129e7,vid:J15vfXqnwWw

PanzerAggie06 said:

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One of my early season predictions came true. Nice. I'm so proud of myself, haha.

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I predicted Trent Crimm joining the team as an embedder reporter, now I just need to also predict the name of his book.

https://texags.com/forums/13/topics/3210955/replies/60402886

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Trent becomes an embedded reporter with Richmond following them all season to them winning it all and writting a book about the season and Ted Lasso. The name of the book is The Independent.

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FightinTexasAg15 said:

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Ted's wife now dating their marriage counselor is a pretty messed up thing all around

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Nothing to do with Ted Lasso but I know someone that this happened to. In a slightly more twisted aspect of it, the guy providing the "counseling" was the couple's preacher. The preacher/counselor began having an affair with the wife between couple's counseling sessions.

Let's just say the marriage didn't last.

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I'll give you some personal experience with twisted. My ex-wife married her divorce attorney. They're divorced now, too,.

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I had the thought about some janitor at Richmond who was trying to figure out who kept spitting on mirrors when it suddenly stopped. Now some janitor at West Ham is trying to figure it out and neither has put it together.

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Did you spit on my mirror? Cuz if you spit on my mirror, I'm gonna kill ya.

Finally watched the final 5 minutes of this episode which, for me, had one point that did not ring very true.

A closeted professional footballer who, in the first scene, was seen to be quite nervous at merely leaving the house of his BF is now so comfortable that he is seen making out with said BF in an alley a few feet away from where his entire team is partying. Also, that he even invited him to the party in the first place was a bit of a stretch. No way he'd invite a guy who, while not flaming, isn't exactly fooling anyone.

As a former closet case myself I have a hard time buying Collin, given his situation, being that bold.

PanzerAggie06 said:

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The Zava storyline seems a bit unnecessary. We've already had such a plot line in the first season with Jamie being the cocky superstar that creates turmoil in the ranks.

Granted, I'm under the impression that Zava will be Zava throughout his story arc with Ted failing at bringing him around using the "methods" that worked so effectively on Jamie, Roy, etc. This is a variation to the Jamie story but one that seems somewhat lazy as it's been done already.

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I don't see this as a repeat of the Jamie storyline, I see it as the culmination of Jamie's redemption arc. I am very happy to see Jamie and Roy on the road to full reconciliation and Jamie finally get the father figure he needs. It seems Jamie will become the dominant player who is selfless and carries Richmond as the leader when Zava either gets hurt or leaves the team.

My guess is this was a feel good episode for Zava but the road will become rocky and he will get benched/canned/loaned out because he starts destroying team chemistry. We saw a little glimpse of that when he made the avocado remark to Sam and him stealing Jamie's brilliant goal by tapping it in. This is the honeymoon phase of his time on Richmond through 5 games, now it will get interesting. No way they win the whole F'ing thing just by hiring a mercenary to carry them. They will win it based on Ted creating a highly motivated and cohesive team that is better than its individual parts.

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Quad Dog said:

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I had the thought about some janitor at Richmond who was trying to figure out who kept spitting on mirrors when it suddenly stopped. Now some janitor at West Ham is trying to figure it out and neither has put it together.

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Did you spit on my mirror? Cuz if you spit on my mirror, I'm gonna kill ya.

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Don't forget these Zlatan quotes about Covid back in 2020.

"I tested negative to Covid yesterday and positive today. No symptoms what so ever. Covid had the courage to challenge me. Bad idea"

And after:

"The virus challenged me and I won. But you are not Zlatan, don't challenge the virus."