At Paris Saint-Germain, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has become the footballing epitome of a flat-track bully: frequently awesome when beating up smaller teams but a weak link when PSG is going toe-to-toe with other heavyweights in Europe. The star striker's failure to score or even pose a genuine threat against an injury-depleted Real Madrid side in a 0-0 draw in the Champions League on Wednesday night adds to the stack of evidence that PSG's ambitions of conquering Europe will have to wait until he leaves. It has been more than three years now since Ibrahimovic swaggered into Paris from Milan, seizing a last giant payday and the opportunity to close out his career as the biggest fish in the small pond of French football.
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