Zlatan Ibrahimovic: the goal named, the action at a distance

SportLocation Football Desk · 29 Sept 2026

An on-screen card identifies Ibrahimovic’s goal against Southampton in the 2017 EFL Cup Final, while the wide view keeps the penalty-area action indistinct.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is identified on the on-screen card as the scorer against Southampton in the 2017 EFL Cup Final. The footage itself stays wide: players gather around the distant goal, but individual touches are difficult to distinguish.

That gap matters. The card states the outcome; the camera does not clearly show the scoring action. Instead, the view holds the penalty area, goal and crowd in one broad picture, before swinging away from the pitch. The goal is named, but its decisive detail remains out of reach.