Zlatan Ibrahimovic is one of the world’s great footballers, whether suiting up for Paris Saint-Germain or the Swedish national team, but the strategy that has gotten him to the top is hardly unique: Take risks and never play it safe.
To celebrate the striker’s dominant skill and fearless style — and to inspire the next generation of players to embrace a similar daring, unrestrained attitude — Nike Football has put together the Nike Dare to Zlatan campaign, consisting of three mini-films that test Ibrahimovic.
In Get Better With Pressure, Zlatan works on dexterity and coordination — not overly difficult, though made all the more so by the volcano and splashing lava that surround him.
In Fear Nothing, Zlatan practices his accuracy by way of free kicks into a snowy cave, only halfheartedly defended by a bone-gnawing tiger.
And finally there’s Trust Your Instincts, in which a blindfolded Ibrahimovic perfects his footwork using a solid metal ball. In the desert. During an electric storm.