Zlatan Ibrahimovic is keen to keep his international career alive despite Sweden missing out on qualification for the 2022 World Cup.
Sweden went down 2-0 to Poland in their qualifying play-off final, with Robert Lewandowski converting a penalty after Jesper Karlstrom s foul on Grzegorz Krychowiak and Piotr Zielinski s cool finish completing the success in Chorzow.
Ibrahimovic retired from international duty after Euro 2016 but returned to the fold last year to help in Sweden s quest to reach Qatar.
The 40-year-old is his country s all-time leading scorer with 62 goals to his name but he has failed to find the net in five appearances since making his comeback.
He was only a late substitute in the defeat against Poland yet has no intention of stepping away from the international set-up again.
I hope so. As long as I can stay healthy and play and contribute something, Ibrahimovic told C More said when asked if he would continue playing for Sweden.
Pushed to confirm he did not view the defeat to Poland as his last match, he replied: There is no answer now.
Everyone is disappointed. It s depressing, but it s normal when you lose. Everyone wants to play [at] the World Cup and experience a World Cup, but unfortunately that won t happen.
Sweden boss Janne Andersson believes a fit Ibrahimovic will continue to be of use.
If it s the case that Zlatan wants to be involved and he s completely healthy – because he has to be, he has to play because otherwise it will be difficult – then he definitely has something to add still, said Andersson.
Injuries have limited Ibrahimovic to just 918 minutes of game time in Serie A for Milan this season, with the striker scoring eight times.
