Hamren: Messi and Ibra like video game players

"Both of them are like players you see in those video games," Hamren told a news conference at the Friends Arena where Sweden meet Argentina on Wednesday in front of a sell-out crowd.

"They do things you don't think it's possible to do. Two extremely talented and really, really good football players."

"Leo is a fantastic player, he's probably the best player in the world," Ibrahimovic told reporters. "He is winning all the prizes, he's winning as an individual and I think it will be a great game."

Fans and photographers alike have had as much luck as most defenders when trying to pin him down and security around the arena was tight as locals tried to get a glimpse of him during Argentina's training session on Tuesday.

"He's a great player because he has physical strength, is tall, good in the air, he makes the most of rebounds, he has all the skills to complicate [things]," he told a news conference.

"He can score in all kinds of ways, even with free-kicks as against England, which he did from 35 metres."

"We have to be especially careful faced by the quality of a player like Zlatan, but the fact that he's playing doesn't change my idea of how to defend."

The friendly marks Sweden's final outing before their first competitive game in the new stadium against Ireland in a World Cup qualifier on March 22.