WATCH: When Julio Cesar Tried To Make Zlatan Ibrahimovic Miss A Penalty

Imagine the scene. It's 2012 and Inter are facing AC in the Milan derby, one of the biggest games in the Italian calendar.

The atmosphere in the San Siro is almost deafening and Zlatan Ibrahimovic has the chance to equalise from the spot.

In front of 80,000 fans, Zlatan steps up and composes himself to try and make it 1-1, but he is confronted by Inter Milan goalkeeper Julio Cesar, who clearly hasn't done his homework on the Swedish international.

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Cesar walks towards Ibrahimovic with a look in his eye. He then proceeds to try and put him off by playing mind games.

"Shoot it hard in the centre of the goal." grinned Cesar, but Zlatan was not phased.

He walked back a few steps and smashed it into the back of the net.

As you can see in the clip below, Ibrahimovic has plenty to say after he converted from 12 yards:

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Zlatan 1 - 0 Julio Cesar.

The former Barcelona forward later revealed what Cesar said during the incident:

"He tried using mind games on me. Julio Cesar said to me before the penalty, 'Shoot it hard in the centre of the goal."

"So after I scored I said to him: 'No, I will score instead."

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AC will always have a special place in Ibrahimovic's heart, especially after the club dedicated a special tweet to the 35-year-old after he suffered a horrific knee injury in the Europa League last season.

Milan's Twitter feed read: "Once a fighter, always a fighter! Get well and come back soon, @Ibra_offical!,"

Inter Milan then posted their own tribute to the man himself

Never mess with Zlatan, just ask Julio Cesar.

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is a writer at SPORTbible. He's interviewed some of the biggest names in sport, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pele, Carles Puyol and Tim Henman. He dabbles in all things sport but football is his biggest passion. He was once hit in the head by a wayward strike from Nicky Butt and lived to tell the tale.

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