Paris St Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates after scoring a penalty against Saint Etienne during their French Cup semi-final soccer match at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris April 8, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)
A day after scoring a brilliant hat-trick, Paris Saint-Germain's tempestuous striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will find out Thursday his punishment for comments attacking France and its referees.
The 33-year-old Swedish star faces up to five matches on the Ligue 1 sidelines for a widely televised rant in which he said France did not deserve a team like the star-studded Paris Saint-Germain because of the way it is treated.
The French league's disciplinary commission, which starts hearing his case at 1600 GMT could impose a four match ban on Ibrahimovic and activate a suspended one match ban imposed in January.
Ibrahimovic will already be missing for the Champions League quarter-final first leg against Barcelona next week after his sending off against Chelsea in the last 16.
The hearing has tarnished another stellar week for the Swede whose hat-trick in a 4-1 French Cup semi-final win over Saint Etienne took him to 102 goals for Paris Saint-Germain in less than three seasons.
He is now only seven goals behind the club record 107 by Portuguese star Pauleta.
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