3 days ago, Erling Haaland reached the milestone of 50 goals in the fastest time of all time in the Premier League. And in the match against Leipzig on the morning of November 29, Erling Haaland again reached the milestone of 40 goals in the fastest time of all time in the Champions League.
“Again? Another record. A thousand million times, I’m really impressed.” Pep Guardiola had to say that in a bored position without acting.
If the Norwegian striker only needs 35 matches to score 40 goals, it means that after reaching the 100 match mark, it is not certain Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of 140 goals still exists. Similarly, if it only takes 48 matches to score 50 goals in the Premier League, then Alan Shearer’s record of 260 goals in the Premier League will have to count down its existence. Of course, football is not like mathematics but always has variations.
However, we should not pay too much attention to the fact that Haaland keeps scoring every day and every hour at a rate of 1.1 goals like this. But remember, Haaland is only 23 years old and has a wide future ahead. At this age, I’m afraid all records will be broken when Haaland reaches the age of 30. At the same time, football fans will always have to get used to seeing Erling Haaland score goals as well as the phrase “Haaland record breaking” in a boring way. But is Erling Haaland unstoppable?
Haaland just set a personal record in the match against Leipzig
This striker’s biggest regret is probably in the national team, where the Norwegian team and Erling Haaland will have to be reluctant spectators at EURO 2024 . Since being “remembered by name” by the football world, Erling Haaland has still not been able to join Norway in a major tournament like Euro or World Cup. Besides, the fact that Arsenal’s captain, Martin Odegaard, also suffered the same situation shows that this is the tragedy of a football community in the situation of “One swallow cannot make spring”.
Many people will say that the fact that Norway was “dropped” shows that Haaland himself is only the best when placed in the best system. Especially falling into the hands of Pep Guardiola’s team is like “a tiger growing wings”. However, if you look at the way Haaland performed on the national team or small teams before coming to Manchester City, it is completely wrong.
The fact that he had 27 goals in 29 matches for the Norwegian team is the most eloquent proof. But the most typical is the 2019 U20 World Cup, which was the year when Ukraine won the championship, Korea was runner-up, but Haaland was the top scorer in just one match in the group stage. 12-0 victory over Honduras, and Haaland alone scored 9 goals. Norway is still ranked 3rd, eliminated from the group stage. Yes, just one group match, Haaland is the top scorer and the home team stops. He is very good, it’s just that it’s very difficult for the team to move further if the opponent keeps pressing Haaland and marking closely, and he has no one to share the fire.
Haaland is in very high form
What about small football teams? Haaland’s time in Salzburg was short, but his 8 goals in 6 Champions League group stage matches in 2019/20 made the whole world say “Who is Haaland?” Surely no one has forgotten.
Perhaps Haaland will be a player who, even if he is on a weak team, cannot stop him, but will only stop his team.