“I do not hope to watch them, they are like my idol” .. With these words, Erling Haaland expressed his great love for Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Two years ago, Halland confirmed that he prefers to watch Zlatan and Cristiano, and considers them heroes and phenomena in football, explaining that they are like other young players.
We have already heard many early-stage players talking about the ideal, and some of them chose Ronaldo and Zlatan as Haaland, but we have not seen any of them offer half the levels of the duo, whether in terms of industry, scoring or physical strength, to say the least.
On the other hand, Halland proves day after day the sincerity of his words through the amazing levels he made with Borussia Dortmund, or after his move to Manchester City.
Other than the goals, Haaland has great flexibility and agility like the duo, as well as his great speed and tremendous ability to rise in the air, all of which confirm the Norwegian star’s progress in the footsteps of his idols.
Haaland emulates the ideal
Halland managed to top the covers of newspapers and social networking sites, yesterday, Wednesday, after he scored a fantastic goal against Manchester City during the second round of the Champions League.
Haaland received a magic pass from Joao Cancelo from the left side, before escaping the control of Dortmund defenders, and then scored an amazing goal from a flying situation with his left foot in the way Ibrahimovic and Ronaldo.
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During the 2011-2012 season, Ronaldo scored a goal with the heel from flying in the net against Malaga in the Spanish League.
That goal was almost repeated on Spanish soil a week ago by Halland, who was close to scoring against Seville in the opening round of the Champions League group stage in the same way.
The young striker rose to a cross inside the penalty area, met it from the situation, flying with the heel, but it passed next to the post, to miss the opportunity to simulate Ronaldo’s goal.
On the other hand, Ibrahimovic has many of these goals throughout his career, whether in European stadiums or when he moved to the Los Angeles Galaxy in the American League.
The most famous goal of Zlatan Ibrahimovic in this way, when he scored against the Italian national team in the European Nations Cup, in the match that ended in a 2-2 draw with Sweden.
In the French league, Ibra succeeded in scoring this version of goals repeatedly with Paris Saint-Germain, in addition to his famous goal with Inter Milan against Bologna in the Italian League.
And Ibra snatched the groans of the American fans during 2018, after he scored a fabulous goal with the heel of the foot against Toronto, to prove at the time his great abilities.
Ibra is skilled in such games, because of his previous practice of taekwondo, through which he can raise his foot in the air to the level of the players’ heads sometimes.