“Matchday”: Porto beat Juventus – but where was Ronaldo?
Porto managed a surprise victory against Juventus Turin in the eighth final first leg. Cristiano Ronaldo only caused a laugh. In contrast to Dortmund’s Erling Braut Haaland. The Norwegian was really hot again.
17.02.2021
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Borussia Dortmund has created an excellent starting position for the quarter-finals in the Champions League with a 3-2 win in Seville. The match winner was Erling Haaland with a double pack.
The Norwegian has already scored ten goals in just seven games in the current Champions League season. Never before has a player scored ten goals for a team in the premier class so quickly. The striker broke an old record set by Roy Makaay, who needed ten games for ten goals in the Bayern shirt in 2003/04.
Overall, it was hits 17 and 18 for the 20-year-old in the 13th Champions League game – also a record. He was motivated by yesterday’s appearance by Kylian Mbappé, who almost single-handedly shot down Barça in a 4-1 away win on Tuesday evening with a hat trick.
«It was great to score the goals. I like the Champions League. When I saw Mbappé doing a hat trick yesterday, I got free motivation. My thanks go to him, ”said Haaland in the winner’s interview.
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Haaland or Mbappé – who is the better striker?
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The two young attackers may have different styles of play, but the bottom line is that both meet the most important criterion: They score goals – in practically every game and every competition. Haaland and Mbappé are currently the legitimate successors of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The two most successful Champions League goalscorers of all time (Cristiano Ronaldo, 134 goals – Lionel Messi, 119) are still a long way from the two talents. But both Haaland and Mbappé (the 22-year-old has scored 24 goals in 44 Champions League games) are clearly better in comparison than the two superstars of the same age.
Haaland or Mbappé?
Which of the two exceptional talents you prefer is a matter of taste. “Blue expert Marco Streller has a flair for Haaland, as he reveals in the Champions League studio.
In the summer, Haaland will be able to welcome a well-known companion at BVB. The current Gladbach coach Marco Rose recently announced his move to Westphalia. The German was his supervisor for half a year in Haaland’s first season at RB Salzburg in 2019.
But at the Austrian flagship club, Haaland rarely played under Rose from the start. When Jesse Marsch took over the coaching position, Haaland was suddenly set – and hit the running meter.
«What makes him really strong is what makes him tick as a type. This willpower, this force, this goal danger ”, Rose later enthused about the 1.94 meter force of nature. It was also clear to him: “A great career is certainly waiting for us. We’ll see where that will take place. ” In any case, the 44-year-old did not see the “incredible talent” at Gladbach. At least Rose said jokingly: “I haven’t dared call him yet.” Now you don’t need a phone call to have one of the world’s best strikers as a protégé. Sometimes work is made easy for you.
Borussia Dortmund won the Champions League round of 16 first leg at Sevilla FC thanks to a passionate performance 3-2 and had a good chance of making it into Europe’s top eight.
