There is a contrast that is not light before the Chelsea – Man City match in the Premier League tomorrow morning alone, Man City’s Erling Haaland, the first time his feet wet his feet to England, is having a higher number of goals. Chelsea’s total goals scored in the Premier League this season!
The top scorer in the Premier League in the last 4 seasons has scored 22 or 23 goals. Haaland alone now has 21 goals (while Chelsea only has 20), when the season has not yet reached the middle of the season.
Of course, Haaland is well known. He averaged one goal per game in three seasons with Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga. He also scores quite a lot, has many records for scoring, in the Champions League . But, the Bundesliga is not as fierce as the Premier League (just ask Timo Werner). And Haaland’s impressive goalscoring record in the Champions League is mainly related to age. There are still many doubts before Haaland soars in the Premier League this season.
Initially, as he himself said, coach Pep Guardiola expected Haaland’s ability to score when he appeared about 40 meters in front of the opponent’s goal and accelerated to pass the defender. It was a mighty Haaland, full of speed and always strong. Nordic stars – tall and strong – often threaten each other with that image. More than that, it’s just the ability to play the ball. The problem is that there needs to be space for Haaland to promote its strengths.
Now it’s clear: Haaland actually has the ability to score goals in tight spaces, which is a situation where, at first glance, everyone can easily agree that a player as tall as Haaland will be at a disadvantage. Ingenuity is fine, but Haaland also has a smart play to promote this strength. In particular, Haaland scored with … very good shoe nails. This is perhaps the most unique detail among the top goalscorers of current top football .
The goal that he threw like he could fly, kicked the ball straight into the tight ball and pushed the ball into the MU goal, is one of the “works” of Haaland’s ability to score goals with a shoe nail. And in the match against Borrusia Dortmund in the Champions League , Haaland launched a beautiful volley. City table. But the difference was too big compared to other volleys: Haaland drove the ball into Dortmund’s net with a shoe nail. Take a look at Haaland’s goals against Sevilla, Liverpool , Nottingham Forest … to feel more about this “great move” of Haaland.
Like the spikes of an anti-spin rubber in table tennis (anti-spin because it can “capture” and hold the ball for a certain amount of time, canceling out the ball’s spin), shoe spikes This is meant to limit slippage on the grass, but it also helps to fix the ball in a crucial moment, at contact, and makes the ball’s path more precise afterwards. On the other hand, in the high ball phase, of course, we cannot imagine the situation of the ball going over the bar after a touch of the ball with a shoe spike.
Haaland didn’t show off his nail-scoring technique. But that is a detail that shows that he is too technically perfect. Not only kicking the ball, he was also able to drive the ball with a shoe nail. Here’s part of the answer: why Haaland scores so much. Commentators often praise the “passing kings”, in that they have the ability to put the ball in the right foot of the teammate, so that he can score easily. With Haaland, the opposite must be said: passing becomes easier, because as long as the ball reaches Haaland’s position, even in a difficult situation, he can still score. Kevin De Bruyne must love this feature of Haaland!
