Today is not just any day for Erling Haaland; In matchday 2 of the Champions League, the Norwegian striker will face Borussia Dortmund with his Manchester City, the team where he has become one of the mass phenomena of world football. before signing this summer for the Etihad club. Meanwhile, Pep Guardiola, City coach, faces the team that was his great rival when he led Bayern (2013-16). The other group G meeting is Copenhagen-Seville.
Borussia Dortmund, who suffered the blow of Saturday’s beating by Leipzig (3-0), arrived at the Etihad with the need to stop Haaland, his former star, who scored 10 goals in 6 Premier games and scored a brace against Sevilla in his Champions League debut as a ‘citizen’ (4-0). ). Meanwhile, Dortmund started the Eurotournament with a 3-0 win against the Danish team.
Guardiola admitted this Tuesday in front of the media that “Haaland and Akanji know Dortmund better than me” and said that “I don’t know if Haaland can be the difference factor in the Champions League”. On how to take advantage of the Norwegian star’s career, Pep said that “Coaches have too much influencethe game belongs to the players”.
The City coach made his goals clear: “We want to win this Wednesday because when the World Cup starts (it will take place from November 21 to December 18) we have to fight for the Premier League, but with Champions we must be classed; Fortunately we won the first match”.
Akanji and Haaland are not the only former Dortmund players playing for City. Another is Ilkay Gündogan, who hopes that Haaland “is our X factor in this Champions League”. Pep confirmed that Kyle Walker is still out, John Stones has recovered and Aymeric Laporte has trained, but he could reappear after the national team break.
City are 2nd in the Premier, one point behind Arsenal, first. Edin Terzic’s Dortmund fell to 5th place in the Bundesliga after the defeat against Leipzig and 5 points behind the leader, Union Berlin. If Haaland knows Dortmund, Dortmund knows Haaland.
There is no doubt that Erling Haaland and Borussia Dortmund will never forget each other. It all started on January 18, 2020, when Haaland made his official debut with the Signal Iduna Park team. Dortmund was losing against Augsburg, the young Norwegian prodigy came in, scored a hat trick and his team won 3-5.
The young Norwegian star scored a total of 86 goals for the German team in 89 games. Of them, 62 out of 67 Bundesliga games. Under a clause, Manchester City signed him for 60 million euros this summer.
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Manchester City vs Borussia Dortmund
Etihad Stadium, 21.00 (MLC 4)
Manchester City: Edison; Joao Cancelo, Ruben Dias, Akanji, Sergio Gomez; Rodrigo; Gundogan, De Bruyne; Mahrez, Haaland and Grealish
coaches: Pep Guardiola
Borussia Dortmund: Mayer; Sule, Hummels, Schlotterbeck; Wolf, Bellingham, Özcan, Guerreiro; Brandt, Reus; humility
coaches: Edin Terzic
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy) / VAR: Marco Di Bello (Italy)
Source: La Verdad
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