Haaland rowing the Northmen to invincibility
The tall, behemoth of a man now has a total of 60 goals for his homeland in just 53 matches
Every kingdom, at some point, starts to falter. Lads who potentially come from Viking ancestry throw a very pressing question after every match - “Is it finally time for the Vikings to rise again after a thousand years?” Erling Braut Haaland, the man, the myth, and on the apt path to becoming a legend, seems to have all the answers sorted out. He is here to be. Be the main man.
And on the last day of June, boy did he deliver – when he took the field against a team which birthed legends like Didier Drogba, scoring in the 86th minute of the game to take the rowing-men to the last 16. The tall, behemoth of a man now has a total of 60 goals for his homeland in just 53 matches.
His staggering strike rate of 1.13 goals per game is slowly starting to look normal with time. It is the maiden FIFA World Cup for this unstoppable goal machine, and he is already breathing fire with five goals in just three matches. Only the great Lionel Messi stands taller with one more goal so far in this year’s edition.
The Manchester City forward is gradually building a legacy that many fear would be difficult to surpass.
With 162 goals for the club in two short of 200 games, the white-furred dragon is already setting the World Cup pitch ablaze with potentially four more games until the Vikings claim the ultimate throne. The world of football has been blessed to have been nothing short of a constellation over decades, as stars have emerged and graced the highest level for years.
Haaland, being one of the latest additions to that, should give hope to the record-nazis as he seems to have broken out of some sort of servitude whenever he takes the field.
Norway is set to meet Brazil in the round of 16, a team that haven't been able to claim the joy of beating the Norwegians till date. Now they meet unstoppable force Haaland, the superstar in the midst of superstars.
They’d be hoping to break the shackles this time, but when the shackle is Haaland himself, rest assured it won’t be a cakewalk as the Selecao would hope.