Haaland hits Ronaldo's record, promises Dortmund to rewrite history

Haaland keeps scoring.

5Scoring in 12 consecutive Champions League games, he equalled Cristiano Ronaldo's record - and now, fate is about to bring him back to Dortmund to take another step on his journey to becoming an icon of the new era.

The goal machine without brakes

Anyone who has watched the Champions League this season has had the same feeling: Erling Haaland is unstoppable. Every Manchester City game, no matter the opponent, ends with the same name on the scoreboard.

12 consecutive matches scoring - that number not only puts Haaland on par with Ronaldo, but also puts him in the ranks of true "supermen" of European football. But what is more amazing is the speed at which he reached that peak.

At 25, Haaland has scored more than 130 goals for Man City and is in the top 10 greatest scorers in Champions League history, with the best scoring rate of all time. This season alone, he has 24 goals and 3 assists after 14 games, averaging a goal every 52 minutes.

There's no doubt about it - Haaland is at a stage where every touch he makes can turn into destiny.

Pep is turning Haaland into the perfect monster.

It took Pep Guardiola almost a season to figure out how to make Haaland an integral part of Man City’s complex tactical structure. Now he has an evolved striker – both wild and intelligent.

After the 2-0 win over Villarreal in the League Phase Champions League on October 22, Pep said: "He always knows when to move, when to stop. Haaland appears at the right time when the team needs him most."

It is a testament to a player who does not live solely by instinct. Haaland today knows how to play in sync with the team, knows how to “hide” and then explode, knows how to connect with teammates in short combinations - something many classic strikers have never been able to do.

He is not just a “box killer”, but part of the structure of pressing, counter-attacking and maintaining the rhythm of play. That is Haaland generation 2.0 - the all-round version of a scoring machine.

When numbers don't tell the whole story

Haaland has become a symbol of pure performance. But behind that coolness lies a strong personality and tireless will. He does not celebrate excessively, does not make unnecessary statements. Instead, Haaland just smiles, runs back to his own half and waits for the next goal.

Haaland has been scoring goals consistently recently.

Pep once said: “There are players who are born to score goals – and Haaland is one of them.” That could never be more true. With Ronaldo and Messi having faded into the background, Haaland is the natural successor to that great era – a player who combines Nordic power, digital speed and pure killer instinct.

Football history rarely plots out the perfect scenario, but this time it does. Haaland's next Champions League match will be against Borussia Dortmund - the team that put him on the world map.

A goal at Signal Iduna Park would see him overtake Ronaldo as the first player in Champions League history to score in 13 consecutive games.

No one doubts that Haaland will do it. For him, the record is not the goal - but the inevitable consequence of his obsession with perfection.

At the age of 25, Haaland is no longer the "Ronaldo successor", but is writing his own chapter in the history of European football - where he not only scores goals, but also redefines the greatness of a modern-day striker.

Source: https://znews.vn/haaland-cham-ky-luc-ronaldo-hen-dortmund-viet-lai-lich-su-post1596162.html