Haaland and the conditions to follow in Ronaldo and Messi's footsteps

Man City have won the Premier League, FA Cup and their next target is certainly the Champions League silverware, where they will face Inter Milan to find the new king of European football.

Man City are on the verge of winning the Champions League for the first time and striker Earling Haaland also has the opportunity to prove his worth.

Haaland made a great contribution to help Man City win the Premier League championship in the 2022/2023 season

With 36 goals in the top flight, Haaland is receiving a lot of praise. He also has 8 assists, among the 8 best assist makers in the Premier League.

These two numbers alone speak volumes about the Norwegian striker's class. So why do people say he still needs to prove his worth?

In world football at this time, Haaland is the brightest name that can follow in the footsteps of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to become a symbol of victory.

In addition to his talent, the striker of Man City also maintains a burning desire and a spirit of dissatisfaction, thereby becoming more and more comprehensive. It is not an exaggeration to say that Haaland is a terror to every defense.

But football has always had its own strict standards. For example, Messi was always ridiculed before winning the World Cup with Argentina.

Ronaldo was even doubted before Portugal won the EURO, despite both having won every glory at club level.

Haaland of course cannot wait for the day when the Norwegian team dominates Europe or the world. So the Champions League is the arena he must win to become a new icon in the post-Ronaldo - Messi era.

It is also an almost prerequisite for him to aim for the Golden Ball race - another standard to inherit the position left by Ronaldo and Messi.

But even if he wins the Champions League or even the Golden Ball this season, Haaland still needs extremely high stability to be able to compare with his two seniors.

Neymar also received a lot of expectations but has gone through ups and downs, so at over 30 years old, he is still only... potential. Meanwhile, Messi and Ronaldo have dominated world football for more than a decade. From this perspective, if he wants to continue the path of his two seniors, the challenge for Haaland is indeed not small.

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