Ole Gunnar Solskjær on Erling Haaland:
🗣 "I called Manchester United six months before I took over and told them that I’d got this striker, this boy Haaland that we had… but they didn't listen”.
“I asked for £4m for Erling. They did not sign him”
🚨🇧🇷 Carlo Ancelotti reveals Vini Jr was not even in top 5 penalty takers.
“We did some stats and the BEST was Raphinha. From the players available, the best was Neymar, then Igor Thiago, then Bruno Guimarães, then Martinelli”.
“Bruno in our view was the best on the pitch.”
🚨Erling Haaland on the difference between playing with Rodri and Martin Ødegaard:
🗣️ Reporter:
“What’s the biggest difference between playing with Rodri and playing with Martin Ødegaard?”
🗣️ Erling Haaland:
“Rodri controls the game. Martin creates the game.
Rodri always knows where the next pass is before anyone else. Martin sees passes that nobody else even thinks about.
I asked Martin once how he always finds me without even looking. He just smiled.
Playing with him, you’d think he has eyes in the back of his head. The defenders probably think the same.
Twice in a row, Messi could have faced Brazil in the World Cup semifinals, but they’ve managed to get knocked out before then.
I’m sure they’ll find a way to blame Messi for having an easy part to the final again.
🚨Ståle Solbakken on Andreas Schjelderup after coming off the bench and providing two assists for Erling Haaland as Norway eliminated Brazil from the FIFA World Cup:
🎙️ Reporter: “What makes Andreas Schjelderup such a special player?”
🗣️ Ståle Solbakken:
“People always talk about Andreas after he changes a game. I see those qualities every single day.
Some players wait for the game to open up. Andreas opens it himself.
That’s why I brought him on. I knew Brazil were beginning to tire, and I knew his intelligence, his movement and his quality on the ball would create problems.
He came onto the pitch and did exactly what we expected. Two assists for Erling Haaland against Brazil in a World Cup knockout match. You cannot ask for more than that.
What impressed me wasn’t just the assists. It was his understanding of Erling.
Sometimes Andreas watches Erling walking… then jogging… and people think he’s having a quiet game. Andreas knows that’s exactly what Erling wants.
The moment defenders think Erling has disappeared, that’s usually when he appears.
Erling doesn’t spend the whole game chasing the ball. He waits for the ball to come into his world. Andreas understands that better than almost anyone.
For the first goal, he knew exactly where Erling would be before anyone else did. He played the pass without hesitation because he trusted his striker.
Then the second one… Erling barely looked involved. One touch. One finish. Suddenly everyone remembered why he’s one of the greatest goalscorers in the world.
That’s the chemistry you cannot coach. You either have it or you don’t.
The dressing room believes in Andreas because they’ve seen him produce moments like this over and over again. Tonight, the whole football world saw why we have so much confidence in him.