One day one, one day the other.
On Tuesday, Kylian Mbappé knocked out FC Barcelona in the knockout stages of the Champions League with a hat-trick (1-4).
The press, French and Catalan but not only, has only the name of the Paris Saint-Germain striker in the mouth.
On Wednesday, Erling Haaland signed a brace with Borussia Dortmund on Sevilla FC (2-3) and made the headlines the next day.
Slowly but surely, the French (22 years old) and the Norwegian (20 years old) create a duel from a distance, in the tradition of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi before them.
The Portuguese has 135 goals in the Champions League (a record), and the Argentinian 119. Haaland, he scored "only" 18 and Mbappé 24. It will take them (very) long years to deserve such a comparison.
But the promises are there.
I saw him score some nice goals, it's like I got a free boost.
Erling Braut Haaland
“
When I saw Mbappé score a hat-trick yesterday, it motivated me
,” said Haaland after his two goals in Sevilla.
So thank you to him.
It was a beautiful evening.
I saw him score nice goals,
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