Erling Haaland’s negative streak with his national team and the “threat” of Pep Guardiola

Erling Haaland He is one of the strikers of the moment, the nine of the Manchester Citysince arriving in 2022, he has 81 goals In 87 games with the English team. However, in its present in the selection of Norway His present is not as favorable as at club level.

This Friday the Nordic team faced each other Czech Republic for a friendly match OsloNorwegian capital, in the stadium Ullevaal Stadium. Haaland’s team won 1-0 with a goal Oscar Bobbbut the selection of Eastern Europe he turned it over and won 2 to 1 with goals from David Zima and Antonin Barak.

The City striker was a starter played 74 minutes and the conversion could not be performed. With this match, his team has already played three games without any fanfare. The last three games of the Android wearing the Norway shirt they were defeated 1-0 Spainthe victory 2 to 1 with Faroe Islands and Friday’s loss to the Czech Republic.

The last goal of Haaland with his selection was the October 12 last year when he averaged doublet in the 4 to 0 victory against Cyprus for the qualification phase European Cup will be held this year Germany. The last time the partner Giuliano Alvarez he had been on a losing streak with his team January 2020 AND March 2021 when he played 4 games without converting.

Despite the current drought, the numbers of Haaland with their selection they are exceptional: it takes 27 goals in 30 games. The former player of Borussia Dortmund He became famous for scoring nine goals against Honduras in the 12-0 victory for the World under 20 of 2019 which occurred in Poland.

But in the last training session before the match against the Czechs it was said that he was there abandoned the practice due to physical discomfort, but the player himself was quick to deny it. “I feel good, It is not true to stop training, I don’t know who wrote it, I’m ready to play“.

The news went around the football world and reached the hands of the Spanish coach Pep Guardiola who “threatened” the attacker. “The only thing Pep said to me was: “If you are not healthy when you return, I’ll come for you‘“. The goalscorer had suffered a stress crack in his foot in December and had been without playing for two months.

The 23-year-old also took the opportunity to criticize the current calendar: “One player can tolerate more effort than others. Some tolerate it less. The problem is not playing matches, but that the quality decreases,” he added. “You can’t expect to let him run 70 games and with more than 1,000 meters match by match”, and explained that he has to keep up with the pace of the matches because “that’s what this activity is about“.

The selection of Norway will play with again Slovakia In Oslo Tuesday 26th at 3pm for another international friendly. We’ll have to wait to see if Haaland manages to interrupt this negative streak and conclude this international tour by scoring a goal for his team before returning to the Manchester City.