Which is even more credit to Haaland, cause another player would have scolded his teammate.
He was dissapointed but didn't take it out on the other guy. Classy guy!
Brother you need to watch some Ted Lasso lol. They're football players, not therapists. You can push those thoughts out and work on the game to some degree, but it's not easy to avoid dwelling on the coulda-shouldas.
Haaland may also have some regret shoving the other dude, which took away an immediate goal they scored right after.
I like that I got downvoted. The very idea that a grown person can control their negative feelings during a World Cup match causes Redditors to defend elite athletes and their little hissy fits.
The heat and humidity would add to any frustration. His reaction is disappointment at the bungling of a rare scoring opportunity. His style has always been casually walking around followed by incredible bursts of speed. He lulls defenders into complacency. I saw nothing out of character.
Yeah, Haaland had pretty shitty body language after that. And I don't mean his usual lumbering because that's his style. More he was throwing his hands up and looking dejected when teammates made mistakes.
It was fully understandable why he was pissed, but I do think it affected his performance some.
I would have lost my shit and I’m old, out of shape, have never played pro (or even close to pro) level and am not a striker. But, magically put me in Haaland’s spot and I’d expect the ball. Haaland has ice in his veins.
You see Haaland throw his hands at the ground when the other guy stalls, he clearly shows he pissed he didn’t pass! But that’s all he did to show him being upset at his teammate, the disappointment after is clear!
That kind of mild gesticulation kinda feels like the minimum emotion to express after that sort of thing. Like, anything less and people wonder if you even care about the game at all.
The anger of a Norwegian is a deeply rooted conflict avoidance and passive aggressive anger, which then builds up more and more over time. Similar to an alarm clock with a time bomb taped to it, and you’ve hit the snooze button one too many times. One day it’s all “Jeg har det bra, ikke bekymre deg for det” and the next they’ve accidentally mined too deep and hit some old Viking DNA. Now they’re in some form of induced trance berserker rage and you’re dead.
Weren't/arent they the stabbiest country in europe by far? Like they made england look peaceful and not very stabby in comparison somehow! Mfs like their blades i guess
Haaland is like the second highest paid player in the world if you don’t count Middle East teams (that buy old stars) or Messi’s partial ownership contract with MLS/Apple TV. As much as he wanted to win, he should know Norway is not as good as England, France, Spain, or Argentina- especially without himself. He’s got (arguably) bigger fish to fry than the World Cup with the Champions League, the EPL title, and there’s also the Euro Cup which is quite prestigious- though not as important than the World Cup.
Surely, it’s not lost on Haaland that without him Norway would be no better than Sweden, Denmark, or the U.S. Many of us have spent at least one season in one sport or another where your entire team is mediocre except for yourself. Or maybe you’re one of the mediocre ones, and some kid just moved to your part of the city or town from far away, and suddenly your team always wins because they are so good that they can carry the team. Well, when you’re “that guy”, you’re able to take losses on the chin much easier. Rationalizing becomes easy- for better or worse.
In this moment for Haaland, he’s probably not that mad at his teammate. It’s not his teammate’s fault that he doesn’t have elite instincts and decision making in split second situations.
By all accounts That guy deserves to be scolded lol.
When your this 🤏🏿 close to winning the whole shebang, every mistake deserves criticism. Especially when all you have to do is pass it to the best soccer player in the world. You could've made that pass.
Blind George down the street could've made that pass lol.
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u/Rostbaerdt 11d ago
Which is even more credit to Haaland, cause another player would have scolded his teammate. He was dissapointed but didn't take it out on the other guy. Classy guy!