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What makes Erling Haaland so good?

Does this question always come to your mind, whenever you see Haaland score another goal? Well it must! You are here aren't you? Before answering your questions let me just amaze you a little more with some crazy Erling Haaland stats - just take a look. Now that you have seen how incredible Haaland has been, let's find out what makes the Norwegian Wonderkid so good. 1. Physicality   With a tall frame of 6'4" , Haaland makes a great marker to hit on long balls unlike Reus, Gotze or previous striker Alcacer who had been previously used by Dortmund as strikers.  Whenever Dortmund are under pressure they can always look to play long with Haaland up  top. This would give them a chance to quickly changing defence into attacks without losing possesion too often. 2. Pace Its not a surprise that the first thing we talk about is his pace. Erli...

Cristiano Ronaldo - 10+ Epic Performances

Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo is a Footballing superstar, a brand and you may even call him a superhuman. At the age of 35 CR7 has scored 21 league goals and made 3 assists in 21 league games with a whoscored Rating of 7.90. His stats are superb for any player at their prime but what is astounding is that he is near his end of his career. Cristiano Ronaldo with 5 Ballon D'or and 5 Champions league trophy is the only player to have scored in 3 finals , 11 consecutive games and all groups stage games in Champions league history. So its evident that his list of great performances is long. But that won't stop us , would it? 10. MANCHESTER UNITED 1-0 Chelsea (21/05/2008) Champions League Final.    Started the match as a Left winger Ronaldo constantly hovered around the touch line , taking on the likes of Michael Essien and fellow defenders . At times he would try to cut inside disturbing the positioning of the Chelsea diffence. He used his dribbling ability to open up s...