Elling Haaland caused heated emotions in Frankfurt even without scoring a goal. His coach had no problem with that.
When a Twitter user urged Erling Haaland to cut his hair, he replied with a simple “No”. And Borussia Dortmund’s attacker did not give the impression of wanting to change anything fundamental about himself on Saturday evening.
In the match in Frankfurt, Haaland’s fierce determination, his will to first turn around a 2-0 deficit and then to hold on to a 3-2 lead, was once again palpable – this time almost literally: when he got into an argument with Eintracht double goal scorer Rafael Borré at the corner flag in injury time, he angrily grabbed his crotch.
Risked Haaland yellow-red?
Even before that, he had clashed with Martin Hinteregger, who had shoved him while trying to get the ball out of the net quickly after the 2-2 equaliser. The F-word could be heard a few times over the outside microphones. Both saw yellow cards – for Haaland it was only his second of the season – and had a few words to say to each other after the final whistle.
Did Haaland overdo it this time? Did he risk a yellow card unnecessarily? “Football is made up of emotions, it was an emotional game overall, that’s how it developed,” said BVB coach Marco Rose, commenting calmly on the minor skirmishes after the “Wild West” victory.
After all, it was not only Haaland who was involved in the heated final phase. “There were many people who had something to say to each other. Rose himself was only an observer. “I was not there live and cannot and will not say who is to blame and who is not. We all got away unscathed, there was no red card. That pleases me and Oli above all. “
Haaland himself did not comment on the emotional scenes, which might have taken on a completely different impact with spectators in the stadium. “What a start to the year!” the attacker, who was somehow involved in all three goals, simply wrote on Twitter. “Well done, boys. “
