In their World Cup 2022 opener against Tunisia, Denmark only managed a scoreless draw. Ahead of their match with France, Kasper Hjulmand joked that he would like to borrow Erling Haaland from his Scandanavian neighbors.
Kasper Hjulmand has jokingly expressed a desire to clone Christian Eriksen and borrow Erling Haaland.
The Danes will have a difficult challenge against world champions France after being held to a scoreless draw in their group opener with Tunisia. Stale Solbakken, the manager of Norway, has maintained that if Manchester City attacker Kevin Haaland were playing for Denmark, they would win the World Cup.
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Erling did not travel to the World Cup with Norway, so perhaps we might borrow him, according to Denmark coach Hjulmand. Not at all. Of course, I’m joking.
It’s been lovely to see this player, to see how he’s evolved, and how remarkable it is to see how he has transformed into the striker he has become.
“I give Erling a lot of respect for his effort because I know it took a lot of work for him to become the fantastic player he is today. I have a lot of respect for him as a top player.
“Christian is our team’s soul. He is always willing to receive the ball because he comprehends the game, short and long passes, and the intensity of the game.
“I want to create clones of him. He has a great shot and is a great guy off the field; he is very laid back and social. I would like him early in the game, but also in the box. Both a great athlete and a great person.
Denmark has jokingly requested permission to borrow. Erling Haaland of Norway
“But if we perform at our best then stand a chance to get a good result against France,” Hjulmand continued. But in order to do that, we will need to significantly improve our quality.
Was Hjulmand afraid of Mbappe? “I don’t believe that being afraid of anything is healthy. We don’t have any preparations to stop him, Hjulmand said in jest. “We do, of course. He had excellent scoring chances even though we had a framework in place when we played him in Copenhagen. You cannot, under any circumstances, keep a top player like that down.
In order to limit his 36-year-old AC Milan teammate Giroud, who Hjulmand believes is just becoming better with age, he will choose central defender Simon Kjaer. “Giroud has demonstrated that he is likely even better than before. But Simon is familiar with him. I hope that works to my advantage,” he said.
Kasper Hjulmand also wants to clone Halland and Christian Eriksen.
The Giroud-Mbappe relationship is important for the goals, but it’s also important because for a very long time, people thought they couldn’t work together.
Mbappe and Karim Benzema, who replaced Giroud at the 2017 European Championship, got along better than Giroud and Antoine Griezmann did at Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup.
The Mbappe-Giroud relationship has developed circumstantially as a result of Benzema’s injury and Griezmann’s move into a midfield position. Ousmane Dembele, a winger who is also back in the lineup, benefits both with his pace and ability to traverse the field.
Deschamps praised Mbappe’s header after his ball to him (against Australia). He is always capable of defeating opponents.