Erling Haaland scored four goals against Sweden.
Now the “new Haaland” – the super-talented Slovenian Benjamin Sisko, 19 – will send Blagolt to the third degree.
– It will be interesting to see it, says Emil Forsberg, who has already signed Leipzig with the striker for 250 million crowns.
Erling Haaland had just turned 18 when it became clear that the Norwegian would leave Molde for RB Salzburg. In the second season with the controversial senior Austrian team, the striker exploded and the rest, as they say, is already history.
Through big transfers to Borussia Dortmund and now Manchester The Norwegian is one of the best strikers in the world.
Four goals against Sweden
With two goals each in the two Nations League meetings with Sweden in June, Haaland doubled Blågult.
So the Swedish national team now faces a fateful confrontation against Slovenia, where a win is needed to avoid being expelled from the Nations League in the second division.
The biggest threat to Slovenia?
The player called “New Haaland”.
Six months before the original from Salzburg moved to Dortmund, the Austrians signed 16-year-old Benjamin Sisko from Domzal in the summer of 2019 for 25 million Swedish kronor.
Although the Slovenian had not yet started playing first-team football in earnest, he was already on the radar of the major European clubs.
Sisco’s 195 cm tall was, technically, very fast and dangerous as he scored 13 goals in 24 youth international matches with Slovenia.
In his first season at RB Salzburg farm club, FC Liefering, teenage Sesko didn’t make much of a fuss. The second season in the second league, Cisco answered with 21 goals and 6 assists.
Continue with goals and help
So last season Benjamin Cisco was ready for RB Salzburg’s A.
When he was 18 years old, he scored 11 goals and 7 assists in the League, Cup and Champions League qualifiers.
Last summer, he scored goals against Liverpool and Ajax in training matches with Salzburg.
There have been persistent rumors that Manchester United, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Tottenham and Newcastle wanted to sign attacking giant Cisco from Salzburg, who in recent years has provided strikers such as Haaland, Karim Adiyami, Borussia Dortmund, Batson Dhaka and Leicester.
But the price at Cisco was half a billion kroner.
A few weeks later, at the beginning of August, the change of club was completed.
Benjamin Cisco leaves RB Salzburg and is ready to play next summer Emil Forsberg RB Leipzig. Price: 250 million Swedish kronor.
Forsberg satisfied
Tonight, the two future teammates are facing each other.
Do you follow him? Sportbladet Forsberg asks.
Benjamin, yes. We took it…
– We like to buy some players from Salzburg, says Fuba with a wide transfer smile.
– I haven’t seen him so I can’t say much. But if we pick him up, he’s an incredibly talented big player. It will be fun to see.
You must have robbed him of Manchester United.
Coming to Leipzig as a young player is one of the best things you can do. All the basic requirements are there. Forsberg says with satisfaction that there are incredibly competent people who take care of the young players and have a clear strategy for them.
It remains to be seen how satisfied Emil Forsberg and Sweden will be after the meeting with Slovenia, with 19-year-old Cisko expected to start off the lead.
How similar are the similarities to the Norwegian model?
– Many compare Benjamin (Cisco) to Haland, but I think they are two different types of players, says Cisco agent Elvis Basanovic to Zornal 24. They have the same physique and physique, the same speed, but they are different. Benjamin is more of a team player, perhaps more technical, but Haaland is more “ferocious” with his energy in a positive way.
In Slovenia’s 2-1 win over Norway last Saturday, the 19-year-old played up to 1-1 and answered himself for the 2-1 goal.
Norway’s goal was also scored by Erling Haaland.
Difficult closings
Slovenian-Swedish spy Lacey Jacobson:
– He’s a great, amazing talent. He is only 19 years old but he plays with such strength and maturity. His game in the air is very stable. He won every duel against Sander Berg in Norway. He’s a team player too. Sesko put in a tough defensive run late in the game which is impressive for a young player.
Jan Anderson:
– He’s a great footballer, a good key player, good in depth.
Sweden was warned to the max, but Slovenia was also weakened by the two tough bans against Sweden, midfielder Jasmine Kortic and striker Andraz Sporar.
But they have “Haaland 2.0”.
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