Haller, the Trampling Elephant

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Published 01/15/2022 at 22:49 GMT

Côte d’Ivoire expects more from current Champions League top scorer Sebastien Haller, transparent in the first game of the African Cup of Nations. “Already, he expects a lot more from himself”

    , asks his coach, Patrice Beaumelle. “I think he was a little disappointed with his performance, but like all players” , continues the French technician. “I expect more from him, he knows it.”

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    His poor performance in the first game against the Equatorial Guinea did not prevent the Elephants from winning (1-0). It was Max-Alain Gradel, the captain, who scored, not the Ajax Amsterdam striker, leading the gunners’ standings in the Champions League with 10 goals, ahead of Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich, 9 goals).

    “He is aware of his match” average against Equatorial Guinea, explains Beaumelle. “Sometimes a look is enough between a player and a coach, it’s no use talking about it too much, he’s a competitor, I’m sure he’ll bring us a lot through the following.” Haller is not the only Champions League star to start his CAN slowly. The stars of Liverpool, the Egyptian Mohamed Salah and the Senegalese Sadio Mané, also disappointed for their first outings.

    Sébastien Haller during the Ajax-Sporting match.

    Credit: Getty Images

      A “complete” player

      Mané only scored on a penalty at the very end of the match against Zimbabwe (1-0) and remained very transparent against Guinea (0-0). But the Covid-19 disrupted the preparation of all the teams, who were hardly able to play friendly matches before the tournament.

      “I managed to have my group two days before the first match,

        recalls Beaumelle, it is not always easy to work .” Personally, Sébastien Haller “had 10 days of Covid, locked up” , underlines his coach . “He arrived two days before the first match. I decided to bring him into the competition because he had not yet experienced the intensity of an African Cup To know the pressure, it was important that Seb could start”. But “with the three, four days that have passed since the first match, he is acclimatizing like all players.”

      “In general, these four days have done us good to work together a little bit more” , adds the coach. Beaumelle made the Ajax Lancer his attacking leader. “Seb is coming of age” , he explains to AFP. “He’s a player I was already following in 2014, I went to Auxerre to see a match, there was Willy Boly too. These two players were playing in the young categories for France .”

        Beaumelle observed it afterwards “in Germany (Eintracht Frankfurt, editor’s note), where he scored incredible goals, in England

          (West Ham, editor’s note) , where I saw him do good performances despite the more kick and rush, more direct football” . “Despite his large size”

            , Haller is “a ball player, appreciates Beaumelle, he likes everything that is support, delivery” . And above all, the striker “has an incredible presence in the area, he is skilful with his head, with both feet he catches the ball, he is complete” , emphasizes the coach. All he needs is a first CAN goal.

        Sebastien Haller (Ajax Amsterdam)

        Credit: Getty Images

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