Sébastien Haller shouts during an interview with Erik ten Hag: ‘He always says that!’

Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 11:34 PM• Dominic Mostert • Last update: 23:38

Sébastien Haller is proud of his achievements in the group stage of the Champions League. The Ajax attacker scored on Tuesday against Sporting Portugal (4-2 win) from a penalty kick and scored his tenth goal in the group stage. He became only the second player ever after Cristiano Ronaldo to score in all group matches of a Champions League season; Haller also became the fourth player ever to score at least ten goals in the group stage after Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski.

“I feel very good, especially because we have eighteen points”, the record purchase of Ajax beams in front of the camera of Ziggo Sports. “We can be very proud of what we have achieved. It is of course very nice that I have scored ten goals.” Haller was allowed to take care of a penalty in the opening phase, because Dusan Tadic was not on the field. “Yes, it was our first penalty of the season. We were talking about that, it’s unbelievable. Now that we get the first penalty, Dusan is not on the field.”

Haller emphasizes that he did not only score his goals “I had a lot of help from my teammates. It is partly thanks to them that I was able to score these goals,” said the striker, who continued to walk around the corridors after the interview and watched the interview. by Erik ten Hag. When the trainer was speaking, the striker shouted in the background: two days off! He therefore wants two days of vacation as a reward for the successful group stage. “Yes, but he says that every time”, Ten Hag responds with a laugh. “He says that after every game, but he doesn’t want two days off at all. He wants to train well.” The trainer lets Haller know when he will be on vacation. “In a moment, with the holidays.”

Ten Hag praises the ‘incredible qualities’ of his top scorer. “In the penalty area he is super cool. Scoring so many goals is in the first place his credit, but also the team’s deserved,” he says. “Today we also scored some real team goals. Think, for example, of the second goal, from the pressure, or the goal of Berghuis. That was really a picture. It’s nice to see how we play them out. But it is ultimately the individual quality that has to pull the trigger. You saw Berghuis and Haller do that, for example.”