Forty seconds to clarify a European future. Hakon Haraldsson was the turning point of the evening this Wednesday, allowing LOSC to achieve a crucial success against SK Sturm Graz. His case was commented on at the final whistle.
81st minute: entry from Hakon Haraldsson. 81st minute, still: winning goal for LOSC, signed… Haraldsson. Le Dogue tilted the match in favor of LOSC this Wednesday, scoring after 40 seconds in the victory at home against SK Sturm Graz (3-2). His entry obviously left no one indifferent, like Thomas Meunier: “Hakon is a super intelligent player”he exclaimed at the final whistle.
“I like it quite a bit because he manages to make differences by simply playing. We see it here, it's control and hitting, it's qualitative. We have seen it since he returned to training: he is a player who can give us something more, individually and collectively. They're really the kind of players I enjoy watching: elegant, simple. I'm not really surprised because it's what he does in training that he repeats in matches. It's not just luck.”affirms the Belgian, totally under the spell during his passage in the mixed zone.
The former Borussia Dortmund or Paris Saint-Germain is not the only one: “Hakon (Haraldsson), he’s someone I really likeconfides Olivier Létang a few minutes later. Surprisingly, maybe the players who were injured are coming back today with a freshness that the others don't have, which makes sense. And they are hungryhe exclaims. We’re delighted to have the boys coming back. We are almost complete today. »
Finally, it was Bruno Genesio who was questioned about the Icelandic international at a press conference. He nevertheless quickly branched off towards the collective, which he prefers to highlight: « En dehors de Hakon (Haraldsson), all players returning from injury can be X factors, provided that we keep the same state of mind, the same generosity, the same enthusiasm, whatever the status, he begins. I think it's one of our big strengths in this first part of the season. Hakon was decisive, but we also have the return of Isma', André has returned, we will have the return of Angel (Gomes) and Ethan (Mbappé) after the winter break, i.e. in 2025). We're going to have a lot of solutions and that's very good. We saw this evening (Wednesday) that it could be very important because we see that matches can also be won at the end of the match. This could be a plus, provided that everyone remains involved in the collective objective”underlines the Lille technician, who has the final word.
