📸 With an emotional message: how Haaland bid farewell to the World Cup | OneFootball

Erling Haaland became one of the fans’ favorite players at the World Cup thanks to his discipline, charisma, and quality football. 

The Manchester City player said goodbye to the competition with emotional words: "It has been a great battle. Thank you for making it so special," he wrote on Instagram. 

Meanwhile, at a press conference he emphasized: "We have put Norway on the map. It fills my heart. Hopefully we can achieve something at the Euros, because this generation is incredible." 

"These have been the best weeks and the best experience of my life. It’s a little hard to process such a spectacle; it’s been a roller coaster we’ve been on for the last six weeks, because so much has happened... There have been so many impressions, so many emotions," he added  

This was Haaland’s first World Cup appearance, where he shone with seven goals in six matches. 

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