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Ridiculed in a totally improbable way by Marc Cucurella after Spain’s victory at Euro 2024, Erling Haaland responded in his own way (by scoring) during Chelsea-Manchester City on Sunday in the Premier League.
“Cucu, Cucurella, he’s eating paella; Cucu, Cucurella, he drinks Estrella (a Spanish beer, editor’s note);
Haaland, you should tremble, because Cucurella is coming”. Marc Cucurella, the left-back for Chelsea and Spain who won Euro 2024 in Germany, amused all the Spanish supporters by singing this song into the microphone at the party organized in Madrid on July 16. A very bad idea. The backlash is just as amusing this Sunday.
A month later, this same Erling Haaland thus moved Marc Cucurella (in a shoulder-to-shoulder duel) to open the scoring during the clash of the first day of the Premier League between Chelsea and Manchester City, in the lair of Stamford Bridge. The Norwegian striker only needed 17 minutes to respond to Cucurella and above all open his goal account. A week ago, the cyborg had again missed the opportunity to score in a final, during the Community Shield against Man United won on penalties.
Kovacic after Haaland
Chelsea, with Enzo Maresca as coach, Wesley Fofana in central defence and Christopher Nkunku coming in from the left, defended rather well in the hope of equalising on the counter-attack. Nicolas Jackson, the London starting number 9, saw his goal disallowed for offside before half-time (45th). Pep Guardiola’s team did not manage to make the break despite the dribbling of Brazilian winger Savinho, recruited from Girona, or the passes of Kevin De Bruyne.
It was finally Mateo Kovacic who put the English champions out of the lead in the 85th minute, with a beautiful long-range shot that eluded Robert Sanchez, Chelsea’s Spanish goalkeeper. Manchester City won their first match like Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Aston Villa, but it is Brighton, winner 3-0 at Everton, who are leaders in the standings while waiting for Leicester-Tottenham on Monday.
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