In the elimination of the Nerazzurri from the Champions League, the leading role was taken by the former Rossoneri player, who scored in both the first leg and this evening’s match. He has scored just one goal less than Haaland in the competition
San Siro turned his life upside down and directed his path. Today like six years ago, when the blond boy from Bodo bewitched the Meazza and then glided over the Duomo. The Rossoneri top brass had already noticed him weeks earlier, but that goal in the preliminary round convinced Maldini to harpoon his talent with a blitz. “Hi, I’m Paolo, are you coming to us?”. And Hauge signed.
decisive
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Today he returned to San Siro and scored again, this time against Inter, in a small personal derby against his old rival. The goals in the Champions League are six. One less than Haaland. The same as Osimhen and Martinelli. Two to Tottenham, as many to the Nerazzurri, one to Borussia Dortmund and another to Manchester City. Jens Petter Hauge is one of Bodo’s sons. Someone who, above the Arctic Circle, goes trout fishing and relaxes in his free time. After leaving the parent company he wandered around Europe a bit and then returned to score with the team of his life. He scored a couple of goals in Serie A – including a good one against Napoli -, won the Europa League with Eintracht and played with Gent without shining. With the evening at San Siro he rose to third place among the most dribblers in the entire Champions League. Before him Yamal and Vinicius, sacred monsters of this art.
the ring
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At the end of the match Hauge mixed with his team to greet the 3,500 fans who had arrived in Milan. The small Norwegian “yellow wall” witnessed history and paid homage to its idols. Hauge is one of them. The son of a city of 50 thousand inhabitants perched at the beginning of a fjord, where the airport has only one runway, in winter you live in the dark, you jostle to see the Northern Lights on cloudless days, the stadium has eight thousand seats and where before each match, on the sidelines, the team gathers in a circle. It’s called “the ring”, it forms a ring. It is always Berg, the captain, who speaks. Hauge wears number 10 and is the most talented. With two slaps he dragged little Bodo to the round of 16. San Siro continues to turn his life upside down.
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