BERLIN – Regular ice baths and light-filtering glasses are helping keep Erling Braut Haaland sharp as the Norwegian looks to inflict more Bundesliga misery on Augsburg this Saturday with Borussia Dortmund.
The 20-year-old made German league history in Bavaria last January by becoming the first player to score a hat-trick off the bench on his debut at Augsburg.
Having come on with Dortmund 3-1 down, Haaland needed just 20 minutes to complete his hat-trick and seal a 5-3 win which underlined the Norwegian’s status as one of Europe’s most electric finishers.
He netted twice last Saturday in a 3-0 home win over Borussia Moenchengladbach on the opening weekend of 2020/21 as holders Bayern Munich - who are away to Hoffenheim on Sunday - posted an 8-0 demolition of Schalke.
Haaland’s double left him on 18 goals in 20 games for Dortmund since his January transfer from Red Bull Salzburg.
After netting a penalty against Gladbach, Haaland showed blistering pace to finish a counter-attack sparked by Jadon Sancho.
Haaland puts his form down to frequent ice baths and special light-filtering glasses.
“I see this as a key to squeezing out a few percent more power,” he told Dortmund newspaper Ruhr Nachrichten.
Blue-light filtering glasses in the evening “help me get a deeper and better sleep.”
“It’s all about small details and percentage points to get better every day” in Haaland’s quest to be “even better, more clinical, more uncompromising.” – AFP, September 25, 2020
