It does not mean that on Saturday he felt unusual for Erling Haaland, but forgot to take the bracelet with him. Captain in the afternoon, just to leave the outfit in his locker.
Haaland changed his shirt to part time, bathed in sweat after pushing with Fabian Schar and Dan Burn, and did it without realizing that the band also needed to replace. It meant that Manchester City came out for the second half without a visible pattern.
He could have taken Norway before in the absence of Martin Odegaard, however, on the weekend it was a new experience for a man who was supposedly a robotic scorer who offers a little more than Pep Guardiola. Being captain is something he enjoyed and that Guardiola predicted that it would happen at the beginning of this season, which witnesses that his height around the team grows beyond just hitting 50 goals a year.
Haaland's transformation into an emotional talisman has come to the city undergoes a period of change, with the younger members of the Guardiola group that rise to greater prominence as they seek responses to bleak results and disappointing actions .
In the summer, when City voted in his leadership group, Haaland left the first five. The huge of the striker was not seen by his companions and the staff as someone ready for that type of responsibility.
Guardiola saw things differently and, in the midst of injuries and members of the traditional five who did not start against Newcastle, they threw the bracelet at no 9, which was surprising because Ilkay Gundagan had finished sixth in the leadership vote.
Erling Haaland received the bracelet of Man City captain against Newcastle on Saturday
Pep Guardiola entrusted Haaland with the bracelet despite being out of the leadership group
Haaland, who forgot the bracelet in part time, has taken the struggles of Man City personally
Haaland is a proud and fiercely competitive person who has taken the evils of this campaign personally. It has been an agitation image, occasionally, and unfairly, blaming himself.
Guardiola has constantly referred to Haaland as the example of players who refuse to give in time.
It is his power and power that the city will need when he goes to Santiago Bernabéu on Wednesday night in a Guardiola mission gave them a possibility of 'one percent' to complete. The city is carrying the scars of the defeats this year and also passed the misery against the opponent that is on the prowl.
“I will ask PEP if you really think the city has that opportunity,” said Real Madrid Chief Carlo Ancelotti. 'We do not believe we have a 99 percent probability (to pass). We believe we have a small advantage that we have to make the most.
Later, Guardiola admitted that his discouragement over the weekend had been a slight act, withdrawing his statements and insisting that he had become more floating as the days passed after the defeat of week 3-2 last week and the drama that surrounded him.
That full -time whistle, moments after the late health of Madrid served to act as a pain reminder that this confrontation can inflict, brought two men breaking into the tunnel without looking back. Guardiola left and also Haaland, Crestalled in the way City had given up its 2-1 advantage in the last four minutes.
Haaland does not tend to get angry, more frustrated, and the sources have noticed that his voice is now being heard more than ever, more vocal in the camp, more willing to register with thoughts in a group environment.
That will only happen more frequently after signing a huge contract of nine and a half years, underlining a commitment to the club that his father, Alfie, also captained. Another good family connection to argue in Cheshire's mansion.
Haaland quickly made the tunnel after the defeat in Man City's first game against Real Madrid
Norwegian training, in Tuesday's photo, has become a key driver of the city standards.
Haaland is expected to be fit to face Real Madrid despite suffering a blow against Newcastle
Haaland has constructively called colleagues and is a key driver of the standards, with senior players recently eager to impress a dedication and work ethic that may have slipped.
It never is late to train, never caught in compromising social environments and never hurt. It bites in the meat slabs in the players hall after the games, the 6,000 -calorie diet a day already in folklore, and use those silly orange glasses to help you sleep properly.
Everything is oriented to stay fit, so when he went down grabbing a staggering right knee after a precarious landing when he turned on James Mcatee scored, the Etihad endured his breath.
Guardiola would continue to say that he believed that the injury was fine and that Haaland has trained during the last two days, addressing yesterday's flight to the Spanish capital.
Without it, the possibilities of the city of canceling this deficit, just one goal, but add another to their difficulty given the pure aura around Bernabéu and Madrid in this competition, it would have been almost zero. With him, and with Nico González himself who appeared against Newcastle, City has an opportunity to hit.
Haaland helped a double in the first leg, but he should find the most challenging things on Wednesday night. Antonio Rudiger is back, Ancelotti confirming that the German will begin. He will meet Haaland's heart and sand with bells.
Rudiger, who is bigger with pointed elbows, lives for these physical battles. “It's personal for me as a defensive player, against a super striker like Haaland,” he said before the first quarterfinal game last year at Bernabéu.
Haaland was restricted to only 20 touches and a shot and lost possession seven times that, given the chaos of a 3-3 draw, was a pen on Rudiger's lid. That I return as soon after an hamstring problem at the beginning of the month is an impulse for Ancelotti.
Haaland is ready to renew his battle with Antonio Rudiger, on the right, after his confrontations last season
The Man City star has eight goals in nine games and will be key to change the tie
There is a renewed steel to Haaland. Eight goals in nine games since the change of the year, 27 for the season, and, as a person expressed this week, he looks 'hit the fight'.
The way he ate 15 yards of land in Burn in the Newcastle penalty area spoke with the physical skill, and the burden of defense of Eddie Howe as a whole spoke with his desire to get the city out of his disaster.
A soft and encouraging I push Abdukodir Khusanov, after the young defender had been at the wrong end of a hard free kick decision, it was the evidence of the light touches that Haaland has learned. Luz with his, perhaps, but the city needs Haaland of Heavy District on Wednesday night.
“We have to attack, we have to score goals,” Guardiola said. 'Not only Erling, but has been incredibly consistent. Incredible. We need an almost perfect game to happen.