The Dutch defender, defender of the Liverpool colours, was surprising in his choice of quartet
When asked about the most difficult attackers he has faced in his career, the defender Virgil van Dijk, from Liverpool, named the athletes in a surprising way. The important point of the list was to leave Cristiano Ronaldo out of the chosen quartet.
The names chosen by the defender were Messi, Giroud, Haaland AND Aguero. In an interview with former players Gary Lineker and Micah Richards’ Rest is Football podcast, Van Dijk explained his list.
– I would say that Haaland is a very difficult opponent, a modern striker. If you give him an inch, he will punish you. It’s the same with Agüero. Against me he didn’t score many goals, but it was very difficult to mark, he managed to finish with both feet. And Giroud was a connected guy, he held the ball very well and scored goals that I didn’t think I could score,” said the Dutchman.
In December 2022, during the World Cup in Qatar, Van Dijk had already been placed in a buying situation between Messi and CR7. On that occasion the defender praised the Portuguese, but defined the Argentine as “the best in the world”. Shortly afterwards, in the quarter-finals of the competition, he was eliminated by the number 10 of the Albiceleste, who would eventually become champions.
Source: Terra
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