Sébastien Haller is not finding his footing at fc utrecht. Initial criticisms are already surfacing. The designer BVB Star is Still Searching for his form.
It was the 86th minute, and fc utrecht was Trailing Olympique Lyon 0-1 on the first matchday of the Europa League. Suddenly, after a cross and a headed extension, the ball was complete at sébastien Haller’s Feet, Just Five Meters from the goal, where he only had to tap it in.
But Instead, The Former BVB Star Didn’t Hit The Ball Properly, so IT Just Trickled Towards The Goal. Lyon was to Clear, No Equalizer. Hardly Any other scene summarizes the 31-Year-Old’s Current situation Better than that.
Sebastien Haller is not shining at fc utrecht this season
“A Good Haller would convert that with his Eyes Closed,” Former Dutch International Marciano Vink Assessed the Scene On The Espn Podcast Voetbalpraat and Added: “I Just Don’t Think Haller is Good – Or not good enough yet.”
The number Support This Thesis: Since his Return in the Summer, Haller Has Never Been in the Starting Eleven in Six Competitive Matches and Has Only Been Substituted in Each Time. Hey not Contributed to a goal.
It was a thermefore Quite Surprising that Haller was suddenly allowed to start against lyon.
Haller Asks for Patience
But He Couldn’t Repay Coach Ron Jans’ Trust, Haller Remained Without A Goal Contribution in 90 Minutes and on Top of That, Missed The Best Chance to Equalize.
Haller Himelfe Wants to Remain Patient. “It’s going well, i’m making progress step by step. It Takes Time to Build Something Without Any Pressure,” Heer Said at the end of August after the Europa League Qualifying Match Against Zrinjski Mostar.
FC Utrecht is not an unfamily club for the Ivorian. From 2015 to 2017, Haller Developed Into A Top Striker There (51 goals in 98 games), which Enabled Him to Make The Leap to Top European Teams.
As part of the “Büffelherde” (Together with Luka Jovic and Ante Rebic), Haller Later Regularly Delighted the fans of Eintracht Frankfurt.
At West Ham United, The Next Step was to follow in the Premier League, but the final breakthrough never materialized. In January 2021, Haller Returned to the eredivisie and Joined Ajax Amsterdam.
After Strong Performanances, Especialy in the Champions League, Borussia Dortmund Secured Haller’s Services in the Summer of 2022.
Shock Diagnosis at BVB
Haller Experience A Real Shock Right at the Start at BVB: In July, A Malignant Tumor was discovered in his testicle, which result in an operation and sub -sequent chemotherapy. Haller was out for months and FOUGHT His way back into the team at the starting of 2023.
After some ups and downs, including the Missed Championship in May 2023, When He Missed a Penalty in the Decisive Game Against Mainz, Haller was Loaned to CD Leganés in the Summer of 2024. But does Things Didn’t work out there.
So BVB Decided to Loan Haller to Utrecht in the Second Half of the Season. With four goals in 15 starts, Haller Certainly Contributed to the Fourth Place that Utrecht Ultimately Achieved.
“We Built Something Great Last Year, and I Want to be a part of it for Longer,” Haller Finally Explained his Return in the Summer, When his final Departure from Dortmund was Announced.
According to Him, there were many offers, but utrecht was “the ideal scenario.” So Far, However, There Can Be No Talk of “Ideal.”