The current era of football is seen as the era of Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe, and they are the heirs to the historic throne of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in the round of 16 of the round witch.
Manchester City will meet Real Madrid in the Champions League round of 16 play-off, and with it the most prominent duo of their generation will face each other again in a match that will be very special between them.
Historically, the duo have only met face to face twice, and both times were in the Champions League.
At that time, Haaland was active with Borussia Dortmund, and Mbappe was with Paris Saint-Germain, where they played the round of 16 of the Champions League in 2020.
In the first match at Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund won 2-1, and Haaland was the scorer of the German club’s double.
But in the return leg at the Parc des Princes, PSG won 2-0 with Mbappe leading the way to the quarter-finals, knowing that the current Real Madrid star did not score or assist in either match.
Now is a new match and a chance for Mbappe to score against Haaland, or at least outperform him in the direct confrontations, given that they tied with a win for each.
