When Alexander Sorloth scored his fourth goal against Real Madrid, in the stands of La Cerámica someone could not believe what had just happened on the pitch. “It’s Real Madrid… the LaLiga champion. You have to pinch your arm“, the footballer’s father responded on the other end of the phone, Goran Sorlothto the Norwegian radio station NRK.
The Villarreal attacker had needed 17 minutes to become the fifth player in LaLiga history to score four goals against Real Madrid. “It’s crazy. I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in a lot of things, but this is almost unreal to see from the stands. If I hadn’t seen it I wouldn’t have believed it, but I’m sitting here in the stands. I have to believe it“, proudly confessed the former soccer player and father of the player.
With the poker of goals to those of Ancelotti, Alexander Sorloth leads the table of top scorers of the championship. With 23 goals, two more than the Ukrainian striker from Girona Artem DovbykAt this point, no one would have imagined that the former Real Sociedad player would be just one game away from become the first Norwegian footballer to write his name in gold letters in the history of LaLiga.
“He is in excellent shape both physically and mentally.. He just became a father. The family is here to visit. Furthermore, he has some very good teammates who are always looking for him,” said Goran.
A player who will not be in the Euro Cup
With 15 goals in 12 days, Sorloth’s final sprint was extraordinary. Questioned at the beginning of the season when he had only managed to score eight goals in the first 25 dayshis leap in level has contributed to the Villarreal will reach the penultimate day with options to get into Europe.
Of his 23 goals, it is worth noting that none of them have come from 11 meters. His pursuer, Artem Dovbyk, has celebrated five from the penalty spot and of the five major leagues only the Bayern striker, Harry Kane (31) and that of Stuttgart, Serhou Guirassy (24) have more goals than Sorloth if maximum penalties are not taken into account.
Capturing all the sports headlines in his country along with Erling Haaland – the City attacker was proclaimed Premier League champion this Sunday, it is striking that Neither of the two players will be in the German Euro Cup this summer. Norway, which was already left out of the World Cup in Qatar, did not qualify for the tournament and the Nordic country deeply regrets that two of its stars are going to watch the competition from home. “I will try to stay away in the summer and be with my friends without watching too much football. I don’t know if I will watch many games,” Sorloth confessed in a recent interview in Relevo.
Admired and loved by his teammates, Goran Sorloth continues to pinch himself to verify that what he experienced this Sunday at La Cerámica was not a dream.
