Alphonso Davies: Den nye Usain Bolt

Næstved - Wonderkid Alphonso Davies showed his incredible athletic ability off against Dortmund, on Tuesday.

Davies was in action during Tuesdays Der Klassiker against Borussia Dortmund, and it didn’t take long for the Canadian to show what he is all about.

He showed his scary pace to deny Dortmund’s Erling Haaland after the young Norwegian talent was clean through on goal. Alphonso managed to muscle the Norwegian giant off the ball, get it out of danger.

Davies achieved a lot of impressing stats during that game. He had 92 touches on the ball in total, and he had 42 sprints. He also reached an outstanding top speed, which was 35.3 km/h. He made 2 tackles, 2 clearances and also 2 crosses. He lost the ball 7 times, but he managed to recover and steal ball back. An example in the match, Erling had a gone through, and at that time Davies wasn’t even in the camera. Davies then comes sprinting from absolutely no were and steals the ball of Erling, which possibly secured that Bayern Munich got the win. Alphonso Davies also got the 6 fastest sprints in football of all time. Davis was 9 km/h away from Usain bolts top speed, but you have to remember that Davies has to focus on the ball and Usain bolt only focuses on his sprint. A lot of celebrities, who commented on his impressive abilities. Like the Belgian Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku, he tweeted “Davies is fast as f*ck”. A danish football legend named Stig Tøfting said “This boy has the ability be one of the greatest of all times, the boy is only 19 I repeat ONLY 19!” Gary Lineker also tweeted this “I wish I had Alphonso Davies speed”. Davies has already achieved a lot of attention at the age of only 19, and he surely has a lot more to show the football world.