As the number one centre-back in world football today, Van Dijk has played against many top strikers in his career, and in his eyes there are four most difficult strikers to deal with: Olivier Giroud, Erling Haaland, Messi and Sergio Aguero. He believes Giroud is the toughest of the four, with Virgil van Dijk saying: 'Olivier Giroud, I feel like I've defended him, but in a way he always gets the scoresheet, whether it's at Arsenal, Chelsea or the French national team. "To be able to make the world's No. 1 central defender feel scared, what are the great things about these four strikers, let's take a look.
Olivier Giroud, a standard strong striker, is so strong that Van Dijk can't bear it, has a strong sense of smell in front of goal, and can always take advantage of all kinds of not-so-good opportunities to score.
Haaland, a player of the same type as Giroud, has even better comprehensive ability than Giroud, but Haaland can't actively scramble with the opposing defenders in the front court like Giroud, do dirty work and interfere with the opposing defenders.
Messi, Messi's skills are very advantageous in front of Van Dijk, but Messi's best small-range smash change direction is not very effective in front of Van Dijk, who is accurate in prediction and has a large defensive range.
Sergio Aguero, who has a similar style to Messi, but Aguero is quicker than Messi and can also have the upper hand in the clash with Van Dijk.
Messi