MADRID (AP) Martin Ødegaard (16) and his nearest and dearest to be about to lose patience after Rafael Benitez omitted to take him out against Cadiz in the cup and Malmo in Champions League.
It is the Spanish newspaper AS, which in today’s paper edition reported dissatisfaction with the Norwegian youngster, who has not played for Real Madrid since training match at Ullevaal August.
“Ødegaard is annoyed at being rejected by Benitez,” the newspaper said.
Furthermore, in the case says that the 16-year-old and the people around him are trying to losing patience after utelatelsefra two games he expected to get a chance in: cup game against Third Division side Cadiz and tonight sporty insignificant Champions League match against Malmo.
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AS writes that the Norwegian national team player is “wounded”. Ødegaard should have expected to be included in the squad for Malmö after he was substituted by Zinedine Zidane in Sunday’s Castilla-match already before the hour was played. He must have thought that he was substituted for being rested.
– We are pleased with Martin, he progresses well, but with players coming back from injury there is no place for him in the squad, said Benitez at yesterday’s press conference.
VG comment: Ødegaard is facing a difficult choice
Do Ødegaard chances are virtually nil
TODAY’S NEWSPAPER: AS writes today about Martin Ødegaard.
– I rush not with it. I’m 16 years old and get hopefully a lot of games with this team here. I’m 16 years old still has very many years for me to be a good footballer. I need not stress very, I feel, said Ødegaard about the situation at Real Madrid when VG spoke to him under national collection in August.
Pappa Hans Erik Ødegaard has not responded VG afternoon.
Are we to believe Carlos Forjanes, AS journalist reporting Ødegaard discontent, is Benitez, however, not particularly pleased with Ødegaard.
– Ødegaard is not as good as Benitez had expected, he does not dominate so much in Castilla as it requires Benítez. He’s not going to bet on young boys unless he is forced to do so because of injuries, says Forjanes VG.
He believes that there are only two Castilla players who have a real chance to get play on the A-team: The defensive midfielder Marcos Llorente and tip Borja Mayoral.
– Ødegaard chances in the first team this season is virtually zero. They have too many good players in his position, and he has not been good enough in Castilla says Forjanes.
One possibility
According to the journalist, who well connected internally in Real Madrid, it can remain one possibility for first team games for Ødegaard this season. But that presupposes that Real Madrid is successful in its appeal against the union’s decision to ban them from the tournament after the mistake in the first match against Cadiz. In that case, Ødegaard be relevant for the return match against third division team, if you believe Forjanes.
– I do not know if he’s going to go on loan in the winter, but I’m reasonably sure that he is not in Castilla unless they are promoted to the second level this season, he added.
AS is not the only newspaper that writes about Ødegaard today. In today’s edition of the French sports newspaper L’Équipe writes the Madrid-based columnist Frédéric Hermel that “one would have expected to see the Norwegian prodigy Martin Ødegaard in the squad against Malmo, but even so it was not.”
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