It didn't take too many minutes to realize that yesterday was not going to be Martin
Odegaard. It was enough a control, a turn, a hit for the Norwegian to show again that he is not there, that his knee responds. His appearance against Espanyol opened a window of hope that in La Nucía was overshadowed.
Drammen's wizard left the lawn after 53 minutes in which he did not stop looking for himself. If you can't blame something, it's that you don't try. He asked for it, tried to combine, went to the disputes and came to the area. Invoked Odegaard Over and over, but the answer came in the form of annoyance.
An obstacle with which you will have to live until the end of the course. Not only him, but also a team that until the confinement found solutions in their boots. The new normal threatens to bring with it a Odegaard more intermittent, forced to delegate.
The Royal must carefully manage the tricks of the Nordic. Against Espanyol, entering a game already shot, gave fresh air to the team and approached its best version. Perhaps it is the correct formula to find him from now on. Yesterday, starting from the start, he was seen out of rhythm, perhaps accusing the fatigue of Friday or the conditions of the field of play. Also the pain. It will be your undesirable traveling companion until the garter curtain closes.
The 'gamer' suit, of footballers capable of unclogging the game, breaking lines, inventing, hangs on the hanger without an owner after the untimely injury of Januzaj. Without the Belgian, loose verse in a complicated dynamic, Odegaard He is the focus of all eyes and the goal of many of the passes of his teammates, who hope that his boots improve the play. As they did before the break and his damn discomfort in his right knee.
Pass back
Isak he assumed the role of genius while his Nordic partner suffered. Drammen's completed 23 passes successfully. In contrast, he lost 13 balls. He could not overcome lines and ended up turning to look for easy passes behind, in situations where he seemed to have an open field to invent.
Of course, the ‘21’ did not stop in his efforts to help and in the quarter of an hour before the break he had two opportunities to try out Aitor
Fernandez. In both, he again made clear his divorce with the spark. Both times he received with the right and had a difficult time profiling. In the first, he shot softly into the hands of the Levante goalkeeper and in the second, deviated.
After the break, at eight minutes, Imanol decided to give him respite. Yesterday Odegaard it could not be Odegaard. He was missed.