Odegaard is complicated

Real Madrid and Zidane have a new cash for their core: Martin Odegaard. The Norwegian has definitely left behind the muscle tear in the right soleus that he suffered in mid-October and that prevented him from training normally and playing for the last three weeks. He already completed the test prior to Inter Milan's visit to Valdebebas, but then it seemed rash to include him on the list; but nevertheless, Everything points to the fact that he will travel to Valencia this Sunday to face the Che team at the Mestalla. He will start on the bench, but he has options to enjoy minutes depending on how the crash goes and the needs for Zidane.

The Marseille coach was key in the presence of Odegaard in the white squad. After his good year on loan at Real Sociedad, the idea of ​​both the player and Madrid was to allow him to continue another year in San Sebastián; It was not signed, but there was a verbal commitment since its assignment to the Royal was certified. However, Zidane took good note of the Nordic's evolution in the Basque team and asked Madrid to incorporate him for this season, knowing that James Rodriguez was going to leave and that he would need a sixth cash in the average.

Odegaard, starter twice

That request was endorsed in the first days of the League with two consecutive starts for Odegaard, against Real Sociedad and Betis. He did not shine much and in both games he was substituted, but that gave the measure of the desire that Zizou has that the adventure of the Norwegian in the first white team (he was already in Castilla) goes well. The problem comes now, because Odegaard needs minutes in a team that begins to gain cruising speed.

After the setbacks against Cádiz and Shakhtar, Madrid accumulated three victories and a draw in their last four games, with twelve goals for and six against. After experimenting in the first stakes of the course, Zidane seems to have found his ideal eleven, in which the middle line is made up of Valverde, Casemiro and Kroos. They were the three chosen against Barcelona, ​​Borussia Mönchengladbach and Inter Milan, with the only ownership of Modric against Huesca, instead of the German.

Casemiro, Valverde and Kroos

In this context, Casemiro and Valverde are essential due to the intensity and deployment they provide in defense and attack, and only one position dances, with the possibility of going up to two if Zidane opts for a drawing with four media. It does not seem like his idea now, as he is betting heavily on the attacking trident composed of Asensio, Benzema and Hazard. But it is not ruled out, he already aligned Odegaard as the fourth half against Real Sociedad and Betis, in the midfielder of a medullary rhombus. A position in which the Norwegian, it is true, finds it difficult to shine, with too many minutes playing with his back to the goal and with less ball than he would like.