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Leo Østigård has become a popular player in Coventry, but he didn’t like the trend after he returned late from the national team meeting in October.
The online newspaper spoke to the midfielder after his first meeting of the A national team in early October.
At the time, the youngster managed only one training session with Coventry before the league game against Brentford, and thus began as expected on the bench.
What the Brighton contract player did not expect, however, was that they would also bench him in the next two games.
For the games against Swansea (1-1) and Blackburn (0-4), the talent of the national team had to watch from the bench, before being back in the team in the next 3-2 win against Reading , then in your favorite position as the center plug. on the bottom line of Coventry.
In any case, life on the bank is not something Østigård is very happy with, all the time he has been on loan from Brighton to buy playing time.
– I wasn’t completely happy with that. Finally I was able to play in the position that I came here for and that I am used to. But I don’t know completely. I wasn’t very happy, but I really haven’t gotten a really clear answer, Østigård tells Nettavisen and adds that he brought it up with coach Mark Robins.
– Yes, but there was not a very clear answer. So it was, but I came here to play and if it was still like that, you have to think about what to do, he says.
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Four yellows in eight games
The 20-year-old has a contract option that allows Brighton to call him back in January, but the former St. Pauli has been a fixture in Coventry’s central defense this season.
The newly promoted championship club is slightly past the relegation line with eight points from 11 games, and will already meet Birmingham on Friday.
Østigård, who became a cult hero at St. Pauli last season as a result of his self-sacrificing style of play, has also made his mark at England’s second highest tier.
In his eight games since the start, Hardhausen has already incurred four yellow cards.
However, he insists that he has just been himself and has not gone out of his way to respect himself in what is known as a physically tough league.
– It is very difficult to win games here. Now we have had very bad luck in some games where we have had a draw and we have conceded goals in extra time, he says.
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Against the promotion favorite Watford it happened again. Coventry had a point in their pocket when Ismaila Sarr, who was connected to Liverpool this summer, appeared and made it 3-2 just seven minutes before regulation time.
The Norwegian stopper qualifies the setback as “brutal”, in a match he was shown the yellow card at 55 minutes.
This means you are in danger and only one yellow card away from suspension.
– I have always received a part of the yellow cards, so I can only live with that. But it’s a league where you have to be a little tough, because you meet tough guys. So it’s nice to be able to give a couple of yellow cards, but it can’t be too many, he points out.
Coventry defies Norwegian quarantine councils
The quarantine council of the Norwegian authorities dictates that Østigård, in principle, cannot train or play games for Coventry until after Sunday at 1:00 p.m., but the 20-year-old confirmed to Nettavisen already on Wednesday that he is still in England. your quarantine rules.
It is therefore relevant to the game against Birmingham on Friday.
– They mean that here I will follow the English rules here, and they are very professional at that. I spoke to the league doctor and there was no problem, Østigård says, noting that he tested negative for coronavirus as of Monday.
P.S. It became known on Thursday that Patrick Berg, Marius Lode, Markus Henriksen and Joshua King of the Norwegian national team tested positive for the coronavirus, but Østigård informed Nettavisen that his test results show that he is not infected and therefore ready. for Friday’s game.
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