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Tension is mounting around Martin Ødegaard, two days before Real Madrid open this year’s season in La Liga.
At 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, Real Sociedad is the rival at home. Signs from Madrid on Friday indicate things are going in the right direction for Ødegaard, who has struggled with Jumper’s knee since last spring.
For the second day in a row, the Norwegian participated in joint training with the team. Earlier this week, he battled illness.
– Ødegaard’s re-release with Real Madrid is getting closer and closer. The Norwegian completed training normally on Friday and repeated what he did on Thursday. Then he trained normally and had left knee discomfort behind, writes storavisa AS.
– The team also trains on Saturday. If Ødegaard completes that training without problems, he will be able to play against Real Sociedad in Anoeta.
Training begins at 11.00 on Saturday. Later, the technician Zinédine Zidane will offer a digital press conference.
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The Spanish soccer expert – Viasports Petter Veland – says everything points to Ødegaard being in the squad against Real Sociedad.
This could lead to a sensational playing time at Real Madrid, 1947 days after Ødegaard joined Cristiano Ronaldo on May 23, 2015. At the time, he was 16 years, five months and six days old, the youngest player to debut in the league. .
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– When the squad is announced, it depends a bit on whether it is a home game or away. Sometimes it’s the night before. Other times it’s the same morning, Veland tells Dagbladet.
– Everything indicates that he will be in the squad of 23 players, and in a league where it is still possible with five player changes.
– But Veland continues:
– I am surprised that they wear it from the beginning. Basically, I think it’s relevant to inputs.
AS writes about Ødegaard’s progress:
– This is good news for Zinédine Zidane. Ødegaard is the most important news in the squad as the club decided not to make reinforcements due to the difficult economic situation as a result of the coronavirus.
It is uncertain when the Real Madrid players will board the plane to San Sebastián. Veland does not rule out that the coaching staff have an extra talk with Ødegaard, in which he was loaned to Real Sociedad last season.
– They might ask about dead ball lineups and various other things, he points out.
Real Sociedad coach Imanol Alguacil spoke at a press conference on Friday. It does not necessarily promise a “dear mother” if Ødegaard returns to San Sebastián:
– We’ll talk to him later. I don’t like to talk before the game. And then we will see if we talk later, it depends on the result.
He continues:
– When Ødegaard is able to do what he did here, think about what he is capable of at Real Madrid with the team they have there. There is no doubt that if he plays, then we must take this into account. We have to stop him, but we’ll see if he plays or not.
Real Madrid is the favorite to win the series also this season. The noise of Messi and the change of coach in Barcelona can hit both ways.
Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Luka Modric and Federico Valverde are the players with whom Ødegaard competes in the starting eleven.
Isco, Marco Asensio and Eden Hazard are out for the match. The same happens with Lucas Vázquez, Eder Militao and Mariano Díaz.
