The Arsenal footballer spoke before the match against La Roja and looked back on his merengue past. “It’s the most pressured club in the world,” he said.
Martin Odegaard, Arsenal’s Norwegian international midfielder, spoke this Saturday ahead of the big match in which his team will play against Spain next Sunday in Oslo for the qualifying stages for the Euro 2024 championship in Germany.
The former Real Madrid and Real Sociedad player spoke about his past in LaLiga and admitted that the Chamartín side are the club with “the most pressure” in the world. He also admitted that it is “special for him to play against Spain.” , but the most important thing will be to achieve a victory that brings them closer to the euro.
What does it mean to you to face the Spanish national team?
It will always be special to play against Spain. The most important thing to me is the ability to qualify.
Why didn’t you try to stay at Real Madrid longer?
My time in Madrid was good. It was a positive phase. I learned to grow up and it was a great learning experience, but I needed to play more. I’m happy with the decision to leave and how the race went. If I hadn’t gone through Madrid, I wouldn’t have reached the level I am at now. Madrid is the biggest club in the world and the pressure is there too.
Is Norway just Haaland?
Haaland is the best striker in the world, but Norway is much more. We are a team with good players. We are lucky to have the best, and that is Haaland. But we all have to work for the team if we want to beat Spain.
Would it be a hard blow for a team with so many good players to be left out of the European Championship?
We still have a chance and I think we will be in Germany. We had problems at the beginning of the games, especially against Scotland and Georgia, and we were punished for mistakes.
What must Norway do to beat Spain?
The most important thing is to play our game without thinking about the rival anymore. We have to learn to be naughtier. In Malaga we learned that we can make Spain run, but also that the smallest mistake will punish us.
How is your relationship with Rodrigo going after last weekend’s Premier League participation?
He gave me a penalty, but that has nothing to do with the match against Spain.
Source: Goal