Kyaftin din Arsenal, Martin Odegaard, ya bayyana cewa kungiyar ta fuskanta matsalolin rashin lafiya da raunuka kafin wasan Carabao Cup na farko da Newcastle United a ranar 7 ga Janairu, 2025. A cikin bayanansa na kyaftin da aka buga a cikin shirin wasan, Odegaard ya yi magana game da yadda kungiyar ta fara shekara tare da nasara a kan Brentford, duk da cewa wasu ‘yan wasa suna fama da rashin lafiya.
Odegaard ya ce, “Mun fara shekara da nasara mai kyau a kan Brentford, kuma mun yi nasarar sarrafa wasan. Duk da cewa mun ba da kyautar kwallo mai sauÆ™i, amma gaba É—aya mun yi kyau kuma mun cancanci nasara.” Ya kuma bayyana cewa shi da wasu ‘yan wasa sun kasance ba su da lafiya kafin wasan, amma sun yi Æ™oÆ™ari suka taimaka wa kungiyar su ci nasara.
Bayan nasarar da suka samu a kan Brentford, Arsenal sun ci gaba da zana wasa da Brighton a ranar 4 ga Janairu, inda suka samu nasarar zura kwallo ta hanyar Ethan Nwaneri. Duk da haka, Nwaneri ya sami rauni a rabin lokaci kuma ya fita daga wasan. Odegaard ya ce, “Yana da ban tausayi saboda yana fara nuna kyawunsa, amma raunin da ya samu zai dakatar da shi na ‘yan makonni.”
Odegaard ya kuma yi magana game da burin kungiyar na lashe kofuna a wannan shekara. Ya ce, “Muna da burin mu lashe kofuna, kuma wasan yau yana da muhimmanci saboda yana ba mu damar zuwa wasan karshe. Muna son yin nasara a gida kuma mu yi wasa mai kyau a kan Newcastle.”
Arsenal za su fafata da Newcastle a wasan farko na zagaye na biyu na Carabao Cup a Emirates Stadium, inda suke fatan samun nasara don ci gaba da burinsu na lashe kofi.
