Martin Odegaard, kyaftin din Arsenal, ya fadi cikin rashin nasara a kungiyar bayan ya dawo daga rauni a watan Nuwamba. Odegaard ya koma wasa bayan ya yi jinya na tsawon watanni biyu saboda raunin idon sawu da ya samu yayin wasa da Norway. A farkon wasanninsa uku, Arsenal ta ci kwallaye 13, amma a cikin wasanni takwas da ya fara tun daga lokacin, kungiyar ta ci kwallaye 15 kacal, ciki har da biyar a wasan da Crystal Palace.
Odegaard ya sha wahala wajen samun tasiri da yake yi a baya, wanda kuma rashin lafiya da ya samu a farkon shekara ya kara dagula masa. Ya ji rashin lafiya kafin wasan da Brentford a ranar 1 ga Janairu, kuma bai yi horo ba kafin wasan da Brighton, amma ya amince ya kasance cikin tawagar kuma ya yi mintuna 25 a matsayin dan wasan da zai maye. Wannan halin ya nuna irin halin da Odegaard ke da shi, kuma shi ne wanda ya fi kowa son ya dawo da nasara.
Dan kasar Norway ya ci kwallaye sama da goma a kowane kaka na baya biyu, amma a wannan kakar ya ci kwallo daya kacal, wanda ya zura daga fanareti a wasan da West Ham a watan Nuwamba. “Yin riko da dan wasan tsakiya mai kai hari ya ci kwallaye 15 watakila shekaru biyu da suka gabata, ba ya faruwa,” in ji Mikel Arteta, kocin Arsenal. “Ba a samu hakan ba cikin shekaru 15, don haka mun san hakan a wani bangare. Don haka, yana kokawa sosai; ya samu damar da ya rasa, mun rasa wasu damar. Kawai a taimaka masa kuma a tabbatar da cewa yana da kwarin gwiwa don harba idan ya bukata saboda yana da kyau sosai a hakan.”
Odegaard ya kuma sha wahala saboda rashin Bukayo Saka, wanda ke jinya bayan tiyata. Saka da Odegaard suna da fahimtar juna sosai a gefen dama na Arsenal, wanda ya zama babban abin dogaro ga nasarar kungiyar. Ethan Nwaneri, Gabriel Martinelli, da Leandro Trossard duk sun yi kokarin maye gurbin Saka, amma babu wanda ya kai matsayinsa.
“Yana iya zama wani abu na hakan,” in ji Arteta lokacin da aka tambaye shi ko Odegaard yana jin rashin Saka. “Martin ya dawo daga rauni kuma a cikin mako daya ko biyu, kana samun karin kuzari, sannan kuma kana wasa kowace kwana uku. Ya yi rashin lafiya kuma ya fi mako guda, sannan ya taka rawa, don haka akwai yanayi da yawa. A fili, ba makawa ka yi tunanin idan kana da irin wannan fahimtar juna da dan wasa kuma ba ku tare ba, za ka lura cewa wani abu ya canza.”
Arteta ya bukaci ya samar da mafi kyawun Odegaard, musamman a wasan da za a yi a ranar Lahadi. Amma duk da haka, ba a yi hasashen samun karin dan wasan kai hari ba a wannan watan. Idan haka ne, to, Arteta dole ne ya samar da mafi kyawun abin da yake da shi – kuma wannan bai shafi kowa ba fiye da Odegaard. Dan kasar Norway ya nuna a cikin kakannin baya biyu yadda zai iya zama dan wasa mai kwallaye, da kuma mafi kyawun dan wasan Arsenal.
Odegaard ya bayyana cewa yana fatan ya sami nasara a wannan kakar. “Ya kasance burinmu na dogon lokaci,” in ji shi. “Mun yi magana game da yadda muka yi kyau a cikin shekarar kalanda da kididdigarmu da komai, amma muna son kawo karshen hakan da kofi – ko kuma da yawa. Har yanzu muna cikin duk gasar kuma za mu yi kokarin yin kokarin mu a kowace gasa.”
