Martin Odegaard yana cikin mafi kyawun yanayin da ya taɓa samu a rayuwarsa, kuma manajan Arsenal, Mikel Arteta, ya danganta dawowar kyaftin ɗin da ƙarfi ga dawowar lafiyarsa da matsayin sabon da ya ƙara tsawo a cikin tsarin hari na ƙungiyar.

Odegaard ya zura kwallo guda ɗaya da ta yanke wasan Laraba, inda ya taimaka wa Arsenal su ci Napoli da 1-0 a UEFA Champions League a filin adawa, bayan kuma ya yi nasara a kan Chelsea a Premier League 'yan kwanaki kafin haka. Dan wasa ɗan ƙasar Norway yanzu yana da kwallaye 4 a wasanni 5 a duk gasar da ake ciki a kakar wasa ta yanzu — nasara mai ban mamaki ga dan wasa wanda kawai ya ci kwallo ɗaya a duk lokacin kakar wasa ta 2025/26 da raunukan jikin suka lalata.

Yanci na kai hari

Arteta ya yi bayani a fili game da canjin nasarar kyaftinsa lokacin da ya yi jawabi ga 'yan jarida bayan ƙarshen wasan a Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. Manajan Arsenal ya ce: "Da farko dai, sai ya kasance yana nan, kuma a bara ya rasa wasanni da dama saboda raunuka."

Bayan lafiya, Arteta ya nuna sabon haɗin gwiwa tare da abokan wasansa da izinin ɗaukaka matsayi a filin wasa a matsayin muhimman dalilai. "Zai iya fara tafiya cikin matakalar daban-daban a cikin ƙungiyar, musamman a lokacin harari, kuma idan muka saka shi a waɗancan mukamai ya zama ɗan wasa mai haɗari ƙwarai," in ji Arteta.

Ƙididdiga sun tabbatar da haka. Taɓawar Odegaard a cikin yankin adawarsa ya ƙaru daga taɓawa 2.5 a kowace mintuna 90 a kakar wasa ta bara zuwa 4.3 a kowace mintuna 90 a kakar wasa ta yanzu — haɓaka mai zurfi da ke nuna yadda sau da yawa ya fi kai hari yankunan da ke barazana.

Abokan wasa suna ba da damar canjin

Arteta ya ba da shawara cewa ingancin sauran 'yan wasan Arsenal sun taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen tsatar Odegaard ga bayar da mafi kyawun kasarsa. Ya ce: "Muna da 'yan wasa da yawa waɗanda za su iya ɗaukar ƙwallon da ci gaba da ita sosai fiye da yadda muka yi a baya. Idan haka ya faru, [Odegaard] yana buƙatar ɗaukar matakala daban-daban da kusurwoyi da mukamai domin rikitar da abokan hamayyarsa, kuma ya yi haka sosai."

Sabon ɗan wasan bazara Christos Tzolis ya kasance babban mai bayar da dama, inda ya riga ya tattara taimako guda 4 — uku daga cikinsu sun kai kai tsaye zuwa kwallaye na Odegaard, ciki har da kwallo ta nasara a Naples. Harin Arsenal gaba ɗaya ma ya burge, inda ƙungiyar ta tara harbe-harbe 26 — rikodin su a gasar Turai tun 2003/04 — tare da jimlar kwallaye da ake tsammanin na 4.05.

Dan wasa mai yanke hukunci

Kwallons da Odegaard ya ci da ta yanke wasan, wanda aka gama daga ƙarshen yankin bayan motsin harbe-harbe 29, ta kasance alama ta iko da ya dawo da shi. A lokacin busa ƙarshe, yana da taɓawa da yawa, wucewa da yawa, da damarmakin da aka ƙirƙiro fiye da kowane ɗan wasan a filin — Napoli ba su iya hana shi da gaske ba.

Wucewarta mai ɗaukaka don sakin Ben White ga ɗaya daga cikin manyan damammakin Arsenal ta nuna hazakar da ta wuce kawai zura kwallo, kuma Arteta ya yi murna wajen bikin wannan babbar gudummawar.

"Martin yana ba da gudummawa tare da kwallaye," in ji Arteta. "Wannan yana shafar sakamakon, wanda shi ne muke so daga 'yan wasanmu na hari: su zama masu yanke hukunci, kuma tabbas shi haka ya kasance a yau."

Arteta ya kuma taɓa fuskar tunani ta dawowar Odegaard. "'Yan wasa da tunanin yanke wasan da wasa da hali — ci gaba da ɗaukar hadarin da damammakin — yana shiga waɗannan mukamai sosai a wasannin kwanan nan kuma yanzu ka ji yana da yanayin tunani da ke sa ya san ƙwallon na iya shiga."