Martin Odegaard yana buga ƙwallon da ya fi kyau a duk tarihin aikinsa, kuma Arsenal na samun amfanin hakan. Bayan kakar wasa mai cike da rauni, inda ƙungiyarsa ta yi kusa da lashe Premier League da UEFA Champions League, kyaftin ɗin nan na Norway yana ba da wasan da zai iya taimaka wa ƙungiyar Mikel Arteta ta kai ga burin da take so a wannan lokacin.

Arsenal ta ƙare kakar da ta gabata tana ɗaga taken Premier League na farko a cikin shekaru 24 — babban nasara, ko da yake Odegaard ya iyakance kasancewarsa zuwa wasanni 36 a duk gasa saboda rauni a gwiwa da kafaɗa, inda ya ci guda ɗaya kawai tare da taimakawa sau bakwai. Ya buga wasanni 24 kawai na Premier League. Duk da haka, sun kai wasan karshe na Champions League, inda suka faɗi hannun Paris Saint-Germain a harbin fanariti.

Tunatar da maƙarƙashiya

Alamu na dawowar siffa sun bayyana a lokacin da Norway ta kai zagaye na karshe takwas na Gasar Duniya — wanda ya ƙare da hasara ga England — amma Odegaard ya tashi zuwa wani matakin daban tun daga lokacin. Ya fara kakar sabuwar da wani aiki na ban mamaki a Community Shield, inda ya zaɓar Gianluigi Donnarumma kafin ya tura ƙwallon cikin ragar wofi don kammala nasara ta 3-0 akan Manchester City a Cardiff.

Ya ci gol a nasara ta 3-0 akan Coventry City, sannan ya ci gol na nasara yayin da Arsenal ta juya ta ɗauki Chelsea 2-1 a Emirates Stadium. Wannan gol ya nuna hankali — gudu wanda ya tara karfin gwiwa ya ba shi damar amfani da ɓullo na Kai Havertz kafin ya sanya ƙwallon cikin raga da ƙarfi ta gaban Emiliano Martinez.

Yanke hukunci a Naples

A wasan farko na Arsenal a UEFA Champions League, Odegaard ya sake tabbatar da fifikon sa. Yana fuskantar Napoli da suka tsara kare gida mai ƙarfi daga littafin kocin tsohon tsari Max Allegri, Arsenal ta yi mulki — ta yi harbi 26, mafi girma da suka taɓa yi a wasa ɗaya na Champions League tun lokacin da aka fara ɗaukar rikodin a shekara ta 2003-04, kuma rikodin ƙungiyar Napoli da ta sha mafi yawan harbe-harbe a wannan gasa. Amma harbi ɗaya kaɗai ya yankewa wasa — harbin ƙafa ta hagu mai ban sha'awa na Odegaard mintuna 15 kafin ƙarshen wasan don tabbatar da nasara ta 1-0.