Martin Odegaard ya yi gargadi ga abokan wasansa na kasar, yana mai nuni ga Declan Rice musamman a matsayin dan wasa da Norway dole ne ta yi hankali a kansa sa'ad da kasashen biyu suka hadu a wasan kusa da karshe na FIFA World Cup 2026 ranar Asabar.

Kyaftin din Norway ya yi magana da 'yan jarida ranar Laraba, yana mai amincewa da nauyin lokacin huku yana kiyaye tsari a maganganunsa. Norway sun iso wannan matakin bayan cin su nasarar mamaki akan Brazil a zagayen 16 — daya daga cikin sakamakon da ya fi ban mamaki a gasar — kuma yanzu suna fuskantar mafi wuyan gwajin da za a iya tsammani.

"A bayyane mun san ingancin da suke da shi. Ina saninsu sosai. 'Yan wasa masu kyau, 'yan wasa na duniya, wadanda ke buga wa watakilaa daya daga cikin mafi kyawun tawagar kasashe a duniya a wannan lokaci, don haka za ta zama babbar gwaji a gare mu," Odegaard ya gaya wa 'yan jarida.

Dan wasa cikakke

Odegaard ya yabe Rice da yabo na musamman, yana mai zana hoton dan wasan tsakiya wanda ya hada tsakanin yawan aiki marar gajiya da ingantaccen fasaha na gaske. Dukansu suna raba ɗakin sutura a Arsenal, amma Odegaard ya bayyana a sarari cewa abotancin kulob ba shi da wuri a wasan kusa da karshe na Kofin Duniya.

"Shi ne wanda koyaushe yakan baiwa tawagar komai, koyaushe yana fada don kowane kwallo, yana kawo kuzarinsa filin wasa, ga tawagar, yana turawa tawagar gaba," in ji Odegaard.

"Yana iya yin abubuwa da yawa a filin wasa. Yana iya kare; yana iya kai hari; yana iya zama mai jiki, kuma yana iya zama mai kyau a kan kwallo. Shi dan wasa cikakke sosai, don haka za ta zama kyakkyawar gwaji gare mu duka."

Idanun kan tarihi

Duk da mai da hankali kan Rice, Odegaard ya yi sauri ya jaddada cewa barazanar England ta yadu a duk fadin tawagar. Amma Norway ba su zo wasan kusa da karshe don shiga kawai ba — manufofin Odegaard a bayyane suke.

"Ba Declan kadai ba, tawagar gaba dayanta tana da 'yan wasa masu ban mamaki. Babbar gwaji ce kuma muna farin cikin sa. Fatan Allah za mu iya rubuta tarihi fiye da kima," ya ce.

Game da tambayar banter da abokan aikinsa da ke Ingila, Odegaard ya yi murmushi kuma ya takaita: "Ba sosai ba. Na yi magana da wasu daga cikinsu kaɗan a lokacin gasar." Ranar Asabar, duk da haka, zance mai daɗi zai ba da wuri ga daya daga cikin mahimman wasannin da Norway suka taba buga a FIFA World Cup.