In the area of ​​three quarters, under a sun of justice and with an even more humid humidity, a very brilliant Martin Odegaard appeared in Son Moix ready to cause panic in the defense of Mallorca. I still did not know, but the 21 of the Royal Society would end up being a real toothache for the local defense. As happened in Mestalla last week, the Norwegian left on the grass the scent of a great footballer who has been announcing for many years, the same one that led Real Madrid to pay four million for a 16-year-old boy in 2015. [ Narration and statistics: 0-1]

Since then, he has gone through two Dutch teams, Heerenveen and Vitesse, with returns every summer to Valdebebas in search of a place in the first team that is currently resisting him. Although it is not too late for someone who is only 20 years old, he needed to take a leap. This summer, when the transfer to the Royal Society was known for a year, there were those who thought they saw the ideal place to develop their football.

At the moment he has been the starter in the first two league games and both against Valencia and Mallorca left samples of all his qualities. Dizzying conductions, last pass and a striking association capacity. Knowing all this Sheriff , his coach, the Norwegian is one of the few players without defensive obligations. In fact, only Willian José and he allowed themselves to get off the hook when Mallorca besieged. A pitcher and a finisher, logical plan to seek to harm the counter. With the ball, on the other hand, the support of the player given by Real Madrid is a constant in the search to build plays.

No spaces

This Sunday, despite his insistence, Odegaard had a hard time touching the ball in the first leg of the game. The vermilion fold was granitic and spaces were scarce. Kryptonite for a man with the order to give a final and accurate pass. Of course, the options that could have the Real ball stopped always took his signature, since his left foot took responsibility in each foul or corner kick. The first half hour of play was fulfilled and the quality of the Norwegian began to shine. A dizzying drive found Merino's support that, with a wall, allowed him to stand in the rival area and haggle to Lumor . Escorado and already finding the bottom line, the realist put a death pass to Willian José who smelled of goal. Only the accurate intervention of Reina , who disrupted what was the best occasion of the meeting, prevented the advance of San Sebastian.

In the second part the moments of Vermilion doubt coincided with a time of lucidity txuri-urdin . That's when Odegaard found space to show his class and quality, since he was in the most important actions of his team in the second half. A heel pass over here, a couple of dribbles over there ...

The goal reached less than 10 minutes to go. With the forces again level and a well-folded Mallorca, Odegaard took a ball in his own field that would end up turning into gold: in counterattack, the Norwegian put a golden ball into space so that Portu percussed on the right. The incursion of the former Girona would end up in a low center in the heart of the area that Martin Odegaard, who had followed the play, collected to define only against Reina with an unusual serenity in a football player of only 20 years. He both did justice at the level he had offered whenever he had the opportunity. Quality decides matches and Martin Odegaard, with his first goal, has begun to teach it.

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