Odegaard on massive video games – and board video games! | Interview | Information

Before each recreation at Emirates Stadium, Martin Odegaard lifts the lid on the temper within the camp by way of his captain’s notes revealed within the matchday programme.

Ahead of right now’s recreation in opposition to Manchester United, Martin writes concerning the ebbs and flows of the title race, what the squad rise up to on their travels and understanding the historical past of our rivalry with United. Here is a snippet:

Our final league recreation was away to Nottingham Forest final Saturday, and that turned out to be a irritating afternoon for us. 

We weren’t at our greatest on the day, and naturally we needed to benefit from the opposite outcomes. We gave all the things for the win, but it surely wasn’t to be. I feel we created sufficient to attain the aim we wanted, whereas additionally not giving them something in any respect on the different finish, however we all know we might have completed lots higher there. On these events, you want to have the ability to do sufficient to squeeze the win out of your efficiency, and we will enhance on that. 

So it’s irritating we didn’t take the three factors, however on the identical time we take the purpose and transfer on. Looking at that weekend general, we gained a degree on the groups round us, in order that’s the constructive aspect. It you have a look at the ends in the Premier League over the previous few weeks, it’s an incredible instance of what we are saying lots – anybody can take factors from anybody on this league. It’s why you’ll be able to’t afford to let your requirements drop for a single second. 

Every recreation is a big problem, an enormous check, the place you must be proper at your greatest. Teams will drop factors, we all know that, however actually that doesn’t have an effect on how we method video games ourselves. We are in a robust place, so let’s hold it going.

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As I stated, we had 4 away video games prior to now couple of weeks, a whole lot of travelling, so we spent a whole lot of time collectively as a squad, and it has been nice. We are all used to it now anyway, however everybody has their very own approach of coping with routines and restoration strategies and all the things else. It’s a superb group to be round, to spend time along with, and all of us get alongside rather well. When you spend that a lot time collectively, it’s important to have a superb group! 

We attempt to take pleasure in ourselves away from the soccer too, we play video games and have a little bit of enjoyable on the journeys as effectively. I usually wish to play Parchis on the group bus. There are 4 of us who play – myself, Kai, Ben and Leo. We often play two in opposition to two and there’s a good little bit of competitors there in the meanwhile! The others wish to play card video games, Uno, issues like that. There’s lots occurring throughout these bus journeys often! It makes the journey much more fulfilling. 

But it’s at all times nice to be again residence, and we come again to the Emirates for an enormous one right now. Like a whole lot of you, I grew up watching Arsenal v Man United matches, it’s at all times an enormous recreation in English soccer. We have gotten a superb file in opposition to them recently, and that may undoubtedly assist once you go into the matches.

You have a superb feeling that you’ve overwhelmed them earlier than, so it provides you confidence that you are able to do it once more. We’ve had some good experiences in opposition to them and it’s at all times good to take that into the video games. They are at all times actually intense video games, at all times an enormous battle, and a recreation all of us like to play in. I do know all of the supporters stay up for it as effectively, the environment will likely be high, I’m positive.

Every recreation we play is one other alternative, one other probability to make a press release. We wish to be certain that we try this. We know what the sport means to the supporters with all of the historical past behind it, and to ourselves as effectively. It’s an enormous one, one other massive check, we’re actually excited for it.

Read the remainder of Martin’s notes, in addition to a number of different implausible content material, by shopping for the Arsenal v Manchester United programme both across the stadium or online.

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