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'Under Pep’s order to injure him': Arsenal fans slam Rodri over tackle on Odegaard

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 fans have dragged Rodri for a harsh tackle on 

 in the Euro 2024 qualifiers on Saturday.

Dani Olmo gave the hosts the lead after 13 minutes. Moments later, Odegaard was put through on goal, only to be disrupted by Rodri's heavy challenge. 

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: "Absolutely horrible foul from Rodri on Odegaard. Incredibly, no penalty given. Rodri under 

: "This Rodri bitch went into two footed on Odegaard".

: "With no penalty after the hasty tackle from Rodri. Pep masterclass to injure Ø innit".

: "I’m convinced Pep Guardiola instructed Rodri to take out Odegaard from the face of the Earth". 

 "It just had to be Rodri to make that tackle on Odegaard during Arsenal Man City race. Thankfully he's fine."

It is easy to see why faithful are angry. Arsenal currently lead 

 by eight points in the Premier League race.

Analyzing Martin Odegaard's incredible scanning skills: How it transforms to success on the field

Guys at Be Your Best Youtube channel decided to check how good 

 game watching him only and here’s what they found out.

First up is the total number of scans, which for Odegaard in this game was a grand total of 493. An insanely high number. Odegaard also had a scan frequency of around 0.5. That means in the 10 seconds before receiving the ball he scanned an average of 5 times.

As the ball is rolling towards the no.8, he gives it a quick glance to scan his surroundings to better prepare his next move.

In his game against Fulham Odegaard scanned a massive 8 times in the 10 seconds before getting the ball, but it also isn't too bad either. 

Next up is critical scans. Now, the critical scan is the last scan a player makes as the ball is travelling towards them. It’s an important skill because it means a player can assess his surroundings as late as possible before receiving the ball so when he turns around he has the exact picture of what he’s going to do. It turns out Odegaard is insanely good at this.

In the game, he received the ball a total of 58 times and managed to perform a critical scan on 33 occasions. That's 58% of the time. To put that into perspective, when they did the same analysis on

 during the World Cup, he only managed to perform a critical scan 30% of the time when receiving the ball.

In fact, Odegaard is so good at this that he even managed to pull off a couple of double critical scans during the game, taking his eyes off the ball twice as it's moving towards him. 

Odegaard scans a lot, but how does it actually improve his game?

Well, it turns out numerous studies have been conducted on this over the years. A team of Norwegian scientists travelled around Europe filming hundreds of games, analysing players' scanning behaviour. What they found was that players who scan a lot are more likely to make a successful forward pass, which in football usually leads to more chances and more goals.

In this game Odegaard made a total of 27 forward passes, hitting the target on 21 occasions. That's a forward pass completion rate of around 78%.

 have an all-around pass completion rate of around 72% this season. What's even more interesting is in situations where Odegaard performed a critical scan, his forward pass completion rate jumped up to 81%, showing just how useful this skill is to players. 

'Some real Clark Kent/Superman s*it': Gooners react to old video of Odegaard playing music

When he's not dazzling on the pitch, it seems 

 is equally adept at making beautiful music off it. During the 

 times, the Norwegian midfielder decided to show off his skills on the piano. He prompted a flurry of reactions from Gunners fans:

 Wears glasses off the pitch, pings balls with the sight of a Hawk on the pitch...some real Clark Kent/Superman s*it

 Odegaard started playing with 20:20 vision but he got bored and asked for it to be more difficult.

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so how bad is he injured ? or did I miss it ? rodri .. smh . the one who celebrated super hard last year when he scored the winner.  like it was personal.. wack man . wack

bringer of rain 21

it's possible but unlikely  I think.just a shit challenge  that luckily hasn't ended his season or career. defo penalty.

Alex White

Pep instructed Rodri to take out Odegaard, I have never seen such baloni who is writing this stuff ardent Arsenal fan by the way are we stooping this low. 🙈

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'Under Pep’s order to injure him': Arsenal fans slam Rodri over tackle on Odegaard

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