This season has been a before and after in Odriozola’s career (San Sebastián, 24 years old). The winger already knows that he is the one chosen to compete with Carvajal next year and warns: wants to fight. His year at Bayern, where he started out gray but is ending at a remarkably high level, gives him hope, reilusión. And Madrid is confident that it will recover its best version, the one it showed in the Real society and that made him one of the best right-backs in Europe.
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Under the colors white-blue he was a gamer. Climbing from the lower categories and passing through the subsidiary, he ended up playing 4.736′ with the first team among all competitions. Seen another way, he played a total of 57 games for the San Sebastian discipline. He was promoted from the subsidiary in the 2016/17 season, making his debut on matchday 18 against Málaga (0-2 victory). After two substitutions, became a fixed, playing immediately after eleven games in a row. But his big year would be next. In the 2017/18 season he played absolutely everything except five games: three for rest and two for injury. Of the 38 league games he started in 30, being substituted only in three.
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He was from there and felt at home, but the call from Madrid made a phone ring that would change his life. His numbers took him to the Bernabéu, where he would sign a new contract until June 2024. He already has a League, a Spanish Super Cup and a Club World Cup to his credit. He is currently playing the Champions League with Bayern, team to which he left on loan during the winter market to get filming. The formula is working. His rival in the quarterfinals, precisely, will be the Barcelona. An extra incentive and motivation.
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In Germany he has begun to meet again and comes like a shot to the final stretch of the season. Those feelings make him look with ambition on his return to Madrid. Zidane trusts that he will be able to recover the best Odriozola and he knows that if he succeeds, there is a high-quality winger for a while (he’s only 24 years old). For its part, the player returns effusively, feeling capable of looking at Carvajal from you to you and hungry to return to the national team (He has not been summoned since the World Cup in Russia). A few days ago, he was even selected for the UEFA ideal eleven. Odriozola shines again and that is one of the best news that Madrid could receive.
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