{"id":28464,"date":"2025-08-26T11:15:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/odegaard-called-up-for-norway-relief-for-arsenal-after-injury\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T11:15:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:15:48","slug":"odegaard-called-up-for-norway-relief-for-arsenal-after-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/odegaard-called-up-for-norway-relief-for-arsenal-after-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00d8degaard Called Up for Norway: Relief for Arsenal After Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"Arsenal captain Martin \u00d8degaard has been called up to the Norway national team for the upcoming matches, easing concerns about an apparent injury suffered recently.\u00d8degaard left the field during Arsenal&#8217;s 5-0 victory over Leeds on Saturday, apparently after injuring his right shoulder.Arsenal will face Liverpool on Sunday in a league match between two teams considered title contenders.Norway will play against Finland in a friendly on September 4th and then face Moldova in a World Cup qualifier on September 9th.<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0826%2Fr1536987_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Martin \u00d8degaard\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Martin \u00d8degaard se vio obligado a salir del campo por una lesi\u00f3n contra el Leeds el s\u00e1bado. Visionhaus\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>Norway leads its qualifying group with a perfect 12 points in four matches, as it tries to reach its first World Cup since 1998.Erling Haaland was also included in Norway&#8217;s squad.<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Arsenal look like title contenders, but squad depth could be tested.<\/li><li>Arteta: Eze called me on the phone amid Tottenham&#8217;s pursuit.<\/li><li>Saka&#8217;s injury isn&#8217;t as serious as initially feared.<\/li><\/ul>Arsenal has also received good news after it was revealed that Bukayo Saka&#8217;s hamstring injury, which also forced him to withdraw against Leeds, is not as significant as initially feared.The international English player missed three and a half months of last season after undergoing surgery on his right hamstring, and the concern was that he could face a similar period of inactivity after limping with a problem in his left hamstring.However, although it is not yet clear when Saka will return to the team, the first indications seem to be positive for the 23-year-old player, and it is understood that he is not expected to be out for a period similar to that of last season.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal captain Martin \u00d8degaard has been called up to the Norway national team for the upcoming matches, easing concerns about an apparent injury suffered recently.\u00d8degaard left the field during Arsenal&#8217;s 5-0 victory over Leeds on Saturday, apparently after injuring his right shoulder.Arsenal will face Liverpool on Sunday in a league match between two teams considered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[140,6571,2169,7858],"class_list":{"0":"post-28464","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-arsenal","9":"tag-martin-odegaard","10":"tag-norway","11":"tag-saka"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}