Odegaard for the most part has either been double marked in a congested midfield OR not been serviced balls with whoever’s in the 6 position. There was one match where he was wide open in really good spaces where we kept servicing the ball to the left flank which was congested with defenders bc we’d done that play 3 times already and defenders cottoned on.

I don’t see Odegaard as a very creative 8 and I don’t know how much he can develop his game, but I think Rice has the potential to be a play maker if only he works on receiving with back to goal and then carrying & making progressive passes forward that find Odegaard.