Zinedine Zidane's decision to leave Martin Odegaard out of his Real Madrid squad to face Cultural Leonesa in the Copa Del Rey Wednesday evening has raised a few eyebrows. The Norwegian prospect trained with the Blancos first-team this week, but Zidane has not included him on the list to travel to Estadio Municipal.
In fact, Zidane's 16-man squad does not include a single Castilla player despite Luka Modric, Casemiro and captain Sergio Ramos being unavailable through injury. Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema will also be left out, as well as Marcelo and Keylor Navas. A perfect opportunity for Odegaard, it was suggested.