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When Ancelotti returned to Real Madrid in 2021 following Zinedine Zidane's unexpected resignation, the club was drifting.

It was the key moment as within five minutes Pavel Nedved had outpaced Fernando Hierro to fire in, and while Zinedine Zidane scored against his old team, it was too late.

Odegaard's father was also offered a role coaching in Real Madrid's youth teams, while the fact they had a second team playing competitive football - which was managed by Zinedine Zidane at the time - was important to the youngster.

Then, he would play for Zidane's Castilla team at the weekend in the Spanish third tier.

He did score and assist on his first start in a 4-0 win over Barakaldo two weeks later, but they were to be his only goal contributions for Zidane's side that season across 11 appearances.