Emmanuel Sabbi at Le Havre

There are some crazy results with unusual many goals in this first Superliga round after the summer break, earlier today Amon's FCN were leading by 2-0 at half-time away against Brøndby, but still lost by 2-3 and Brøndby even misused a penalty.

 

There are said to be 4,315 in the stands in Odense

 

I have a friend who lives in Copenhagen, and she mentioned recently that it's really jarring for her to hear Danish people refer to Covid in the past tense.

That seems premature, since they're experiencing a new spike in confirmed cases, but their spike is 300 per day, not 70,000.

 

Extended Highlights from FCK TV :

 

Sabbi and goalscorer Jebali interview after the debut :

 

Sabbi looked good in his debut... the whole team did. If you watched the game it was hard not to notice how geeked Sabbi was to be part of a team that is actually functional. His smile was from ear to ear. He looked like he was on cloud nine.

 

Time to update the title and get rid of the name of that useless now-relegated club.

 

According to Danish media Sabbi was only getting DKK (Danish Crowns) 35,000 a month while playing for Hobro, so DKK 420k a year = around $ 67,000 but is now getting DKK 250k a month, or DKK 3 million a year = $478K a year at OB Odense. (link below in Danish)
https://footy.dk/footy-fodbold/2020...-brondby-ham-sabbi-scorer-vanvittig-lon-i-ob/

 

Sounds like a lot for Denmark

 

For a club like OB Odense it would seem like much, but not so much when they did not have to pay a transfer fee. It's all part of the "package" when they calculate how much it's going to cost them during his contract period, perhaps also expecting a future transfer fee, which is also why Hobro never pay all that much, because they are not able to make much of a profit if any.

 

Started:

Der er genvalg til alle 11 spillere, som i sidste uge slog FCK 3-2! 🤜🤛

I dag gælder det FCN, og der er kampstart klokken 14.00 🔵⚪️⚽️

Du kan følge med i kampen på denne profil, eller du kan se den på Eurosport 2 📺 #obdk #sldk #obfcn pic.twitter.com/qILAYVRghR

— Odense Boldklub LIVE (@OdenseBK_LIVE) September 20, 2020

And scored:

⏱️ 57
🥅 1-1
Så er vi på omgangshøjde!! Emmanuel Sabbi dukker op inde foran kassen og header bolden ind. Og VAR godkender. Mange tak! 🔵⚪️#obdk #obfcn

— Odense Boldklub LIVE (@OdenseBK_LIVE) September 20, 2020

The goal:

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Ends 1-1.

⏱️ 90+10
🥅 1-1
Slut i Odense. Det ender 1-1 i en underholdende kamp🔵⚪️#obdk #obfcn pic.twitter.com/q9GSsAWSDo

— Odense Boldklub LIVE (@OdenseBK_LIVE) September 20, 2020

 

I said it after watching him play last week and I will say it again... Sabbi must be absolutely ecstatic that he is out of Hobro and playing for a team that actually competes. I didn't get to watch this one but he was great in his 1st appearance and you could hardly see him w/o a big grin on his face. Now he scores in his 2nd game and OB starts with 4 points in two games. Could be a team to watch.

 

Odense is a mid-table team, though. So it's unlikely we'll see him in the Europa.

 

You're right, teams never do better than their average finishing position.

Also, OB were in the top half Championship round a couple of seasons ago, and finished second in 2009/10 and 2010/11. Although usually they finish 7-10, like you said.

 

•Emmanuel Sabbi(22)🇺🇸🇬🇭
•Man Of the Match 🔥🔥🔥
•OB vs. FCN #stribetforlivet #sldk #obdk #obfcn #nike #nikeathlete #nikefootballer #fusmnt #usmnt #usmntonly #youngamericansabroad1 #ghanasoccerstars #ghanasoccer pic.twitter.com/F7bDRPQWHr

— Sabbi11_fanpage (@Sabbi11F) September 20, 2020

Man of the Match

 

I don't follow the Superliga much so I will bow to the wisdom of those more familiar with the league... but they are certainly off to a positive start.

 

Interview snippet:

Sabbi scorede sit første SL-mål for Striberne i dag. Han var glad for målet, men skuffet over resultatet. Hør hele interviewet med ham ➡️ https://t.co/pkYjmU7qAP 🔵⚪️ #obdk #obfcn pic.twitter.com/T9YEIS6FrX

— Odense Boldklub (@Odense_Boldklub) September 20, 2020

 

time for a usmnt look???

 

It helps that he's playing his natural position as a forward and not forced into the wing as with Hobro.

 

To be honest, OB Odense and FC Nordsjælland are about the same level, but with FCN being the youngest top-flight team in Europe, so more or less a U-21 team and younger with a few more experienced additions. Non of them are fighting for the championship, but to be among the top-6 that will escape the relegation battle and reach the Danish Championship group stage.

Highlights, with more Sabbi :

 

He looked very direct in these. Very capable of getting his shots on target. Pretty excited about him. Having the confidence he was playing with this early with a new team is promising.

 

He's got to be absolutely ecstatic checking his banking app. That's a heck of a raise. Winning doesn't hurt either, of course.

 

Talk of diminished expectations.