Denis Odoi (37) currently plays for NAC Breda, but things are not going well yet. The club is in difficult sporting circumstances. Odoi wanted to look back on his departure from Antwerp.
Odoi also looks back on his meetings with Marc Overmars. “Gosh, I haven’t had many conversations with Marc. He thought I was a bit of a hippie, I think. He once said to someone: ‘Won’t that Odoi travel around the world with his backpack later?’ He is right, but I have four children who have to go to school, so that won’t happen right away,” he said The Newspaper.
There were also rumors that he could return to Antwerp. “No, I never asked for that myself. Some people suggested it because things were not going well with the team, but I left of my own volition. Why would they take me back?”
Denis Odoi calls the cup match against Anderlecht the biggest disappointment
Ahead of the cup semi-final between Antwerp and Anderlecht, Odoi remains amused. “I’ve already laughed about it with Vincent Janssen and Zeno Van den Bosch. I told them: ‘I’m not ready to screw it up.’”
He also mentions a painful moment. “Last year I got red in the second match against Anderlecht. One of the biggest disappointments in my career. I had no control over my emotions and threw the ball back towards the Anderlecht bench. Not in a ferocious way, but it was still a big mistake.”
Fortunately, he could count on the understanding of his teammates. “Vincent was pissed off for a moment. ‘Denis, what the fuck! Why?’ But then it was like, ‘I just can’t stay mad at you.’ It remains stupid and ridiculous, but I really hope that Antwerp will take revenge soon.”
