It’s very annoying,” said the grandmother of the Celtic star, who wants to go see him play but has been advised by doctors to “slow down.
The Danish media has not stopped discussing Matt O’Riley, the midfielder for Celtics, since he disclosed that his grandmother was an avid football fan and that she was his biggest fan.
Bold.dk actually made an extra effort to locate Lis Egeland, who was then seated to talk about her grandson’s remarkable ascent in football over the previous few years.
The midfield player left Fulham at the end of his contract, leaving him without a club for a few months before joining Celtic. MK Dons gave him a chance.
That was the moment he truly blossomed.
which ultimately made it possible for him to move to Parkhead, where thanks to his performances this season, he has won over many fans.
In 12 Scottish Premiership games this season, he has six goals and five assists. As a result, he was called up to the Danish national team, where he made his debut on Monday night in a 2-0 loss to Northern Ireland.
Egeland stated that not even her health will prevent her from watching O’Riley play football.
“My grandson plays football, and I told them to hurry because it was a Champions League game,” the woman stated after being admitted to the hospital a month ago. After receiving a potent painkiller, I was given permission to drive home once more.
Having been unable to travel to Denmark to witness O’Riley’s historic debut, the grandmother expressed her dismay.
She went on, “I have been to Celtic a few times and would have liked to have been there, but I’ve had some issues with age-related illnesses, so the doctors are chasing me a little bit.
They advise me to take it slow for a while and to stop jumping into airplanes so frequently. Naturally, it irritates me greatly because
Knowing full well that some might not have been happy to see an England-born player in the squad, Lis wanted to make it clear that her son deserved to be on the Danish national team. Bold reassured her that many are quite glad that he’s chosen their country over playing for Gareth Southgate.
I think that’s a good thing. I got the impression that some people preferred using “real Danes.” Hearing people say that infuriates him because he holds a Danish passport. To cut right to the chase, I think he’s an amazing football player.
“He’s very smart; he reads the game and, if the two men are acquainted, he passes the ball to the appropriate man.”
