How Pedri harnessed his subtle genius to control Barcelona’s engine room
The HinduThere is a certain type of footballer that coaches love — the veritable teacher’s pet. I haven’t seen many talents like him.” Spain manager Luis de la Fuente, when asked about the height of Pedri’s ceiling, refused to define limits, instead saying, “Pedri had to find himself, we don’t know what his best version is because he’s so good, he is infinite”. Pedri can play in advanced midfield, operating inside the opposition’s defensive block — his close control ensures the ball sticks to his feet, allowing him to turn in cramped spaces between the lines, drive forward, combine with teammates and find runners with the killer pass. “I haven’t felt like this for a long time, I’ve often wanted to be like this,” Pedri told the club’s official media channel, Barca One. “There are a lot of young players, but for the time I’ve been here, I can be one of the veterans, not by age, but I do feel that I have weight in the dressing room, that I’m important,” said Pedri.
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