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Jaime Rincón
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Pedri was the MVP of the two games against Benfica in the eighth Champions round. The canary played every minutesboth in Lisbon as in Barcelonaand not even a resolved tie tempted Hansi Flick to remove the midfielder in the final stretch of the game in the Olympic. You just have to take a look at the numbers of this season to check that Pedri is the pillar, the base on which this Barcelona is based. For the German coach, the ‘8’ Barça is untouchable.
Statistics in Pedri’s pass against Benfica
Gone are your problems with injuries and a lack of continuity that made fear for its performance in the coming years in Barcelona. No one doubted their quality, its ability to lead an orphan midfield from a brain since the exit of Xavi Hernández. But his physical problems did not let him shine. Until this season. Now Pedri plays everything And it gives the feeling that Flick is not going to take it a single minute in the important matches.
Players with more minutes at Barça
- Jules Koundé: 3455 minutes
- Raphinha: 3352 minutes
- Pedri: 3202 minutes
- Cubarsí: 3105 minutes
- Lewandowski: 3050 minutes
The German coach praised the Canarian’s performance at the conclusion of the match against Benfica. “It’s one hundred percent. It’s amazing to see what he does with the ball and without her. He is playing in the most appropriate position. He is the best in the world in his position, “said Flick.
So far this season, The Canarian has played 41 games, losing only one: The League against Valencia for a flu process. The rest has played them all. 18 of them played them completely and in another ten it was replaced beyond the 80th minute.The two of the aforementioned tie against Benfica, the two of the Spanish Super Cup, the two of Champions at home in the group stage against Dortmund and Benfica and another good handful of them in the League Championship, all of them with complicated scenarios, played them on the 8 of Barça to the final beep.
PEDRI data
- It is the third player with more minutes of the squad, Just behind Koundé and Raphinha
- Only One of the 42 games of this season has been lost: Before Valencia in Liga at home
- He was only substitute in two games this season: On the first day of the League against Valencia and in front of Getafe, also in the League
- Was replaced 21 times And only in three the team was not winning when he left the pitch
The bench has only tasted in two games. It was in the League against Valencia on the first day and against Getafe. AND Only in three Pedri matches was replaced without Barça being winning. Before Betis in the League in Villamarín and against Monaco and Atalanta in Champions League in the group stage. That is, Pedri, or plays everything or is replaced only in the final minutes of the matches in which, in addition, Barça has a score in favor. It also happened against Celta in Vigo or Atlético in Cup and surely Flick ended up repenting because, both occasions, he saw his team ended up drawing. It is not surprising that, from that 4-2 in a cup that Atlético lifted, Flick has not even considered removing the Canary.
“Nobody deserves both the Golden Ball and Pedri
Gavi, Barcelona player
And Pedri does not suffer, on the contrary. The Canarian has improved its defensive benefitshe is the footballer whom all teammates seek to clarify the plays and the public is surrendered to their charms. In a season where Lamine and Raphinha dazzle and Lewandowski produces, Pedri is the key to the perfect functioning of Barca machinery.
