There are fewer and fewer classic number “tens” in football and masters of the game who you enjoy watching as they keep the ball at their feet with ease and elegance or pass it on to teammates so that they find themselves in a goal chance.There are much more runners and physically fit players in today’s football, for whom technique is not a strong point, but they are ready to fulfill every coach’s order and cover the space both in defense and attack. Pedri is not like that. The young Barcelona player loves dribbling and a sudden pass to a teammate. He likes to have fun.The talented Barcelona midfielder spoke about his vision of football in an interview with The Guardian. He pointed out that he is happy in Barcelona and that the tiki-taka style suits him extremely well.”Some clubs are happy to win no matter how they do it. Barcelona also want to win, but the idea is to play football and create chances. I like that approach better,” said the 19-year-old from Tenerife.Mon 21:00: (2.30) CA Atlanta (2.95) Atletico Mitre (3.35)Pedri also referred to working with Xavi.”Xavi has a very clear picture, the model of how he wants his team to play and what he wants from his players. Midfielders have to move in between the opponent’s lines and the ball has to circle from one side to the other. As a coach he tries to impose a style he played once on the current team. Midfielders must keep the ball and keep facing the opponent’s goal. If you do not stand in the intended position, you can easily lose the ball and it is harder to put pressure on the rival,” said the young star.The former captain of Barcelona is known for his fantastic cooperation on the pitch with Andres Iniesta, another former player of Barcelona and the Spanish national team, whom Pedri imitated.”Iniesta has always seemed like a good person to me. He has calmness and simplicity in the game, when you look at him it seems that everything is easier than it really is. The way he created chances for his teammates thrilled me.”Raphinha is losing his patience – he sent his agent Deco to BarcelonaThe midfielder of the Catalans does not like the direction in which football is developing. It bothers him that it has become too much of a physical game.”Lately, more attention has been paid to the player who runs than to the technician who understands the game. Football is becoming more and more robotic, but there are still those who resist it. I still play for fun. It’s always been that way for me and I think that fun is the best thing that football has to offer. If you enjoy it, you will be much better in it”, claims Pedri.❗Pedri via @sidlowe @guardian on what defines him….🗣️: “To enjoy myself, which is the best thing you can do.’ pic.twitter.com/LpBlkf1VLW— Barça Buzz (@Barca_Buzz) June 19, 2022 In the 2020/2021 season, Pedri played an incredible 73 games for the club and the national team. However, it resulted in him missing quite a lot of the last season when due to injuries he collected only 12 matches in the La Liga, and a total of 21.”I like to play, but it’s good to rest sometimes. It was crazy last season, as if every game went into overtime. Everything happened very quickly and at the end of the season I was really tired,” admits Barca’s teenager.The 19-year-old should enter the upcoming competition cycle completely ready. That means new great performances, and the goal will be to bring back Barcelona to the path of success and welcome November and the World Cup in the desired form.
