8 - Pedri

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jormatar

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To me he already looks to be at the same level as prime Iniesta. That wasn't something many would have believed before last season. Incredible trajectory.

Also banger of a goal today. His shot is underrated and he should use it more.
 
Fati_Future_BallonDor

Fati_Future_BallonDor

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Pedri on the 3–2 win:
“We know it’s not easy here. We had a tough time, but I’m happy with the team’s reaction. In the second half we played with more possession and more rhythm. As for my goal: they always tell me to shoot, so I tried it.”

… on the penalty:
“To be honest, I don’t really know the handball rules. Recently we had a presentation from the federation about handball, and for example, Tchouaméni’s handball last season (in the Clásico) was, in my opinion, a clear handball, while this one here wasn’t for me — and yet it was given.”
 
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JamDav1982

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BJJ said:
This guy is unrecognisable compared to the player under Xavi. Flick has transformed him.
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He has put him deeper and got him on the ball more with game on front of him.

It was clear as day that would be his best role and Xavi had him posted far too high up park too often waiting for ball.

It was bizarre as some of his best games under Xavi.. home to Bilbao and away to Sociedad etc he absolutely ran the game from there then a few games later was up positioned by Lewa too often waiting for ball in and around box with back to goal.
 
serghei

serghei

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Worth noting that Xavi didn't have Lamine as the main creator of the team offensively, was only here in his rookie season. With Lamine, we play often to him to make stuff happen, so it makes more sense for Pedri to play deeper.

Think Xavi would have him deeper if we had Olmo and Lamine back then. The team improved squad wise a lot since 2023-24. Back in 2024, Olmo was not signed, Fermin was a rookie with no experience, and Lamine as well. There's 3 players with offensive capabilities in the last third we didn't have back then.
 
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Titan98

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serghei said:
Worth noting that Xavi didn't have Lamine as the main creator of the team offensively, was only here in his rookie season. With Lamine, we play often to him to make stuff happen, so it makes more sense for Pedri to play deeper.

Think Xavi would have him deeper if we had Olmo and Lamine back then. The team improved squad wise a lot since 2023-24. Back in 2024, Olmo was not signed, Fermin was a rookie with no experience, and Lamine as well. There's 3 players with offensive capabilities in the last third we didn't have back then.
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We had dembele, and now we know his qualities. He is and was no yamal but he was very good under xavi
 
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JamDav1982

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serghei said:
Worth noting that Xavi didn't have Lamine as the main creator of the team offensively, was only here in his rookie season. With Lamine, we play often to him to make stuff happen, so it makes more sense for Pedri to play deeper.

Think Xavi would have him deeper if we had Olmo and Lamine back then. The team improved squad wise a lot since 2023-24. Back in 2024, Olmo was not signed, Fermin was a rookie with no experience, and Lamine as well. There's 3 players with offensive capabilities in the last third we didn't have back then.
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Pedri was not some creative machine at AM for Xavi either and was very very good when played deep on the odd occassion Xavi put him there.

Xavi did have Raphinha.. who was nowhere near the player Flick got out of him and he had Dembele who at PSG has been one of most productive players in Europe.

Not having Yamal doesnt have much to do with where Pedri was best suited under Xavi.
 
MasQueCulé

MasQueCulé

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Fati_Future_BallonDor said:
Pedri on the 3–2 win:
“We know it’s not easy here. We had a tough time, but I’m happy with the team’s reaction. In the second half we played with more possession and more rhythm. As for my goal: they always tell me to shoot, so I tried it.”

… on the penalty:
“To be honest, I don’t really know the handball rules. Recently we had a presentation from the federation about handball, and for example, Tchouaméni’s handball last season (in the Clásico) was, in my opinion, a clear handball, while this one here wasn’t for me — and yet it was given.”
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Good for him to speak about the referee, too many errors in favor of madrid.
 
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vegitot

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Maradona37 said:
I like him a lot and as I said, I consider him a top 5 player in the world. But that's a bit much mate lol, Iniesta is likely a top 5 mf ever.
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Pedri needs to have some physical strength to reach all time great. Techinically already flawless.

Also the team around him. He is an all phase midfielfer and should have license to play his way.
 
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JamDav1982

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He was very good on Saturday overall.. a good few sloppy moments in amongst that but he was the main one with Yamal taking the game directly to them in 2nd half.
 
Windhook

Windhook

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vegitot said:
Pedri needs to have some physical strength to reach all time great. Techinically already flawless.

Also the team around him. He is an all phase midfielfer and should have license to play his way.
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Pedri's muscle growth has been already impressive. Upper body is not key for his role, but leg muscles. Just remember Adama Traore, who returned on loan under Xavi and his impressive upper body did nothing to contribute to his game.

Defenders need that strength and I see some change in Araujo, he's bulked up a bit this summer or my TV is lying to me.
 
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