Though it didn’t lead to a victory for FC Barcelona or finish their poor run in La Liga, Pedri delivered a superb efficiency towards Getafe within the recreation that completed with a 1-1 draw.
Past the beautiful cross resulting in Jules Kounde’s aim, the Spanish midfielder as soon as once more demonstrated that not solely has he regained the extent that when captivated the soccer world when he burst onto the elite scene, however he has surpassed it.
Pedri dazzled these current at Coliseum Alfonso Perez and was deservedly named the Man of the Match.
Gerard Pique in awe of Pedri
Through the recreation, significantly after his cross that led to Kounde’s aim, Gerard Pique couldn’t assist however reward Pedri’s expertise.
“Pedri is a scandal,” wrote the previous Barcelona captain on ‘X’, a put up that shortly went viral.
El Pedri és un escàndol.
— Gerard Piqué (@3gerardpique) January 18, 2025
Pique, who continues to comply with his former membership intently regardless of specializing in his enterprise ventures, recommended the Tenerife-born midfielder for the magical cross which led to the Blaugrana’s solely aim of the sport towards Getafe.
Pedri completed Saturday evening’s match with 96 touches, 68 profitable passes out of 79 makes an attempt (86%), one cross, 4 lengthy balls, two profitable dribbles, and 6 duels received in 90 minutes.
Pedri sad with the end result
Talking after the match, Pedri insisted that Barcelona ought to have walked away with the win and wanted to do extra to make their possibilities depend.
“I believe that, in these video games the place you already know that you’ll have few possibilities, should you don’t rating those you do have, it’s tough to win. We should always have saved the lead at 0-1 and we didn’t,” he mentioned.
Particularly on his cross main as much as Kounde’s aim, he added: “I believe that when it doesn’t enable you win, I’m not glad.”
*Participant valuation in title obtained from transfermarkt.com on date of publication.