The Canarian midfielder is one of the main casualties Xavi’s team will have against the whites at the Bernabéu.
Barcelona will travel to the Spanish capital to face Real Madrid without Pedri, one of the stars of Xavi Hernández’s team who will not be present at the Santiago Bernabéu for the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-finals.
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Pedri cannot play the first leg of the semi-finals of the KO tournament due to physical problems. He Canary midfielder, formerly of Las Palmas, suffers an injury to the rectus femoris of the right thigh. He was injured against Manchester United at Camp Nou, in the first leg against the English.
The Barca ‘8’ leaves a very difficult void for Xavi Hernández. According to data from Opta, since he took over the team, Terrassa’s coach has won 90% of the points in the league when Pedri plays. And without him, he won only 57% of the points.
In other words, Xavi’s Barça have won 84 points out of a possible 93 in the championship with Pedri on the field (27 wins, three draws and one loss, precisely at the Santiago Bernabéu). But when Pedri has not played, the team accumulated 31 points out of a possible 54, with nine wins, four draws and five losses.
LBarcelona’s medical services have not indicated when he will be absent and have limited themselves to indicating that evolution will determine his availability. Now an injury like this means a loss of three to four weeks (as of February 16).
Source: Goal