The Canarian midfielder’s injury coincided with a drop in goals and results for the culé team, demonstrating their reliance on the young talent.
There is a FC Barcelona aP and dP Before Pedri and after Pedri. There is the team that entertains, puts on a show, scores goals and goes over their rivals. But also the one who gets stuck, equals negative records in club history and lives in a downturn in results. Playing without the Canarian footballer is not just anything and everything Xavi Hernandez They are starting to become aware of it.
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After being injured on February 16 in the first stage of the Europa League for him Manchester Unitedthe culés have already disputed 11 games without the ex of the UD Las Palmas. The balance is six wins, two draws and three losses. Moreover, they are currently piling up three consecutive games without scoring a goal and for the first time in 18 years They have drawn clean sheets in two consecutive games in LaLiga.
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It is no coincidence that on the way Barça has been eliminated from the European competition and the Copa del Rey. On the other hand, in the last 11 appointments where Pedri was presentthe record is 10 wins and a draw. In fact, the club scored four more goals; 16 goals for the 12 registered in the leg without the canary.
And that’s it the midfielder’s relationship with goal has improved a lot this season. He scored seven (six in LaLiga) to become the team’s second top goalscorer raphinha. It is not for nothing with his input in the competitions: he has an average success rate of 84% for passes into the opponent’s half and participates eight times per gamevery difficult numbers to improve on offense.
His injury, added to that of other players like Van Jong, Christensen, Dembele and Sergi Roberto have made FCBarcelona suffered in recent weeks. The national title can hardly escape the culés, but Xavi Hernandez has a duty to find solutions to a more than obvious problem.
Source: Goal