2022-06-19 23:16:06
Pedri via
sidlowe guardian on what defines him....
: “To enjoy myself, which is the best thing you can do.”
Pedri on Iniesta...
: “Iniesta always seemed to be a good person. And he had that calmness to play simply, to make it easier than it is. The way he could leave someone behind with a shift of gear always amazed me.”
: "Sometimes if two or three moves go by without you getting the ball you get a little bit bored. [laughs]”
Pedri on his elder brother Fernando...
: "He lives with me. When I get in I might have played a great game, but he remembers a mistake and he reminds me of it. He’s a pain, but a good one, trying to help me improve."
: "He was a good player, very calm, a defensive midfielder who didn’t fight much. We would go down to Bajamar and play. Anywhere: the beach, on the courts, the concrete in front of the house, anywhere there was space."
: "There were bollards to stop the cars and that would be one goal, a T-shirt the other. My dad used to be a goalkeeper. We would play kids against parents, and he would go in goal. The next day he couldn’t even move.”
: “I love playing, but it’s good to rest. It was crazy and it seemed every game went to extra time too [nine times Pedri played matches that went beyond 90 minutes last year]."
: "Every time it happened I thought: ‘This can’t be…’ It all went so fast, but at the end of the season I was very tired."
: “I always try to be calm, to play like when I was little. In that move, you don’t really have time to think. It’s intuitive. I’ve always done it like that.”
Pedri on whether Barca was the perfect choice for his play style...
: “I would try to play my game wherever I was, but it’s true that I would suffer more elsewhere."
: "Some clubs are satisfied with winning, however they do it. Barcelona wants to win but to do it playing the ball, creating chances, with this idea. I like this football more."
Pedri on Xavi...
: “Xavi has a very clear idea, model: he is very clear about what each of us have to do: the inside midfielders have to be between the lines, the ball moved from one side to the other."
: "The things he did when he played – and it was spectacular watching him – he tries to inculcate in us."
: "The interiores have to hold our position. If you get out of position, then when you lose the ball you can’t press the way you need to: you won’t get there. He also wants the interiores to turn, face the opposition goal.”
Pedri on Busquets...
: “He has to hold, attract, leave someone else one-on-one: we know he can face five, six and clean them out. You have to attract opponents, be able to go alone.”
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