And Pedri, doesn't he rest?
Hi community!
He is the Barça player who plays the most, with Barça and with the national team.
There isn't a single Barcelona player who plays more than Pedri. None. He plays in every game. He's participated in all ten, eight in La Liga and two in the Champions League, and he's started in all of them. And if that weren't enough, he's also started in all four of the Spanish national team's matches, the two in September and the two in recent days. He's already logged a whopping... 1,164 minutes! Barça is now embarking on an important marathon of matches... is it time for the Canary Islander to slow down a bit? His recent performance suggests he won't. There's no time for him to rest.
Last season, Pedri was the Barça player who participated in the most matches: he only missed one. It was the La Liga tie against Valencia, played in January, due to gastroenteritis with the flu. He thus appeared in 37 regular season matches, 14 in the Champions League, two in the Spanish Super Cup, and six in the Copa del Rey. This meant he was on the pitch for 4,646 minutes. This season, he has already played 864 with Barcelona, and if we count his matches with Luis de la Fuente's national team, the total rises to 1,164.
The genetic study of his muscles that Pedri underwent over a year ago yielded a significant conclusion: he needs to work daily and rest doesn't benefit him. Since then, he hasn't rotated, never starting on the bench. And he hasn't picked up an injury. He's put his history of ailments behind him, which is why Flick always counts on him. For the German, it's a win-win situation: he always has one of the most talented midfielders in the world at his disposal, and what's more, it helps him avoid a trip to the infirmary. In fact, this season, the German coach is introducing many variations to the starting lineup. There's no clear starting lineup, but if there's one player who always makes the starting lineup, it's Pedri. The second player with the most minutes is Eric García.
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