In a short time, and despite his youth, Pedri has become one of the great references of Barça. Many of Barça’s options in all competitions depend on his brilliance, even more so this Wednesday against Inter Milan, a match in which the Barça team is risking its future in the Champions League. The Canarian midfielder said he recognized the “responsibility” that the team has and despite accepting criticism for the intermittent play of recent games, he did highlight his offensive power with Lewandowski at the helm: “He’s a crack.”
The player from the Canary Islands is aware of the importance of this match for the club, both “because of the economy” and because “we want to continue and be there until the end, we want to be the team that goes through to the round of 16”. “We feel the responsibility that it is a final for us. We are very much looking forward to it. It is a final that we want to go well and we hope that it will be so in order to get out of the group. Inter go a long way back and are physically strong, but the quality of this squad is immense. We play a lot of what this season can be, ”he explained.
To manage to defeat Inter, the only result that helps Barça to continue with real options, they must improve fundamentally in attack. “What the coach asks of us is to move the ball from side to side very quickly. When you do it like that, the defense gets out of adjustment and you find the spaces better”. In addition, he recognized that in the last two games they have not been at their best level. “We have played well in some parts of the games. The other day they were able to tie us. We have to improve but we continue adding three by three. And that’s what you have to think about, if you don’t play well, at least add the three points”, he pointed out.
After an overwhelming start to the season, the goals have not come as usual in the last week. Something that does not worry Pedri. “He doesn’t worry about the lack of goals, we have quality up top to make them and in the middle to give them to him. We will continue scoring goals. We have a striker with the quality to make them, although it doesn’t just depend on him”. In this regard, the canary classified the Polish Robert Lewandowski as “a crack”. “He has a lot of experience in games like this. The quality of him to score goals in these games is crazy. He helps young people a lot and he is appreciated for being such a normal person with everything he has earned, ”he summed up.
Regarding the game, Pedri considered that “the ideal thing would be to score soon, but we know it’s complicated. They come out very strong, they defend with a lot of people in the area and far behind. Moving the ball with speed has to be important”. Finally, he recognized that he is working hard to be able to contribute more goals to the team. “It’s a pending issue, getting to the area and scoring more goals. It’s what I have to do.”
