Pedri smiled and shouted with emotion when, in the 82nd minute of the match against Cádiz, he opened the scoring at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys and set Barça’s first win in the League on track. The joy, however, did not last long for the canary, injured in training this Thursday with the blaugrana.
The canary has suffered a tear in the rectus femoris of the right thigh, the umpteenth injury of the great 20-year-old footballer in recent seasons. As La Vanguardia has been able to confirm, Pedri will be out for more than a month and his reappearance is not expected until October. Except for surprise, he will miss a minimum of six league games and the first two Champions League games.
The precedents call for caution with the man from Tenerife, so more than ever his “evolution will mark his availability.” Last season he suffered a tear in the same area during the duel at the Camp Nou against Manchester United and the desire to line him up in the classic league game on March 19 caused a relapse that left him out for more than two months and a total of 11 matches.
The man from Tegueste reappeared against Atlético de Madrid and after five games, once the duel against Espanyol on matchday 34 concluded, he called the season to an end due to “discomfort in his right thigh.” In response to his continuous muscular problems, Pedri opted for caution and did not play the UEFA Nations League with Spain in June, the eventual champion. After a healthy vacation and a complete preseason, without national team tournaments, the midfielder began the season playing 79 minutes in the draw against Getafe and completed the entire game against Cádiz.
Barça loses a key player again, a Pedri who has not been regular since his marathon 2020-21 season in which he played 73 games between Barça and different categories of the Spanish team, without suffering any injury that course. He participated in four Blaugrana competitions and in the summer he represented the national team in the Eurocup and the Olympic Games, in addition to playing six overtimes. Since then, the Canarian has missed 45 Barca games due to muscle problems.
