Barcelona supervisor Hansi Flick has now made a serious choice on Pedri’s health forward of the Champions League conflict towards Chelsea at Stamford Bridge this Tuesday.
The Blues will likely be trying to return to successful methods within the Champions League on Tuesday, having been unable to beat Qarabag final day out, drawing 2-2 away on the Azerbaijani facet, however they need to be heading into the sport with renewed confidence.
Enzo Maresca’s facet have put collectively run within the Premier League, successful their final three matches with out conceding, most just lately securing a 2-0 win at Burnley courtesy of objectives from Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernandez.
Maresca was notably blissful along with his facet’s defensive exhibiting, saying after the sport: “The way in which we competed I’m very blissful.
“To come back right here and never concede could be very tough. It is regular to concede one thing. However total they solely had one actual likelihood. Through the sport they did not have any massive probabilities and through the sport we had a great deal of probabilities.”
Nevertheless, the supervisor will likely be well-aware that Tuesday’s opposition will likely be a lot harder, and the west Londoners have now been handed a lift heading into the Champions League encounter…
Hansi Flick set to depart Pedri out towards Chelsea
Based on experiences from Spain (through Sport Witness), Pedri is now unlikely to journey to London forward of Tuesday’s sport, as Flick and his teaching employees imagine it isn’t value risking the midfielder, who suffered a hamstring harm close to the top of October.
The 22-year-old is now a severe doubt for the journey to Stamford Bridge, having missed coaching on Sunday, which will likely be welcome information for Maresca & co, who want each benefit they will get heading into the sport towards the reigning La Liga champions.
Lauded as “wonderful” by journalist Muhammad Butt, the Barcelona star has been completely integral for Barcelona over the previous yr, recurrently displaying his potential to dictate video games, set-up probabilities for his teammates, and drive the ball ahead.
Pedri’s key statistics | Common per 90 (previous yr) |
Assists | 0.17 (eightieth percentile) |
Passes tried | 91.85 (98th percentile) |
Progressive carries | 3.42 (99th percentile) |
Profitable take-ons | 1.40 (97th percentile) |
That stated, the La Liga facet are prone to be simply as frightened of Chelsea’s midfield, with Fernandez scoring his fifth objective of the season towards Burnley on the weekend, whereas Sky Sports activities pundit Jamie Redknapp has waxed lyrical about Moises Caicedo this season.
As such, Chelsea ought to little doubt fancy their probabilities heading into Tuesday’s sport, taking over Barca in a aggressive sport for the primary time since a 3-0 defeat at Camp Nou again in 2018.
