Barça's plan with Pedri works: an overwhelming fact

The canary has been playing 73 of the last 74 games, between Barça and Selection, and the one that was lost was for a gastroenteritis

The technical staff of Hansi Flickwith Julio Tous, The Chief Physical Trainer of the Barça As the main exponent, he managed an individual work plan for Pedri to physically reinforce and try to prevent injuries from being repeated. And that purpose has had its fruits.

Has played 73 of the last 74 games between Barça and selection. The only game that was lost with Barça was in last season, in January, against the Valencia in LaLiga already cause of a gastroenteritis. The last one was yesterday with Spain in view of Bulgaria. No trace of muscle injuries for more than a year.

The own Flick explained on one occasion that, rather than rest, Pedri He was going well to play and rest in the final minutes of the games, although this season he has played all 270 minutes. The reason for the management of minutes is, mainly, to avoid injuries. In 2023-2024, there were three muscle problems and in 2022-2023 he also suffered two serious injuries.

Last season, he intervened in 59 games with the Barça of the 60 possible: 14 of Champions (starting 13); 37 of LaLiga (35 title); The 6 of Cup (6 holder) and the pair of the Spanish Super Cup (2 of the title). With the Champions, he played the 10: 4 (3 of the title) of the final phase of the Nations League and 6 (2 of the title) of classification. This season he has 3 with Barça and one with Spain. In total, those 73 of 74.

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