2023-11-14 22:05:05
In the Spanish soccer team nobody forgets Pedri González. On the contrary, from the sports director, Albert Luque, to the coach, Luis de la Fuente, Their priority is for him to be the great leader of Spain in the Euro Cup that will be held from June 14 to July 14 in Germany.
““He is a super class,” said De la Fuente in the last press conference to talk about Tenerife. Throughout the recovery process he has been very aware of his evolution. De la Fuente considers that he is an absolutely differential footballer. And he knows it wonderfully.
He made his debut at the age of 17 in the under-21 team.took it to the Tokyo Olympics after having played in the Euro Cup and is taking care of it to have it at one hundred percent next summer. Now he has preferred that he stay in Barcelona to strengthen his muscles. There is still a lot left for the Eurocup and he does not need to live with it. You already know what Pedri is like on and off the pitch.
On the green, he is a footballer who alone establishes a way of playing and, in the dugout, He is one of the “good people” which De la Fuente insists he wants to have on his lists. Pedri is a member of the group and is very loved. He likes to joke with his colleagues and even he dared with Luis Enriquewho matched the Tenerife native’s ingenious vacilities very well.
Con Luis de la Fuente could not match since he has been the absolute coach. December 6 will mark one year since his last match for Spain. He was in the painful elimination against Morocco in the round of 16 of the Qatar World Cup 2022.
In the five windows in which De la Fuente has directed the selection, the injuries or the intention to protect the footballer, as has happened in this case or in the Final Four of the UEFA Nations Leaguehave prevented the reunion.
At the Bernabéu
But De la Fuente has a red date marked on his calendar. In March 2024, Spain will play a friendly against Brazil at the Santiago Bernabéu within the framework of a campaign against racism. It will be then that he wants to see him in the team, just before giving the final list for the Euro Cup.
Pedri has impressed since he took the reins of La Roja in the 2021 Euro Cup. He was the best player on the Spanish team. Chosen by UEFA as the best young player of the tournament and the only national footballer who was in the ideal elevenchosen by expert technicians.
His competitive nature led him to also wanting to participate in the Tokyo Olympic Gameswhere it was dug up so that Spain could make history with the silver medal under the orders of De la Fuente.
Gives more wealth to the Red
The Rioja coach has his site ready for 2024. With Rodri As the undisputed pivot, Pedri will be at his side for the elaboration. The presence of the Tenerife native offers more alternatives to the usual 4-3-3 of Spain.
Con Pedri, Mikel Merino or Fabián can join the indoor position and Gavi go up as false left winger. A position in which he has already often acted with FC Barcelona.
In attack, captain Morata has a guaranteed position, as well as Dani Olmo, De la Fuente’s captain in the U21s when he is recovered. Asensio is another player the coach trusts and that he will return when he has left his injury behind.
Pedri knows all of them very well and, what is better, his teammates are delighted to see his return.. Nobody like him to distribute candy in the form of assists or passes of great neatness.
A vintage footballer
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The 2024 Euro Cup must be the culmination of a season that has not started well due to the muscle injury, but he is on the way to straightening himself out. Xavi already warned that “we will see another Barça with Pedri.” This is how it should be when he is one hundred percent and, incidentally, the team will benefit from being able to count on a vintage footballer.
De la Fuente dreams of the European title after take the UEFA Nations League in Rotterdam and that Pedri can lift Together with his teammates, what would be the sixth title for the Spanish team and the fourth European Championship. A milestone that is on everyone’s mind.
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