Numbers show that Barcelona’s plan with midfield maestro is working like a dream

Upon their arrival at FC Barcelona final summer time, Hansi Flick’s teaching employees, led by head health coach Julio Tous, designed a selected particular person coaching plan for Pedri to strengthen him bodily and stop the recurrence of accidents.

Pedri’s high quality and skill had been there for everybody to see since he broke into the Barcelona setup underneath Ronald Koeman. Nonetheless, his recurring harm issues have been beginning to develop into a priority.

And, as a way to deal with that, Flick and his employees put him on a particular bodily growth programme, and slightly over a yr later, it’s protected to say that the technique has borne fruit.

Barcelona’s plan with Pedri proving profitable

As highlighted by Mundo Deportivo, Pedri has performed 73 of the final 74 matches for membership and nation. His most up-to-date look got here on Thursday night time with Spain in opposition to Bulgaria.

The one one he missed was final season in January in opposition to Valencia in LaLiga, resulting from gastroenteritis. There was no hint of muscular accidents for greater than a yr.

Flick himself as soon as defined that, greater than resting, what benefited Pedri was taking part in after which being substituted within the remaining minutes of matches. Nonetheless, this season he has already performed the complete 270 minutes obtainable.

The primary motive for managing his minutes has been to stop accidents. Within the 2023/24 season, Pedri suffered three muscular issues, and in 2022/23, he additionally endured two critical accidents.

Final season, he featured in 59 of the 60 matches for Barcelona: 14 within the Champions League (13 as a starter); 37 in La Liga (35 as a starter); all six within the Copa del Rey (all as a starter); and each matches within the Spanish Tremendous Cup (each as a starter).

For Spain, he performed all ten worldwide fixtures: 4 within the remaining section of the UEFA Nations League (three as a starter) and 6 within the qualifying rounds (two as a starter).

This season, he has performed three matches for Barcelona and one for Spain, totalling 73 out of 74.

Pedri has himself gone on file stating how he looks like he’s at his finest by way of bodily form and health, and Barcelona, in addition to the Spanish nationwide group, are reaping the rewards.