Barcelona’s young Spanish star Pedri grabbed the attention after scoring a special goal for his team in the Catalan team’s 1-0 victory over its guest Seville, and his rise to second place in the Football League standings.
Pedri scored the goal after evading Seville’s defenders, then hit a fine ball that misled Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou.
????????
Pedri manipulates the Seville players and hits the net against Yassine Bono#La Liga #beINLeague #LaLiga pic.twitter.com/oNfEFLlU7A— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) April 3, 2022
Big stars and sports activists praised the great talent of the Spanish midfielder, starting with his coach in Barcelona, Xavi Hernandez, who said about him in the press conference after the match, “Pedre is already a leader in the team with the ball, and that’s why he reminds me of Iniesta.”
The official account of the League, on Twitter, likened these two players to each other, as it published two pictures of them commenting on them, “Pedre Iniesta Gonzalez”, while a Spanish journalist wrote, “Pedre (a mixture) of Xavi, Iniesta, Messi and other things.”
Barcelona reviewed two shots of Pedri from two goals scored by the player in the same way, the first against Seville and the second he scored about two weeks ago in Galatasaray, Turkey, in the European Football League.
In turn, former England player and sports analyst Gary Lineker sang about Pedri’s magical goal, saying in a tweet, “What a goal from Pedri. Unbelievably talented young footballer.”
???????? FC Barcelona
????️ Xavi: “Pedri reminds me of Iniesta” pic.twitter.com/4WBTdG6jlV— beIN SPORTS (@beinsports_FR) April 4, 2022
HIGHLIGHTS | # BarçaSevillaFC was made memorable by some @Pedri magic!
⬆️ @FCBarcelona are now up to second in #LaLigaSantander pic.twitter.com/fWU0NOtBF8
— LaLiga English (@LaLigaEN) April 3, 2022
Pedri Iniesta Gonzalez. ????????❤# BarçaSevillaFC #LaLigaSantander pic.twitter.com/8ohZVg0K13
— LaLiga (@LaLiga) April 3, 2022
Pedri has things from Xavi, Iniesta and Messi. Among others.
– Carles Fité ???????????? (@CarlesFite) April 3, 2022
Repetition pic.twitter.com/ktkXQGPLWl
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) April 4, 2022
What a goal from Pedri. Unbelievably talented young footballer. ????????
— Gary Lineker ???????? (@GaryLineker) April 3, 2022
⭐️ @FCBarcelona have found themselves an Andres Iniesta regen in Pedri! ???? pic.twitter.com/4VWJ1tyLeH
— GiveMeSport (@GiveMeSport) April 4, 2022