Pedri: My Friend Always Says I Play Badly

Barcelona midfielder and Spain national team player Pedri shared how his friends motivate him. “My friends put pressure on me.

One of them always jokes, saying: ‘You played terribly in this game.’ They encourage me to give my all on the field.

There are four of us, and we all dreamed of becoming professional football players. Of course, I miss playing with my friends.

Even when I played in my village, there was enough pressure — since childhood, I have wanted to win,” Mundo Deportivo quotes Pedri as saying. On January 3, Barcelona will face Espanyol in the 19th round of La Liga.

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