Conquer the world: Xavi makes Federy the ultimate Barcelona midfielder

A script that seems delusional has become possible thanks to him, it's hard to imagine the Blaugrana playing without him and no wonder she's having a hard time winning when he's not on the grass.

At just 19, Federry is the landlord, earning comparisons to Messi, his coach has stated he is "the best in the world" and is now trying to upgrade him to his and Iniesta's improved model

Michael Yochin

14/04/2022

Thursday, April 14, 2022, 12:15 p.m.

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Summary: Frankfurt - Barcelona 1: 1 (Sport 1)

"Xavi is asking me to score goals, so I'm trying," Pedry says.

It can be said that these attempts are successful.

In his debut season in Barcelona last year, when he ignited the imagination, established his status as an architect in the center of the field and bought himself a permanent place in the Spanish national team, the skinny midfielder was everything but a scorer and found the net only four times in all competitions.

This season, since returning from injury in January and starting work with the new coach, he has already scored five goals in 21 games.

And what more gates!

They always arrive at the perfect time and cause on the way endless aesthetic pleasure to the audience.

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Pedry after receiving the Young Actor of the Year award (Photo: Reuters)

Take, for example, the rematch against Glatsray in the Europa League quarter-finals.

After a zero-sum draw at the Camp Nou, the Turks took the lead in Istanbul and Barça felt threatened with relegation.

So Pedri went into the box, laid down the grass for Marco in one deception, sent in a split second also Barkan Kotlo in another deception and took advantage of the moment when he was free and happy in front of the goalkeeper to bomb to the bottom corner.

It was a breathtaking performance reserved for the pioneers - and he got the Blaugrana on the right track.

Pierre-Emerick Obmiang completed the craft with a winning goal after the break, Barcelona advanced to the quarter-finals and reached the Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu with a swing.

About two weeks passed and after the national team break, Barça met Sevilla in a top-flight battle.

The business did not simply go against the organized defense of the Andalusians, until in the 72nd minute Federy decided to take matters into his own hands and recreate the act of Istanbul - only in an even more artistic way.

This time the show was performed outside the plaza.

First Ivan Rakitić, who believed in the perfect deception of the connection, fell on the grass, then Diego Carlos also had to prostrate himself, and then Pedri's sharp ball went to the corner of the goal.

Xavi went wild on the lines and so did all the spectators in the stadium.

Barça won 0: 1 and climbed to second place - a scenario that seemed quite delusional at the beginning of the year.

A script that seems rather delusional at the beginning of the year (Photo: Reuters)

It was one of the moments of the season, a founding goal that immediately entered the club's gold books.

"Four seconds, four magical touches," the newspaper's commentator wrote to Periodico Marcus Lopes when he described the move and gave the article a headline: "Pedry's Garden."

Everyone in Catalonia knows that Lopez has been careful for years to define Camp Nou as "Messi's garden".

Now that the flea already belongs to history, there is a new landlord in this garden - and Pedry defines the current group about as Messi defined the previous group.

He's only 19, but it feels like he's been there a very long time.

It is very difficult to imagine this staff without him, so much so that even Levante has a hard time beating him if left on the bench.

On Sunday Xavi chose to keep Pedry on the bench after the grueling battle in Frankfurt in the Europa League quarter-finals, but the Blaugrana fell behind early in the second half, and Benata even missed another penalty.

So number 16 was sent to the grass in the 56th minute along with Gabi, and already in the 63rd minute Barça took the lead.

Within seconds he engineered the attack that ended with Osman Dembele raising to Obmiang's head.

So the phenomenal combination between Barça's two prominent youngsters led to Gabby's cooking, and Pedry did not need four magical touches for a change.

One was enough for him, and the goalkeeper had no chance.

If so, we have scored three goals in Barça's last five games.

Is this a random sequence or maybe this miraculous playmaker is developing before our eyes an ability that will only get better and better over time?

If the second option is correct, then even the most optimistic forecasts about it may be too restrained.

Pedry will never be Messi, in part because their positions are radically different, but the parallel to Xavi and Andres Iniesta is highly requested, only the relative weakness of the two geniuses was that they did not score enough.

There will be no Messi, but the parallel to Xavi and Iniesta is highly requested (Photo: GettyImages, David S. Bustamante)

To the credit of the current coach 85 goals in 767 games in the Barça uniform, St. Anders finished his term at the Camp Nou with 57 goals in 674 appearances and his season record stood at nine in all competitions.

A goal in the World Cup final and that goal in the Champions League semi-final against Chelsea are, of course, worth a thousand other conquests, but this duo have never seen themselves in charge of this area.

Now that Xavi himself is guiding Federer to kick more and work on the extension, he is trying to create an even improved model of the ultimate Barça connection.

When it comes to movement on the pitch, there is a greater resemblance of Pedry to Iniesta, and Xavi is careful to emphasize this.

"Federy is a leader right now, and he asks for the ball all the time. In that he reminds Anders, because he also asked for the ball and wanted to navigate. His talent is also reminiscent of Anders. He knows how to control space and time. Speaking of pure talent, Federry is "The best player in the world today. I've never seen a player like him. It's wonderful to see him play."

"The best in the world today."

Xavi is also convinced (Photo: GettyImages, Eric Alonso)

It is therefore understandable to want to let him play always, in any situation and under any conditions.

Federy did not get any rest in the summer at all, and after the European Championships he also traveled to the Olympics where Spain qualified for the final.

In the end, the excessive load caused the first injury in his life and hopefully all the relevant factors will keep him better in the coming years, because if everything goes well and the ascent does not stop, Pedry has the potential to surpass Iniesta as well.

It will not only absolutely control space and time, but will also conquer much more than the original.

The future of Barcelona and Spain will be built around Pedri and Gabi, as the past was based on Xavi and Iniesta, and it just could not be better.

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