8 - Pedri

[Horatio]

had a great game imo

 

[FCBfan22]

Raised his level in the 2nd half when it mattered the most.

 

[JamDav1982]

good moments and bad.. he was slowing game down and losing it a few times badly then next time was helping relieve pressure.

Another one that never stopped running and looked like took toll a bit.

 

[iniestaGOAT]

Cooked

 

[CatalinR10]

Started pretty bad but turned it around as the game passed

 

[Joan]

felt like he lacked precision but stats don’t back it up

still the most important player on the pitch, everything goes through him

love him to bits

 

[jaype]

Worked his ass off as usual. Needs rest imo

 

[JamDav1982]

Worked his ass off as usual. Needs rest imo

This weekend possibly.. Casado and FDJ in there and rest Pedri for the 2nd leg then Atletico.

Yamal possibly also.

 

[FC B]

Fantastic performance from him in this game.

 

[JamDav1982]

Love Pedri but thought he was very sloppy in bad areas at times tonight and got caught in bad areas slowing game down and spinning on ball.

Some top class moments also but not one of his best games overall but that is a high bar.

Hell of a lot of running tonight.

 

[Nello]

Hope he is rested for the match vs Osasuna. Play a FDJ-Casado mf and sub him in for the last 20 minutes to keep his rythm going. It's fine the he plays every week according to his new fitness plan, but would him to play less than an hour this weekend, he looked a bit fatigued today, which is very understandable.

 

[Joan]

Hope he is rested for the match vs Osasuna. Play a FDJ-Casado mf and sub him in for the last 20 minutes to keep his rythm going. It's fine the he plays every week according to his new fitness plan, but would him to play less than an hour this weekend, he looked a bit fatigued today, which is very understandable.

A question since you’re a professional if I recall correctly. Have you ever heard of such a fitness plan that takes him playing every week to improve physically? Sounds extremely odd.

 

[Nello]

A question since you’re a professional if I recall correctly. Have you ever heard of such a fitness plan that takes him playing every week to improve physically? Sounds extremely odd.

Strength and conditioning isn't the field I'm the most into, but my best guess would be:
The biopsy showed he has a proportionally larger amount of type I and IIa muscle fibers, which could be reason for why he benefits from keeping a high frequency of games because:
- These types of fibers have a much better aerobic capacity, meaning they benefit from long, steady sessions, recover faster, metabolizes toxins faster and are more enduring.
- Respond better to more frequent training sessions, because they need high volumes to adapt.
- They can tolerate much higher volumes of training, so he might not be as explosive as Dembele for example, but will recover faster from the same sprinting session than Dembele will.
- Type 1 muscle fibers also atrophy faster, so again -> more frequents sessions.

So a player like Pedri would experience a relatively bigger loss in muscle strength and stamina compared to a normal player during a short break (even with a week or two), but can also recover faster and endure longer sessions with less muscle damage.


And if someone is able to recover well between games, then there's loads of general benefits that apply to keeping match rythm that reduce injury risk for all athletes:
- All our tissues in the body are incredibly specific in the way they adapt, meaning that generally the more specific you are in training in relation to your goals, the better (in general). So exposing him frequently to the exact demands of a football match will help his tissues adapt.
- He will be much better coordinated, have better neuromuscular connection and proprioception in his joints.
- Might be slight more mentally at ease during a match, which also makes a difference (Mental stress/nervousness is more often what leads to cramps than actual fatigue for example.)
- And in general many studies show even relatively short periods of relative inactivity (lack of high intensity sessions/games) increase the injury risk for athletes even if they are still in generally in good shape and keep regular excersise/training up.

This is all very general and theoretical speculating, might not be the reason at all why he is injured less now. Just as well could be because of luck or that he now sleeps more and better bc he got together with a hot chick or something. Could just be non-specific contextual effects aswell, but the above is my best guess without knowing what thes tests showed.

 

[jamrock]

He's not back to being our best most important player.

Yamal had it for a while.

But Pedri wasn't having it.

We'll see who takes the crown by the end of the season.

Raph our most clutch like he's been since he started here, different category.

 

[JamDav1982]

Played in position that gets best out of him.

Xavi didnt get it.

Imagine Gundogan and Gavi deep with Pedri at AM!

Sensational.