The footballing world and Barcelona fans alike have been taken aback by the leaps and bounds Barcelona youngster Pedro Gonzáles López has made this season. After securing a call-up to the national team for the Euro 2020 tournament, Pedri is now looking to make history.
Barcelona youngster Pedro Gonzáles López has amazed the footballing world and Barcelona fans alike this season with his stellar prowess, having improved by leaps and bounds after his call-up into the first XI from La Masia.
And now, after securing a call-up to the national team for the Euro 2020 tournament, Pedri looks all set to make football history with Spain.
Only 18 years, 6 months, and 18 days of age, Pedri will become the youngest footballer to debut with Spain in the Euros should Luis Enrique call upon his services against Sweden in Sevilla. Although already obviously blessed with some of the finest midfield talents in Europe, the Spain manager has shown a considerable amount of trust in the Barça midfielder.
Pedri was given the opportunity to feature in the second half for 45 minutes in the recent friendly against Portugal after having started in the World Cup qualifiers against Kosovo and Georgia. In each appearance, the youngster has demonstrated an appreciable level of poise and maturity in his game far beyond his tender years.
Enrique is obviously looking to rebuild the Spanish national team by ushering in a new generation numerous young faces. The Spain boss stunned the football world when his squad was announced for the Euro 2020 tournament without even a single Real Madrid player selected. The idiosyncratic manager is clearly fueled by his zeal to reinvigorate the squad with young blood and Pedri looks to be a crucial piece of this new generational plot for Enrique’s Spanish football plans.
The Spanish national squad has always been richly blessed over the last few decades with a stellar Barcelona midfielder in its ramparts, with examples like Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta, Cesc Fàbregas, Sergio Busquets and the current manager Enrique himself. Pedri now appears to be the heir apparent, and the latest addition to this rich legacy of midfield artistry and brilliane that have brought Spain to the pinnacles of football in the very recent past.
The immensely talented Barcelona midfielder has in fact frequently enthused about his unbridled admiration for Andrés Iniesta with the precocious teenager now looking eagerly to stepping into the shoes of the Barcelona midfield legend.
Although of slight build, Pedri’s immaculate touch and his unerring falcon’s eye for a killer pass is very reminiscent finesse of his idol.
Luis Enrique and the rest of Spain will most certainly be hoping that this priceless gem from Tenerife begins to sparkle with true intensity this summer and make the same sort of history that his Iniesta made for La Roja.
The exciting opportunity avails itself for Pedri against Sweden this Monday he will surely be looking to make his presence known to the international football world.