• Chronicle.Messi blesses Pedri

The face of Leo Messi on the grass, at the end of the game against Valladolid, showed an aspect that had nothing to do with that exhibited in the last Barça duels.

This time, although tired and perhaps angry with himself for not having been able to score more goals, he went to the locker room with a smile on his lips.

His connection with Pedri, the great hope for many Barcelona fans, despite his youth, was simply perfect.

Ronald

Koeman

, of course, is very clear that the canary has now become an immovable player in his schemes.

"It is normal for Messi to play better if he is surrounded by good players", insisted the Barcelona coach after the 0-3 achieved by Barça at José Zorrilla.

"You can tell that they are two very good footballers. And good footballers always understand each other very well," said the Dutchman as soon as the game ended in statements to 'Movistar LaLiga'.

"Pedri plays with his head, he does not have a high-level physique, but his head thinks faster than anyone else's. Surely there is a feeling between him and Messi because they are two different players on the field", seconded a Clément Lenglet who was in charge of opening the can in José Zorrilla with the 0-1.

His goal also had a heartfelt dedication for a

Moussa Wagué

who now plays for PAOK on loan and who has recently suffered a serious knee injury.

"It is the most normal thing, he is a friend, we were two years together in the dressing room. He has had a very ugly injury and we hope he can recover soon," said the center-back, for whom the victory was almost mandatory.

"We are very happy, we had to win and we did it with authority," he said.

For the coach, meanwhile, winning in Valladolid was also crucial.

"We know that the result is the most important thing, but we have also achieved it with good football, creating many chances and with the team being very serious from the beginning," he analyzed.

"I am very happy with the work we did throughout the game. There were some failures, but in general the team was very involved, did a great job defending and pressing and always looking to score more goals. We managed three , and it is very good, but they could be more. The best thing is that the concentration was high during all the encounter ", abounded.

The system change

He even had no problems admitting that he adapted his tactic to that of Valladolid.

"You always have to look for the best for the team. They play 4-4-2, we know that our full-backs are very offensive and, to give more security, we opted to play with three center-backs and thus we also had more possession," he said. .

"Our full-backs go very high and sometimes it is risky to leave one-on-one options with so much space behind. To have more security and possession of the ball, it was important to play like that. We created many opportunities and the team was very serious and very well," he insisted on 'Barça TV'.

However, the Barça coach was reluctant to reveal whether this will be his usual tactic from now on.

"I don't know. We'll see what happens in the next game," the Dutchman just pointed out.

In fact, not even his footballers seem very clear about what his plans are.

"It has been a system change to help the team. I don't know if it will be something specific, according to the rival, but in this game we have done it and it has gone very well,"

Lenglet added

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"Jordi and Sergiño have been able to play at the top without having to make long runs to defend again and that helps the team, because this way possible counterattacks are avoided," he settled.

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