Pedri, three more weeks KO

Pedri does not lift his head this season. Since he was injured against Bayern Munich on September 14, his life has moved from the playing fields to gyms and rehab rooms. Last Sunday, as AS announced, the Canarian player noticed bad feelings during morning training at the Ciutat Esportiva, having to withdraw from the field before time. The tests you have undergone this Monday, an MRI, they have confirmed that the quadriceps is still very tender, And despite not being a relapse in the full extension of the word, it is advisable to reduce workloads and slow down the recovery process. That is to say, an obvious step back in his rehabilitation.

So much so that the terms of his return have already been extended beyond the next matches. Right now, the medical services work before the possibility that Pedri may be available after the selection break, that is, in mid-November. That means that Pedri will almost certainly miss the games against Rayo, Alavés, Dinamo de Kiev and Celta de Vigo. The priority objective would be to return in the derby against Espanyol on November 20 that will be played at the Camp Nou, and especially thinking about the game against Benfica at home that will be played three days later and that could be vital for the team’s future in the Champions League.

And it is that with Pedri he leaves with lead, especially considering that the midfielder has already suffered a relapse at the beginning of the season: after injuring himself on September 14, the player was discharged fifteen days later to play against him. Benfica, relapsing again during the match.

The step back he suffered this Sunday has been a new warning about the dangers of running more than necessary. Hence, the medical services have changed the roadmap and have postponed his return until after the selection break: it is considered that those two additional weeks of rest will go very well to finish rehabilitating and conditioning the muscle tone of his quadriceps.