{"id":972172,"date":"2026-05-20T00:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T00:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/972172\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T00:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T00:46:20","slug":"pedri-dreams-of-world-cup-glory-with-spain-but-admits-winning-it-isnt-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/972172\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedri dreams of World Cup glory with Spain, but admits: \u2018Winning it isn\u2019t easy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many teams reach the World Cup<\/a><\/strong> with very good players in their squad. Spain<\/a><\/strong> are one of them, mainly because of the great midfielders they usually have, with an outstanding Pedri<\/a><\/strong> among them. The Barcelona<\/a><\/strong> midfielder spoke about their chances at an event organized by Adidas.<\/p>\n

Pedri said: \u201cI\u2019m very keen on the World Cup. We all dream about winning the star, but winning it isn\u2019t easy<\/strong>. We have a great team. I\u2019d like to finish the tournament with the feeling of having heavy arms from lifting the trophy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The midfielder is not just there to be part of the squad. His most likely role in Luis de la Fuente<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s lineup is to be one of the team\u2019s key players. In great form to finish the season with his club, Pedri looks like a player to watch.<\/p>\n

Pedri on Ferm\u00edn L\u00f3pez<\/p>\n

With nothing at stake for Barcelona, an unfortunate situation came up in a meaningless match against Betis in a La Liga season that had already been won by the club. Ferm\u00edn L\u00f3pez<\/a><\/strong> was the main figure, with the midfielder leaving the field at halftime with an injury from a win that has ruled him out of the World Cup, with an expected recovery of around three months.<\/p>\n

\"L\u00f3pez<\/p>\n

L\u00f3pez may be out for a few months with an injury (David Ramos\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The club confirmed his injury in a statement: \u201cFerm\u00edn has undergone successful surgery for the fracture of the fifth metatarsal in his right foot<\/strong>. The recovery time will be determined based on his progress.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Xabi<\/p>\n

see also<\/p>\n

Xabi Alonso\u2019s Chelsea reportedly target Victor Osimhen as stellar striker amid Joao Pedro links with Barcelona<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Pedri said: \u201cFerm\u00edn was very sad. Missing the World Cup is not an easy pill to swallow<\/strong>. I just hope he recovers well. It was a blow for everyone; I have a very good relationship with him. Soccer can be cruel sometimes. I wish him a quick recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pedri on Jos\u00e9 Mourinho rumors<\/p>\n

The midfielder was also asked about Real Madrid<\/a><\/strong>, especially about the manager who could replace \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa<\/a><\/strong> next season after serving as interim coach, as Jos\u00e9 Mourinho<\/a><\/strong> is being mentioned most often for the job. Pedri said: \u201cIt is not official and it is not the time to talk about it if he comes. It does not make sense.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Many teams reach the World Cup with very good players in their squad. Spain are one of them,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":972173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5312],"tags":[199,2000,299,96,21897,104],"class_list":["post-972172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-barcelona","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-la-liga","tag-pedri","tag-spain"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116604147392585133","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=972172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/972173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=972172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=972172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=972172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}