{"id":602942,"date":"2026-02-20T07:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/602942\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T07:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:55:13","slug":"now-hes-back-we-can-work-miracles-wojciech-szczesny-talks-importance-of-pedris-return-for-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/602942\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Now he\u2019s back, we can work miracles\u2019 \u2013 Wojciech Szcz\u0119sny talks importance of Pedri\u2019s return for Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Barcelona goalkeeper Wojciech Szcz\u0119sny has been talking about Pedri\u2019s imminent return from injury after a month out with a hamstring problem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Pedri returns at a time when Barcelona have hit a sticky patch due to defeats to Atletico Madrid in the Copa del Rey and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcablaugranes.com\/barcelona-la-liga\/112916\/girona-barcelona-la-liga-final-score-match-report-recap-reactions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Girona in La Liga;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Girona in La Liga<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcablaugranes.com\/barcelona-la-liga\/113098\/barcelonas-plan-for-pedri-revealed-as-midfielder-set-to-return\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The midfielder\u2019s return is a huge boost;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The midfielder\u2019s return is a huge boost<\/a> and Szczesny highlighted just how important the Spain star is to Hansi Flick\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"\">\u201cPeople don\u2019t realize how much we missed Pedri during his injury. Even when we were winning, something was missing. For me, he\u2019s the best in the world in his position,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cHe controls everything: the rhythm, the confidence, the team\u2019s identity. Now that he\u2019s back, we can work miracles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWith Pedri on the pitch, we\u2019re a different beast. He makes the impossible look easy, and with him, anything is possible for Bar\u00e7a.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\">Pedri is expected to be in the squad to face Levante on Sunday but is expected only to be a substitute as he\u2019s eased back into action after his latest lay-off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona goalkeeper Wojciech Szcz\u0119sny has been talking about Pedri\u2019s imminent return from injury after a month out with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":602943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[45],"tags":[6069,1386,140809,5727,259524,238571,259525,79794,221,62,67,132,68,83059],"class_list":["post-602942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-atletico-madrid","tag-barcelona","tag-estadi-olimpic-lluis-companys","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-girona-fc","tag-imminent-return","tag-levante","tag-pedri","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-wojciech-szczesny"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116101888339184241","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}