Pedri presented unknown details from the dressing room: Xavi fined us, Flick is much stricter

A soccer player who is late for training or another gathering of Barcelona does not play, said its midfielderč Pedro Gonzalez López known as “Pedri”. Pedri was a guest on a television program in Spain where he explained how coaches punish players in the leading team of the Spanish championship. Team Barcelona several years ago, she was returning from a European visit, arriving home at 4 o’clock in the morning. But the players had to come to the club center at 12 o’clock the next day for recuperation training.

Pedri, today a 21-year-old member of the Spanish national team, did not wake up. When he looked at his cell phone, he saw numerous missed calls from teammates Ferrana Torresa and club official Carlesa Navala.

– I don’t know why my cell phone didn’t ring. I had dozens of missed calls – he explained.

– I got dressed in 30 seconds and came to training. “They were waiting for me, and my face was as red as a tomato from embarrassment,” he added.

Pedri, who in the summer of 2020 came from Las Palmassa to Barcelona, ​​because of that delay he paid a fine. He explains that the amount of the fine, as well as the form of the punishment, depend on the coach and what he agrees with the team.

– If you are late on the day of the match, the penalty is always significantly higher. If, for example, you are late for a meeting at the hotel while we are at the gathering, you will be severely punished – he said.

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He discovered that some coaches determine the new penalty according to minutes of delay.

– If you are 5 minutes late, you pay 5,000 euros – he added.

Coach Xavi Hernandezwho sat on the bench from the fall of 2021 to the summer of 2024, always fined the players 5,000 euros, no matter how late they were. But if the gameč if he was late a second time, the amount of the new fine would be doubled to 10,000 euros. Paying the third delay would cost 20,000 euros.

– If you’re late four or five times, you’re in trouble – remarked Pedri.

The money paid by the fined players was used for donations or joint bachelor parties and dinners.

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This summer, a German coach sat on the bench Hansi Flick in the novčane treasury of the year.

– If you’re late, you simply don’t play – said Pedri.

Barcelona players returned home from Belgrade where they beat Red Star 5-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday night. There is no information that anyone was late for the gathering.

Pedri played 58 minutes, which was his 159th appearance for the Catalans.