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PETE JENSON AT THE NOU CAMP: Pedri lived up to his coach Xavi's billing with a brilliant winner in Barcelona's 1-0 win over Sevilla to send them second on ...

Barcelona's teenage sensation Pedri scored a magnificent goal in the second half to secure a 1-0 win over fading Sevilla on Sunday as they climbed above ...

First Pedri González put Ivan Rakitic on the floor, next he put Diego Carlos on the floor and then, allowing time to speed up again, he put Yassine Bono on ...

This was his eighth Barcelona goal: he is no goalscorer but he has got there 68 games faster than Iniesta. “He controls space and time,” Xavi said. The control and clarity, the understanding, the management of the match and its moments. In terms of talent, I haven’t seen a player in the world like him,” Xavi said a month or so ago. The quality of the touch and the timing. “The leader of the opposition,” AS called him, and it was nice to know there is one. He reminds me of Iniesta. If we’re talking pure talent, he’s the best in the world.” On Cadena Ser radio, commentator Lluis Flaquer has long referred to him as Pedri Potter. Golden Boy winner, the Euros announced him to the world and so did his coach, another more pertinent parallel drawn than the one likening him to Messi. “Anyone who knows anything about football knows that no one has ever seen that from anybody at 18, not even Sir Andrés Iniesta,” Luis Enrique insisted in the summer. The sense of control and calm goes beyond the moment itself to a player quietly taking responsibility for a team emerging as challengers again. Rakitic flew at him so he applied the brakes, a moment’s still as the game whizzed by, not so much going past his opponent as inviting his opponent to go past him. There was a little over quarter of an hour left and it was 0-0 between Barcelona and Sevilla, second place at stake, when Pedri got the ball and pressed pause. He began not so much punching the air as trying to knock it out. Because if Sevilla fell for the quiet lad who comes to the Camp Nou with his kit in a carrier bag on Sunday night, so did everyone else.

The Croatian rejoined Sevilla from La Blaugrana that summer six years after leaving the Andalusian outfit for Barcelona. He won everything at Camp Nou; four La ...

Even strips off to show his gratitude. And he made sure to thank the Barcelona fans present at Camp Nou after the game, coming back out after the final whistle before gifting his shirt and his shorts to fans in the crowd. Pedri’s golazo in the 72nd minute decided the game and saw Barcelona climb above Sevilla in La Liga to second place.

According to a report relayed by Javi Miguel, Barcelona have dropped out of the race to sign Mohamed Salah. The Catalans think that his wage demand of €17 ...

For Joan Laporta, wages are some of the most important things in any player. Salah has been one of the best wingers in the world for several years now. First, he would more than make up for the departure of Ousmane Dembele, who might leave this summer.

Barcelona stretched their unbeaten run in La Liga to 14 games with a win over Sevilla but, more importantly, moved second in the table.

“We are in the best moment of the season. Today, we dominated a super team, the best in LaLiga defensively. There’s no doubting that Xavi was a happy man after the match. Ousmane Dembele may not have scored against Sevilla but was certainly one of the stars of Sunday’s show. In fact it seemed that most of Barca’s attacks came from Dembele as he gave Karim Rekik and Diego Carlo a tough night. The 24-year-old has turned things around incredibly quickly with some superb performances and not just in attack. Once again it was Pedri who came up with the moment of magic, netting another golazo to maintain the team’s charge in 2022. Barcelona stretched their unbeaten run in La Liga to 14 games with a win over Sevilla but, more importantly, moved second in the table. He’s thinking about the next pass, the final pass, the decisive pass,” he said. Another dominant performance against Sevilla helped Barca keep their third clean sheet in a row. That’s the club’s best unbeaten run in top-flight history. Yet there’s no doubt Barca are getting better and recovering from their chaotic start.

Barcelona have reopened talks with Ousmane Dembele over a contract extension, sources have confirmed to ESPN.

Barca hope this week's meeting will serve to close the gap. Barca coach Xavi Hernandez has played a key role in the changing circumstances. Dembele has responded on the pitch, with one goal and eight assists in his last 10 appearances for Barca in all competitions.

Barcelona's teenage sensation Pedri sparked jubilant celebrations from his manager Xavi Hernandez after his stunning goal clinched the club a 1-0 La Liga ...

A player like Pedri should finish the season with a lot more goals. “He played a perfect match, like the rest of the team. We encourage him to shoot and he’s able to score these goals.

Barcelona are on the verge of losing Ousmane Dembele this summer on a free deal. This is after the Catalans splurged a whopping €120 million on the ...

Perhaps Barcelona could right their wrongs in signing him, given there is a high chance that they lose Dembele. Overall this season he has 18 goals and 13 assists in the Ligue 1. Barcelona are on the verge of losing Ousmane Dembele this summer on a free deal.