In the Devil's away stadium filled with nearly 60,000 fans, in a passive situation of one goal behind, Pedri showed his skills and strength, scoring a real world wave.
After Malcom's header broke for Galatasaray, Barca had been cornered and would need at least two goals to complete the reversal. Barca have only won one comeback after being scored first in the UEFA Cup, against Aston Villa in March 1978.
At such a crucial moment, Pedri stepped up and equalised for Barca in an unexpected way.
After receiving De Jong's direct thrust, Pedri did not choose to shoot directly, but calmly buckled, getting rid of Malcom, who tried to fly the shovel. Pedri then buckled his right foot to get rid of Nelson. Facing Peña, Pedri did not choose to burst, but calmly and low shots to break the goal.
Since his debut, Pedri has been seen as Iniesta's successor, and he scored the goal the way Messi scored. Even after countless times in his career, Messi scored a world wave, Pedri's goal still made Xavi extremely excited.
It was Pedri's debut goal in the Europa League and Barca's first goal in the Europa League. At the same time, this is the first goal Pedrebaça scored in the European away game in his career.
In the first half, Pedri successfully broke through all three times and touched the ball in the opponent's penalty area four times, both of which ranked first among players from both teams. Before scoring, Pedri had twice passed and even only touched the ball once.
Famous journalist Graham Hunter commented, "In his Champions League debut last season, Pedri scored, and since then he has always said he needed to score more. However, such a beautiful goal does not come often, it is his debut in the Europa League. ”
The Marca newspaper commented, "Pedri is too strong and too calm. What a wonderful goal. The Ass newspaper was even more agitated, "What a great goal he scored." ”