The teacher of the Barcelona midfielder asks to improve in attack after the defeat of Atlético: “If you don’t take advantage…”

Pedri’s efforts on the field against Atlético Madrid went unrewarded and Barcelona failed to secure a much-needed victory.

After scoring his fourth goal of the season, he stood out as the team’s leader. blaugrana for the full 90 minutes.

His performance earned him the game’s MVP award, but not even his determination and creativity were enough to prevent the team from losing points. Alexander Sorloth scored in added time, ensuring the visitors equalised.

Pedri’s analysis

Speaking after the match, Pedri said that Barcelona had several opportunities to seal the match, but their inefficiency in front of goal ultimately cost them.

Pedri showed his frustration with the team’s lack of decisiveness in attack, as opportunities were wasted to secure victory.

“It’s a very tough loss, to be honest. I think we had opportunities to close out the game and when you don’t, what happens happens.” He said quoted by Mundo Deportivo.

The likes of Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski missed crucial opportunities to score, and Pedri himself admitted that his own chance needed more composure and precision.

“I think Raphinha had two, Robert another and I missed an opportunity that needed calm and determination. In football, if you don’t take advantage of your opportunities, you lose.”

When a team fails to capitalize on its opportunities, the risk of conceding a goal on the counterattack increases, a scenario that played out once again for Barcelona in the dying moments of the match.

“In the end they caught us on the counterattack and in the end we have to be more prepared and not give ourselves away so much.” he explained.

another defeat

This result marks Barça’s third consecutive defeat at the Estadi Olímpic, a worrying trend that the team must urgently address ahead of 2025.

Losing at home should be an anomaly for a club of Barcelona’s stature, but their recent problems have exposed vulnerabilities that opponents are increasingly exploiting.

“It’s difficult, especially because it should be much more difficult to beat us at home and it’s not happening like that.”

As the team heads into a much-needed rest, the focus will be on resetting both mentally and physically. The players and coaching staff will have to re-evaluate their approach, particularly at home where Barcelona should be much more dominant.

“We have to improve a lot, we have to take advantage of the break that is coming now to reset ourselves mentally and physically and come with everything to try not to lose any games and hope that others fail.” he added.

Barcelona’s season has reached a critical moment and the break offers an opportunity for reflection, recovery and preparation to regain momentum for the future.