Dan Thomas

One aside away from Lamine Jamal, Sid, and an obvious one, if Barcelona are going to do well this season, obviously they're still competing in the Champions League, in La Liga, they desperately need Pedri to stay fit.

The vision for that pass is frightening.

You know, we sit and watch the screen and we can all say, well, he should have gone there or he should have done that or he should have went the other way.

I'm watching that and I didn't see that pass.

I didn't see it.

I think I wasn't a bad player.

I didn't see that sitting from where I was.

And I can assure you, when you're on the field...

To see that and then deliver it with the precision he did is absolutely frightening.

And you add that to what Sid was talking about, because he absolutely is 100% about the closing down and making it hard for the opposition that then negates that high line.

So, yeah, this kid's frightening.

Barcelona's next game, of course, is against Atletico Madrid.

They are 4-0 down, going to that second leg in the Copa del Rey.

Atleti in action today.

That's where Sid is, by the way, at the bottom of the table with Real Oviedo.

In the end, it would be heartbreak for the hosts late on, who were the better of the two teams.

Oblak produced a couple of great saves, but in the end, Julian Alvarez coming on as a second-half substitute, and it would be the Argentinian who would make it 1-0 and give Atleti the win.

Yeah, Simeone, he did bring the cavalry on towards the end, and you see the difference in the quality.

I mean, that's great play from a young kid as well.

Great heart and desire to keep the ball in.