Barcelona midfielder Pedri has revealed that Hansi Flick has changed Xavi’s fines system with a “worse” punishment for gamers who’re late; they merely do not play.
The ephemeral playmaker has been on the coronary heart of Barcelona’s revolution beneath Flick this season, showing in all 16 fixtures because the Catalan giants go seeking scoring information. Pedri did not get on the scoresheet however was as soon as once more spectacular in four-goal shows towards Bayern Munich and Actual Madrid final month.
After an underwhelming ultimate season beneath Xavi Hernandez, which noticed Barcelona end ten factors adrift of Madrid at La Liga‘s summit, Flick has revitalised the whole membership.
When Xavi tried to implement an identical overhaul upon his arrival in November 2021, he burdened the significance of self-discipline, introducing an financial incentive to encourage his gamers to obey his new checklist of guidelines. Pedri defined Flick’s modification to those guidelines.
“Each coach has his punishments,” the midfielder outlined as a visitor on the Spanish chat present Martinez y Hermanos. “With Xavi, the fines doubled each minute. The cash from the fines was used to pay for meals and we usually donated it to charities. With Flick, it isn’t like that anymore. Should you arrive late, you do not play. For me, not taking part in is worse.”
Whereas Pedri has remained on the fitting facet of Flick’s legislation, not each participant has been so disciplined. The in-form defender Jules Kounde was dropped for Barcelona’s journey to Alaves at first of October after arriving late. The 18-year-old academy graduate Hector Fort began instead of the France worldwide, who was shortly reintegrated into the crew after serving his punishment.
Pedri recommended that Flick’s penchant for punctuality stemmed from his nationality. “He has very clear concepts and as a German he is easy, particularly on the subject of time, schedules and such, he is very easy.” Nevertheless, that is to not say that the top coach can’t be affable, regardless of not talking fluent Spanish.
“It is true that we now have a translator and all of the conversations are translated for us, however he is very pleasant,” Pedri famous. “I believed he was far more critical than he’s on a day-to-day foundation.
“Above all, he worries about those that do not play, he talks to them so that they’re okay and he shocked me for the higher. He makes us take pleasure in ourselves on the pitch.”
