{"id":2086,"date":"2026-09-07T13:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T05:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=2086"},"modified":"2026-09-07T13:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T05:22:22","slug":"pedri-it-is-so-easy-playing-alongside-rodri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/07\/pedri-it-is-so-easy-playing-alongside-rodri\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedri: &#8216;It is so easy playing alongside Rodri&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-6.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-6-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-6-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pedri Gonzalez hailed his partnership with Rodri after Barcelona\u2019s emphatic 5-0 victory over Valencia, insisting it is \u201cso easy\u201d to play alongside him despite previous doubts over their compatibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tenerife-born playmaker, who got on the scoresheet, spoke to &#8216;Movistar&#8217; and maintained that despite the lopsided scoreline, the match &#8220;was not easy&#8221;, whilst playing down FC Barcelona&#8217;s lack of a traditional centre-forward, insisting the entire squad carries plenty of goal threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;People want a 40-goal striker, but we have players like Raphinha, Gabriel Jesus, Lamine, Gordon&#8230; We will not be lacking goals this year,&#8221; stated Pedri, who was also quick to lavish praise on his midfield partner Rodri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;People always say that we haven&#8217;t clicked together, but it is so easy playing alongside him. He wins the ball back constantly and rarely gives it away. We are going to understand each other brilliantly, and with more matches under our belt, it will only get better,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pedri also expressed his gratitude for the standing ovation received from the Mestalla crowd when he was substituted, reassuring supporters that Barca&#8217;s hunger remains intact as they fight on all fronts for silverware.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pedri Gonzalez hailed his partnership with Rodri after Barcelona\u2019s emphatic 5-0 victory over Valencia, insisting it is \u201cso<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2086"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2088,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions\/2088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}