Barcelona attacker, Pedro Rodriguez, feels that he is not undervalued in the team and insists that there is a lot of competition in the team, but he still gets his chance to score goals.
The Spanish international was prolific in Spain’s recent World Cup qualifying match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Belarus-c2849. He scored a hat-trick in that particular game.
Although he is a valuable player who contributes much to Barcelona, the likes of Xavi Hernandez, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 and Andres Iniesta mostly overshadow him.
Regardless, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pedro-c29582 believes that there is intense competition in the team.
“There is a lot of competition, especially up front,” he admitted.
He believes each player has to fight for a position and wait for his chance because of this competition.
“Each season we must fight to play and luckily I have played a lot of games. I feel comfortable in the team, I am getting goals and my peers are great.”
The 25-year-old also talked about their Champions League encounter with the Scottish champions, Celtic. He stressed on the importance of getting a good result from this game as well as staying ahead in the group.
“It's important to achieve a good result. They're a very difficult opponent; they play nicely and counter quickly. We're at home and its important to remain in a good position in the group.”
Injury crises have engulfed the Catalan club. The trio, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 coach, Tito Vilanova, to opt for a makeshift back four. Barca’s defence frailties have been exposed when
they came away with a narrow 5-4 victory over Deportivo La Coruna.
Finally, the Barcelona forward commented on the defensive issues which are faced by his club.
He admitted that it is difficult to play with a different defence line up every time but believes that Barcelona have the man power to deal with this current crisis.
“We have important players injured, but Tito is doing very well, with other players filling those positions. We hope to continue with the good results.”
Barcelona are currently unbeaten in La Liga. They have won seven out of their opening eight games so far.
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