In his 100 games for the club, Pedro Rodríguez has established himself as a key part of Guardiola’s Barça. Amongst all the success and titles he’s won over the three years, Pedro plumps for the win over Madrid this year as the best moment of all.
He scored the goal that gave Barça the European Super Cup in 2009 and his goals helped the team to conquer the World Club Cup for the first time a few months later, but asked to pick his favourite moment he didn’t hesitate: “for the way we played, it’d have to be this season’s 5-0 win over Real Madrid at the Nou Camp Good moment of form
Pedro Rodríguez was a guest on Barca TV’s “El Marcador” programme following the win over Almeria on Wednesday night and the Spanish forward, who just seems to get better with each season, agreed that he’s enjoying some great form right now: “it’s all down to the work of the team as a whole. I think we are improving our level and that’s why I feel more comfortable on the pitch. I’ve gained in confidence and I’m adapting well to the team”. Pedro also expressed his hope that his improvement will continue for quite a while just yet.
Cup Caution
Pedro echoed his teammates’ caution as to the chances of another Cup Final, despite the 5-0 win the team take into the second leg in Almeria: “we know we got a good result, but there’s still the return game to play and we can’t be over confident. What happened at Betis is still fresh in our minds and we mustn’t get carried away”.
Final against Madrid?
Inevitably, there is plenty of speculation about the possibility of a final against Real Madrid(who beat Seville 0-1 in their semi final first leg) and although Pedro didn’t want to get too drawn into discussing any possible clash with two games still to be played, he did admit: “it’d be neat to meet in the final and put on a good game”.Pedro Rodríguez played his 100th match for Barcelona against Almeria and was able to celebrate with a terrific goal. He made his first team début three seasons ago and holds the record for scoring in six different competitions in the same season.
On January 12, 2008, a young product of the youth team called Pedro Rodríguez and known as ‘Pedrito’ made his debut for Barça against Murcia. The win already secure after FCB had gone 4-0 ahead, Frank Rijkaard gave the Canary Islander his chance in the 88th minute. Three years later, he has consolidated his place in the first team and has completed his first century of official appearances. Revelation of 2009/10
In the 2008/09 season, the player now known as Pedro was handed a more regular place after the arrival of Josep Guardiola, although he alternated first team duties with games for the reserves.
It was in the 2009/10 season that he really made the breakthrough, when he became the first man to score in six official competitions. His goals in the European Super Cup and the World Clubs Cup were essential contributions to the victories in those tournaments, and he also scored 12 times in the league and was rewarded with a place in the World Cup winning Spain squad. In form player
Pedro Rodríguez has confirmed his potential this season. He has scored 11 goals in the league, 3 in the Champions League and 4 in the Cup. He was involved in 14 consecutive league wins and set a personal record by scoring in five matches in a row. Tonight against Almeria, he was able to celebrate his personal centenary in style with yet another goal. It came on the half hour from a cheekily converted header from a Xavi free kick. Not only does he score, but he does so in an incredible variety of different ways!
All the matches and goals
| COMPETITION | M | G |
| LEAGUE | 62 | 23 |
| CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | 19 | 7 |
| CUP | 13 | 7 |
| EUROPEAN SUPERCUP | 1 | 1 |
| WORLD CUP CLUB | 2 | 2 |
| SPANISH SUPERCUP | 3 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 100 | 41 |
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