Young man participates in a national team tournament for the third consecutive time
Pedri started Euro 2024 as a starter for Spain and, when he started this Thursday against Italy , he reached a record that only Cristiano Ronaldo had achieved.
This is because the 21-year-old from Barcelona and the star of Equipa das Quinas are now the only players to have played 12 games in World Cups or Europeans aged 21 or under, according to Opta . However, there is still a difference in how they both reached this milestone.
This is because, despite his young age, Pedri is playing in his third major national team competition - in addition to the two games he already played at Euro 2024, he played four at the 2022 World Cup and six at Euro 2020 (played in 2021), when he was just 18 years old.
Cristiano Ronaldo only needed two major competitions to reach this mark, adding six appearances at Euro 2004 and another six at the 2006 World Cup.
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