Pedri Comes Down and Warns Barça, a Difference from the 0-4: This Time

Another season, the Spanish Supercopa held in Arabia will be decided with a Clásico. Real Madrid and Barcelona will fight to win the first title of 2025, which would be the third of the season for the Whites. Although it's difficult to make predictions about what's going to happen.

In the press conferences before the game, some have shared insights on how they arrive at the final. This is the case of Pedri, who wanted to bring Barça back down to earth and issued them a warning. They were coming with excessive euphoria after what happened in the league Clásico.

"It will be difficult to repeat what we did at Bernabéu because they will also want revenge" Pedri confessed. He knows they can't rely on what happened as it will be completely different. He wanted to be realistic and temper the excessive optimism Barcelona had.

However, he also warned one of the great dangers: "We have to control the game with the ball and dominate. They are strong on the counterattack, with very skilled players, we have to be careful." He knows that in attack, Vinícius, Mbappé, and Bellingham can cause a lot of damage.

Ancelotti knows that conclusions can't be drawn prematurely

Right after beating Mallorca, Ancelotti also spoke about the final and exercised caution to avoid rushing. He wanted to remind that "in recent times the Clásico has been unpredictable. We've won easily, 4 to 1, 0 to 4, they've won twice at Bernabéu..."

"It's hard to know what kind of match it will be. But it's going to be entertaining because there's a lot of quality on the field, but I don't know how it might be" he added. Therefore, it seems clear that both teams know they can't rely on past encounters; it's impossible to know how the match will unfold this time.

Although Ancelotti did use Bernabéu defeat to work on a very important aspect, offsides. If Flick sets up a high defense like that day, they're prepared. They've been working on it to avoid making the same mistakes again.