Real Madrid fans are patiently waiting for the season to start. There was a period of a few weeks where no one really wanted the club to play games - they just wanted the players to rest.
Now, that time is coming to an end. Real Madrid are training again, and soon, they will play a friendly, before starting off their La Liga campaign against Osasuna on August 19 - just 10 days from now.
Their biggest rivals, Barcelona, have played quite a few games in friendlies, and are going to try to retain their La Liga title.
One of their superstars just earned a few brownie points from his rival fanbase, talking about Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappe.
A Barcelona superstar just praised two Real Madrid giants
Pedri, who is one of Barcelona's best players, talked about how dangerous the two Real Madrid players can be.
“Jude Bellingham is really amazing. He is a combination of physical strength with technical skill, which makes facing him extremely difficult.”
It comes as a surprise in the sense that Barcelona fans are the first people to downplay Bellingham's greatness, and yet, the person they think is better than the Englishman always respects him and rates him highly.
Barcelona fans love Pedri, and that is fair enough, but they try to undermine Bellingham in the process. Two things can be true: Pedri can be a brilliant football player, and Bellingham can be too, at the same time.
It was also cool to see Pedri talk about Mbappe,
He said: "When Kylian Mbappé gets the ball and finds himself in a one-on-one situations, he is very difficult to stop.”
Again, very true. Real Madrid lost four Clasicos to Barcelona last season, but Mbappe scored in all but one of them. He was Real Madrid's best player in all but one of them, and he was the reason why at least a couple of them were a lot closer than they should have been.
Pedri is a great footballer, and it takes one to know one, as this is not the first time he has praised the Real Madrid boys.
It is good to see that game recognises game, even in this era.