Veteran player wey dey play for Lazio, Pedro, don yarn say him still dey enjoy hinself as him go take part for hin first match of di season for di Europa League against Dynamo Kyiv. Di match go happen for Volksparkstadion for Hamburg by 8pm UK time (7pm GMT). Pedro talk say, “E dey always sweet to play for Europe and I think say e dey important for us. We get strong match against better opponent and we go see whether we fit get better result.”
Di tempo for European matches dey always high, but di Spanish player yan say Lazio dey work well and him happy to dey compete with dem. Di motivation dey strong for di team as dem dey hope to do well for di competition.
Dis go be di first time wey Coach Marco Baroni go dey lead di team for UEFA competition. Di 61 years old coach wey dem appoint during di summer after hin experience for Italy, dey try full ground to make di team perform well as dem don dey see some of di potential wawu. Pedro yarn say, “Di coach dey work hard on hin tactical ideas, I think say we don dey see some of hin potential and we want push even harder to get di result.”
Pedro don reach 37 years and him contract go end dis season, wey many believe say na last chance him go get to dey show for di pitch. Dis season, him don make two appearances for Serie A, all of dem na from bench, so tonight na him first time wey him go start di match.
“I still dey enjoy myself, otherwise I no go still dey play. Time dey fly, but I dey try make I enjoy every minute wey I dey spend for di pitch, especially for Europe, which dey special to give di team a step forward.” Na since 2020 Pedro waka come Italy, and one year later, him join Lazio for free transfer.
Pedro don get experience wella for Champions League with 84 appearances, four for European Super Cup, three for Conference League and dis na hin 40th time for Europa League.
