Joao Pedro’s calculated characteristics show surprise strength that Chelsea fans will love | OneFootball

Joao Pedro’s calculated characteristics show surprise strength that Chelsea fans will love and he looks on the cusp of joining them.

Chelsea beat Benfica in the first set of knockout rounds in the Club World Cup on Saturday night, but it was far from easy and also, very far from drama!

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Enzo Maresca labelled it a joke that the game got suspended for two hours due to sever weather conditions and slammed the tournament location as a result, and he really does have a point here.

And then came a flurry of late goal with Benfica equalising deep into stoppage time through a penalty to send it into extra time. Chelsea then bagged a bunch of goals to go on and win the game before it got to penalties!

Pedro set to join Chelsea

Multiple outlets have confirmed that Chelsea have now agreed a deal to sign Joao Pedro from Brighton this window and that will be officially confirmed soon now you’d expect.

Joao Pedro celebrates a goal. (Photo by Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images)

But there is perhaps one surprise strength that Pedro has that Chelsea fans will be very pleased to heard about because it’s something this Chelsea side have lacked.

Strong in the air

🇧🇷 João Pedro’s statistically calculated WhoScored characteristics:

✅ Strengths:

🟢 Dribbling 🟢 Key passes 🟢 Aerial duels

❌ Weaknesses:

𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔.

Aerial duels are one of his main strengths and that’s great but also surprising. Chelsea need more players who are good in the air inside the opposition box and Pedro has shown that he can be a menace there.

Clearly a great addition to this squad and on will bring many qualities and no weaknesses!