We can say that Lamine Yamal is the franchise player FC Barcelona. The Spanish winger shone at the Euro with La Roja, then started his season very well with his club, providing 4 assists and scoring a goal in the first 4 days of La Liga. Suffice to say that Barça is rubbing its hands, especially since around him, players like Dani Olmo, Raphinha, Pedri and Robert Lewandowski are also performing well.
It must be said that Hansi Flick already gives the impression of knowing how to use and exploit the potential of all these great people as best as possible. But Lamine Yamal is also a victim of his success, and that also inevitably scares the leaders and staff of the Catalan club. As the newspaper indicates World Sportsthe Barcelonans are worried about the way the opponents of Barça and the Spanish national team are playing.
Increasingly hard contacts
They believe that Lamine Yamal, now well known to opposing coaches and defenders, is increasingly the victim of muscular interventions during matches. Hard contact, hard tackles, and Barça is clearly afraid. The player who attempts and succeeds in the most dribbles in La Liga (31/15), the Spaniard was for example mowed down several times by Serbian players in the Nations League last Thursday.
Barça’s management would like the player to be a little more protected by the referees, as he is the third player who receives the most fouls in La Liga, behind Chrisantus Uche and Vinicius Junior. FC Barcelona hopes in particular that the referees will take out cards more easily, in order to calm the aggressiveness of the opposing players. Especially since Luis de la Fuente does not give the impression of wanting to spare the Catalan nugget, and everything indicates that he will start against Switzerland this Sunday. Barça is keeping its fingers crossed to avoid any injuries…
