FC Barcelona will have to relearn how to play without its jewel. On the eve of Valencia's reception for its first home game of the season, the Catalan club announced the Lamine Yamal package for the meeting of the 4th day of Liga. The 18 -year -old prodigy suffers from a discomfort in the pubis, which did not allow him to participate in the collective training this Saturday, and would even be very uncertain for the trip to Newcastle on Thursday, in the Champions League.
A situation that does not help Barça, which has already lost Frenkie de Jong in the last international truce, and which did not please its coach Hansi Flick. “” Lamine Yamal joined the national team when he was suffering and could not train. He was given pain relievers so that he could play. They had at least three goals in advance in each match, and he played 73 and 79 minutes, and between the matches, he could not train. It is not taking care of the player. I am unhappy “Said the German technician at a press conference.
Flick wants the federation
This Saturday, Mundo Deportivo added some details around this misunderstanding between FC Barcelona and the Spanish Federation. The Catalan daily confirms the comments of Flick indicating that the Roja staff was aware of the persistent pain of Lamine Yamal, to the point of administering an injection of pain relievers to mitigate them. Barça was held informed daily of the situation and even received insurance that a “zero risk” policy would be applied if the Genoa persisted. Nevertheless, the native of Esplugues de Llobregat participated in the successes of La Roja in Bulgaria (0-3) and Turkey (0-6), three days later, before returning to Barcelona reduced.
Since his return to the club, Yamal has not been able to finish a single full training session and the medical examinations have confirmed the injury. Internally, some voices believe that Yamal should have refused to play against Turkey. Others believe that it is above all the fault of the medical staff of Spain which should have passed the word to Luis de la Fuente. Hansi Flick, he believes that the Federation has taken precedence over its immediate interests on the health of a player still very young, to the detriment of the club. A situation reminiscent of that of Ousmane Dembélé with the French team. It remains to be seen if Barça will still be able to chain the victories, without its young nugget.
