Leader of the Liga standings, two points ahead of FC Barcelona, Real Madrid welcomes the Blaugrana this Sunday and will finally have to regain victory after four humiliations conceded against their eternal rival last season. To spice up the shock, Lamine Yamal started a fire by accusing the Madrilenians of cheating: “yes, they steal, they complain all the time…”, he assured in a stream with Ibai Llanos. Which cheered up the Real Madrid locker room.
The Madrid media revealed that Lamine Yamal's attitude was starting to strain the locker room. Nobody appreciated the comments made by the young 18-year-old Blaugrana star, which would have been welcomed “with a mixture of fatigue and weariness. The general idea is that Yamal is a bad companion. (…) Within the Madrid club, we do not understand these statements from Barça number 10 a few hours before Sunday's Clasico at the Bernabéu.. Enough to increase the tension before the meeting.
Xabi Alonso is annoyed by the controversy
Present at a press conference this Saturday, Xabi Alonso was also questioned about the controversy. “It is clear that a Clásico is special, and has been for many years. It’s a first for this new project, and we need the stadium to have that energy of big matches… We have to be ready, play at the highest level and have the necessary energy”he initially dodged, before returning in more detail to the Catalan's comments after being relaunched by the journalists.
“Lamine Yamal’s statements? Are you still talking to me about this? I won't dwell on that. What matters is how we play tomorrow. There are a lot of statements from people in Barcelona, and I can't analyze them all. There are times for everything. The players must be ready. I don't think of anything else.”he added. Enough to clearly launch hostilities on the eve of the long-awaited match…
