Lamine Yamal, goes down with the national team and Bryan Gil enters

Lamine Yamal will be absent from the Spanish team ahead of the duels that La Roja will face with Denmark and Switzerland. In response to the medical report sent this Monday by Barça, which confirms the injury suffered by the Marató winger, Luis de la Fuente has called off the Catalan footballer and has chosen to call Bryan Gil, Girona attacker, in his place.

Lamine Yamal missed the match that Barça played on Sunday against Real Sociedad at the Reale Arena due to the severe bruise on his right ankle that he received during the Champions League match held last Wednesday against Red Star and this Monday He underwent medical tests that have confirmed that he suffers from a grade 1 injury to the syndesmosis of his right ankle. According to the medical report released by the entity chaired by Joan Laporta, the winger will be out for between two and three weeks, so he will not be able to play in the last two appointments that Spain has in the group stage of the Nations League: on Friday, November 15, against Denmark at the Parken in Copenhagen and on Monday, November 18, against Switzerland at the Heliodoro Rodríguez López Stadium in Tenerife.

The recent winner of the Kopa Trophy that distinguishes the best footballer under 21 years of age already missed the last match of the Spanish team, when an overload suffered during the match against Denmark led Luis de la Fuente to release him from the subsequent dispute against Serbia to avoid problems with Barça, who wanted the footballer to return to Barcelona to begin his recovery. Now he will have to miss this November window entirely. Depending on his evolution, his presence could also be in jeopardy in the visit that Barça will pay to Balaídos on November 23 and even his participation in the duel against Brest on the 26th, corresponding to the fifth day of the Champions League.

Four international appearances

To make up for the loss of Lamine Yamal, the Spanish coach has called up Bryan Gil. The Andalusian end of Girona was already used as an emergency resource in the previous October window. Then Luis de la Fuente called both the player born in the Cadiz town of Barbate and Bryan Zaragoza to alleviate the injuries of Dani Carvajal and Ferran Torres. However, Bryan Gil had to be called off shortly after due to injury and could not participate in the matches that La Roja played against Serbia and Denmark.

Now the loss of Lamine Yamal opens a new opportunity to wear the national team jersey again for a footballer who was already part of the first call that Luis de la Fuente made after being named national coach, but who has not yet been able to play under the orders of the Haro coach with the absolute team, since physical problems did not allow him to participate on that occasion in the matches against Norway and Scotland that opened a new era in La Roja.

In any case, Bryan Gil has international experience, since Luis Enrique gave him the alternative with Spain on March 25, 2021 in a match against Greece valid within the qualifying phase for the World Cup in Qatar. Since then, the skilled winger from Barbate has made three more appearances for the Spanish national team.