Lamine Yamal will not play tomorrow in Vigo with Barcelona, and his presence on Tuesday against Brest is also up in the air, reported Hansi Flick.
BARCELONA — Lamine Yamal will not play for Barcelona again “until he is one hundred percent,” said Hansi Flick, who announced this Friday at a press conference that the young striker will not play on Saturday in Vigo against Celta and left very much in mind. his presence will be in the air next Tuesday when the Barça team hosts Brest on the fifth day of the regular phase of the Champions League.
The German coach considered that the match against Celta is a good “test” for the team to show that it is capable of overcoming the absence of Lamine Yamal, after having lost both league games (Osasuna and Real Sociedad) in the that the youth player was not part of the starting XI. In fact, in San Sebastián he did not even make the final call despite traveling with the expedition due to his ankle injury.
“It’s a good question for them (the players)… Yes, I’ll ask the players,” Flick responded when asked if the team can win without Lamine Yamal and was questioned about a possible dependence on their young star. .
“In San Sebastián, against Real Sociedad, we did not play well. It was the whole team and the defeat was not due to Lamine not being there,” resolved the German coach, who warned of the importance of the match against Celta for being “the first after the break” and, also, for being the immediate one after a defeat.
Yes, it is expected that Robert Lewandowski will be in the starting eleven, who this Friday exercised normally once he had recovered from his back discomfort, while the doubt will remain with Èric García and Ferran Torres, who did not complete the entire training at the pace of their peers.
Yes, Gavi did, with absolute normality, and could make his debut in Flick’s eleven, even more so after the coach himself proclaimed that the midfielder “is totally prepared” to start.
“Lamine is an important player for us, but we must adapt to everything,” said the coach when asked who can take his place in the lineup. “We have others who can play for him like Raphinha, Dani Olmo, Fermín, Pablo Torre, Pau Víctor… There are several options,” said Flick, maintaining an optimistic tone and avoiding, as far as possible, admitting that Barça could be too dependent on a 17-year-old footballer, who has currently scored six goals and eight assists since the season began.
His only absence in LaLiga, in Anoeta, led to the second defeat of the tournament and caused Barça to go without scoring for the first time this season, an exceptional fact considering that he has scored 40 goals in 13 games that have helped him regain the first historical position in goals scored and surpassing Real Madrid.
