Hansi Flick could not count on Lamine Yamal in San Sebastián, where Barcelona lost its second League game, and Luis de la Fuente will not be able to have the young winger in the Nations League matches that will pit Spain against Denmark (in Copenhagen) and Switzerland (in Tenerife). The Barcelona star has been injured since the Champions League match against Red Star on November 6.
The forward has, since Belgrade, a grade 1 injury to the syndesmosis of his right ankle that prevented him from training on Saturday and the Blaugrana club’s medical services, after carefully examining him yesterday, consider that he will be out for between two and three weeks. Lamine Yamal is a doubt to travel to Balaídos in the next League match, in addition to being dropped from the national team squad. Spain has called Bryan Gil, from Girona, to replace him.
Target: Balaídos
The two forwards will work in the sports city to try to arrive in time to play in Vigo
Robert Lewandowski finds himself in a similar situation. The scorer was on the pitch at the Reale Arena, where he played the 90 minutes, but he left the field touching the lower part of his back with his hand and walking with obvious signs of pain.
Back at the sports city, Barcelona also carried out tests on the Pole and detected a severe blow to his back, which will keep him out of action for ten days. For this reason, he will not travel to his team’s double match against Portugal and Scotland.
From the match in Belgrade
Lamine Yamal could not train on Saturday and suffers a grade 1 syndesmosis injury to his right ankle
“The decision about Robert was made after consulting with the doctors,” explained the Poland coach, Michal Probierz, in his appearance as soon as he arrived at the training camp. “His absence hurts us. We wish him a speedy recovery,” insisted Inter midfielder Zielinski.
It is not the first time that Lewandowski suffers this type of ailment. In his first season as a Barcelona player, he even missed a Cup classic at the Bernabéu, in March 2023. If the deadlines are met, the number nine would have no problems being recovered to visit Celta on the 23rd.
Lewandowski, all starters
The winger and the nine are key pieces and both have already played more than 1,300 minutes.
Barcelona will work during this FIFA break to mitigate the two injuries and, if possible, ensure that the players do not miss any more games. In that sense, saving both of you the hassle of traveling is good news. Both Lamine Yamal and Lewandowski remain in Barcelona and will be able to continue treatment in the same club facilities.
Communication between the Blaugrana medical staff and that of the national team has been constant and fluid with the aim of caring for Lamine Yamal. After the tests yesterday morning, Barça sent the injury report to Las Rozas, where they understood that the best thing was to call off the player to avoid further problems at the age of 17 since he was injured.
Something similar happened last month.
In Las Rozas they understood that the best thing was to call off the player to avoid greater evils
Something similar happened a month ago. In the previous break, Lamine Yamal already returned before the second game after suffering heavy marking from the Danish defense in the first crossing.
Barcelona’s attack is diminished with these two injuries. Lamine Yamal and Robert Lewandowski are two key pieces in Flick’s system and it is no coincidence that the two forwards have already played more than 1,300 minutes.
The importance of the young youth squad in Barça’s game is beginning to be capital, both due to his imbalance, as well as his threat and the order and meaning he gives to the game when he opens the field. His losses are noticeable and the Blaugrana’s two defeats in the League coincide with the two games in which he was not in the starting eleven. In Pamplona he entered with a 2-1 scoreline (4-2 final) and in San Sebastián he remained in the stands with the injury.
Two losses without him in the lineup
In San Sebastián, the Blaugrana missed the youth player, in the stands, since Fermín does not unbalance the same
The winner of the Kopa award and eighth best footballer in the Ballon d’Or, has participated in 14 goals (he has celebrated 6 and assisted in 8). Without him, against Real Sociedad, Barça barely had any overflow on the right wing, where neither Fermín nor Koundé managed to dribble successfully.
For his part, and despite being the oldest in the squad, Lewandowski is the only player who has started in all 17 official matches. He has scored 19 goals, which could be 20 if the VAR had not annulled the one he scored against Real Sociedad due to a controversial offside, which would have been 0-1. Barça ended up losing 1-0 and with a reduced lead they did not even have a shot on goal.
Yes, he travels with the Netherlands
Koeman: “De Jong told me it’s not the ankle”
Frenkie de Jong was substituted at half-time in Real Sociedad-Barcelona after playing for a long time in the first half in discomfort, with some physical discomfort, after a collision with a Real player. He managed to return to the game, but he only participated in six actions and, as a precaution, was relieved. Ronald Koeman was watching the game on television and became alert, fearing that the Dutch footballer, after his injury to his right ankle, had now damaged his left one.
“We got in touch pretty quickly,” revealed the Netherlands coach. The talk with De Jong reduced the initial concern. “He told me that the problem was not there. “He clarified to me that it was not his ankle, but his tibia,” explained Koeman, who is waiting for the Barça midfielder today.
Will he be able to play on Saturday against Hungary? They asked the coach. “We guess so. Maybe tomorrow (for today) I will have to train separately,” he assumed. But they have him in the national team, since De Jong has not played for the Netherlands since September 10, 2023. “It is important for us,” Koeman encouraged him.
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