Lamine Yamal has been beneath the highlight in current weeks as a consequence of bodily points that stored him off the pitch. Now totally recovered, the younger winger is able to return to motion — and Hansi Flick addressed that forward of Barcelona’s La Liga match in opposition to Actual Sociedad.
“I feel he’ll get minutes,” Flick stated of Yamal in Saturday’s press convention, as quoted by Mundo Deportivo. “The one query is whether or not he’ll be within the beginning lineup or come off the bench. However he’ll be concerned within the match.”
The information comes as a aid to followers who’ve missed Lamine recently. His final look for Los Blaugranas was on August 31 within the 1–1 draw in opposition to Rayo Vallecano, a recreation by which he scored. After that got here the call-up from the Spanish nationwide group, the place the winger performed almost each minute within the World Cup qualifiers in opposition to Bulgaria and Turkey.
That workload, nonetheless, took a toll on his health. Upon returning to Catalunya, it was confirmed that Yamal was coping with a muscle harm within the pubic space. He was compelled to take time without work to prioritize his restoration, lacking three La Liga matches and Barcelona’s UEFA Champions League opener in opposition to Newcastle.
Lamine Yamal enjoying for Barcelona.
By the point he takes the sphere in opposition to Actual Sociedad, 21 days can have handed since Lamine’s final match — Spain vs. Turkey. That’s roughly the usual timeframe for restoration from muscular accidents, assuming they’re not extreme. Requested whether or not it’s sensible to offer the younger winger enjoying time, Flick was direct: “I don’t really feel any concern.”
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Possible Barcelona lineup vs Actual Sociedad
Whereas Lamine Yamal’s return is nice information for Barcelona, there are nonetheless causes for concern. Raphinha and Joan Garcia are sidelined with accidents that may preserve them out for a number of weeks, and on Saturday, Marc Casado left coaching early as a consequence of bodily discomfort.
With that in thoughts, Barcelona’s possible beginning XI to face Actual Sociedad on Sunday is: Wojciech Szczesny; Jules Kounde, Eric Garcia, Andreas Christensen, Gerard Martín; Frenkie De Jong, Pedri, Dani Olmo; Lamine Yamal or Ferran Torres, Robert Lewandowski, Marcus Rashford.
One other controversy brewing between Barcelona and Spain?
When Yamal’s harm was confirmed, Hansi Flick pointed fingers at Spain coach Luis de La Fuente and his workers, suggesting they hadn’t taken correct care of the younger winger and had uncovered him to pointless threat.
De La Fuente just lately averted addressing the controversy when requested by the press. “Do you suppose that right this moment, in my homeland, and having fun with this second, I bear in mind what Hansi Flick stated? I’m not even ,” the Spain coach stated.
Nonetheless, with the October worldwide break quick approaching, the problem appears to be resurfacing. Spain will face Georgia and Bulgaria within the World Cup qualifiers on October 11 and 14, and Lamine Yamal is more likely to be referred to as up. Requested about that, Flick stored it diplomatic: “That’s as much as the Spanish nationwide group. It’s the coach’s job — his determination.”
