Barcelona’s harm disaster simply deepened forward of going through Sevilla in LaLiga play. It has already been a troublesome week for Barcelona, with Raphina and beginning goalkeeper Joan Garcia selecting up accidents earlier than they fell to Paris Saint-Germain within the Champions League. Now, Lamine Yamal will head again to the sidelines after aggravating an harm to his “pubic space.” It is an harm that Yamal picked up on worldwide obligation with Spain and has already brought about him to overlook 4 matches.
Dealing with PSG, it was Yamal’s first begin since recovering from the harm, and Hansi Flick opted to play a full 90 minutes as a consequence of Barcelona chasing the sport. Now, he’ll miss extra time. Already being top-of-the-line gamers on the Spanish nationwide group and for Barcelona, Yamal known as upon consistently, however after Hansi Flick called out the national team for pushing Yamal to play through pain, he then did not handle his younger star’s minutes getting back from harm.
Barcelona have acknowledged that Yamal will miss two to a few weeks with the most recent aggravation of his harm, however even when he is wholesome Barcelona ought to take their time bringing him again. Solely 18, Yamal’s workload has elevated drastically with each his membership and nation needing him. He already has 111 appearances for Barcelona and 23 caps for Spain, however an extended relaxation might be what’s greatest for all events.
Lamine Yamal’s senior minutes performed for Barcelona by season
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2022-23 |
1 |
7 |
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2023-24 |
50 |
2,957 |
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2024-25 |
55 |
4,533 |
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2025-26 |
5 |
392 |
In a sport like baseball, it is common to see pitchers skip begins and get shut down late within the season to keep away from their innings pitched from leaping drastically from one season to the subsequent. Soccer gamers hit the pitch extra typically than a beginning pitcher, with video games coming each three to 4 days through the busy intervals of the season. That noticed Yamal’s minutes soar drastically final season with Barcelona chasing a treble, however for his longevity and the success of the membership, a relaxation might be so as.
It does not take a lot for a reaggravation of an harm to grow to be a persistent harm, and whereas Barcelona are at their greatest with Yamal within the lineup, they’re undefeated with out him this season as nicely. Including Marcus Rashford was supposed to present Flick the power to rotate his star wingers, and Ferran Torres may play on the wing. Contemplating that Barcelona do not simply have a budding star on their arms, they’ve a bona fide international celebrity in 18-year-old Yamal, they should preserve it that means for the long term.
Contemplating that Yamal is a generational expertise, taking any dangers along with his well being is not one thing that Barcelona ought to do. They’re set on the wing for seasons to come back with Yamal within the lineup, and jeopardizing that is not value an opportunity at three factors in any given week. Even going through PSG, it was clear that he was rusty, however when the time got here for substitutions, he stayed on to play a full 90 minutes.
The brilliant aspect of that is that it implies that Yamal will not be happening nationwide group obligation with Spain, which means that on the earliest, his subsequent match can be towards Girona in LaLiga play on October 18. But when he is not 100% for that, sitting issues out to ensure he is prepared for El Clásico close to the tip of October should not be out of the query.
