Barcelona, Spain – Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said it was impossible to say if Lamine Yamal will be fit for the first Classic of the season against Real Madrid later this month.
Yamal, 18, came back from a groin injury as a substitute during last week’s victory over Real Sociedad and played 90 minutes in the defeat of Wednesday against the Saint-Germain de Paris, when he suffered a relapse.
Barça said that it would have been released up to three weeks, missing Sunday’s trip to Seville and the international break with Spain, and Flick said that it could even be absent for the trip to Santiago Bernabéu on October 26.
“I spoke with him today, it’s better but it’s not good,” said Flick at a press conference on Saturday when he asked about the attacker’s physical condition.
“This is the situation with the Lamine. With this injury, it is not so easy to know [when he will return]. It is not easy to say ‘ok, it can play in two, three or four weeks …’ or if he is able to play the Classic. It is not possible.
“We have to wait. We have to manage its charge. He trains with the recovery team and [spend] The next few weeks with them. We are going step by step. We must see how evolution is. “”
Yamal was injured in the groin in Spain for the first time in September, forcing him to miss four games with Barça. Flick, at the time, accused the national team of “not taking care” of the teenager.
Despite this, the Spanish coach Luis of the Fuente included Yamal in his team on Friday for the qualifications of the World Cup next week against Georgia and Bulgaria.
However, following the confirmation of his injury, he was later withdrawn in the day.
Before her withdrawal, the Fuente had declared that he was “surprised” by the comments of Flick and that he expected “more empathy” of someone who had also worked with a national team during his mandate as a German coach.
Flick said he doesn’t regret what he said, but tried to draw a line under the argument.
“I want to protect my player, to support him is what he is,” he added. “Many things have happened. It is, for me, I have no bad things about this situation.
“I know it on the other side. It’s not easy for me. It’s not easy for [De la Fuente]. I have to protect my player; This is the reason why I made it a little stronger than normally I want to do it. I don’t regret it.
“Now the important thing is to manage this together. Players, clubs and the Spanish Federation [RFEF]. We have to manage it together. “”
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Meanwhile, with the current Yamal situation, another club against Country Row moved after midfielder Marc Bernal was called by Spain under 21 after having recovered from an LCA injury.
Bernal, 18, was sidelined for more than a year, returning as a substitute in victory against Valence in September. Since then, he has made two additional appearances on the bench, but never more than 11 minutes.
“It’s a difficult situation, I don’t think Marc has the time to play,” said Flick.
“I don’t know what is the task with him, what they want with him. But he is unable to play these minutes. We have to take care of him.
“He came from a huge 12 -month injury. We can see him in training. We have to take care of him. It goes for me and also for the Spanish Federation.”
Later on Saturday, Spain chose to replace Bernal in the team, with iron López de Wolves to take its place for this month’s matches against Norway and Finland.
After their first defeat of the season in the middle of the week, against PSG in Europe, the leaders of Laliga Barça returned to domestic action on Sunday when they go to Seville with a long list of injuries.
In addition to Yamal, Marcian, Joan Garcia, Gavi, his brother Lope and Raphinha were then missing.
