Barcelona boss Hansi Flick revealed that Lamine Yamal will miss his aspect’s Champions League assembly with Brest this week, however he expects the winger to be obtainable for home responsibility on Saturday.
The teenage phenom broken his proper ankle in direction of the top of Barcelona’s comfy Champions League victory over Purple Star at first of November. Yamal was compelled to tug out of Spain’s squad for a second month in a row and has sat out Barcelona‘s final two outings – which have each seen the membership drop factors.
Yamal missed Barcelona’s 2-2 draw with Celta Vigo on Saturday night time after a reported harm “setback” however Flick was optimistic that the 17-year-old can be again within the squad subsequent weekend.
When talking to the assembled media forward of Barcelona’s European tie in opposition to French outfit Brest on Tuesday, Flick revealed: “I feel this could possibly be the final sport he misses. On Saturday he could possibly be an possibility from the bench.”
Whereas Flick has been eager to downplay the crew’s dependency upon a youngster nonetheless sporting braces, difficult others to step up in his absence, Barcelona’s outcomes with and with out Yamal paint an unflattering image.
The Catalan giants have received 14 of 15 matches with their prodigy within the beginning XI – solely dropping to Monaco whereas taking part in with ten males for 80 minutes. Yamal nonetheless scored in that European tie. With out the impossibly proficient teenager within the beginning XI, Barcelona have recorded two defeats and one draw from three video games.
Veteran centre-back Inigo Martinez was requested about Yamal’s influence in the identical Champions League press convention. “We all know how necessary he’s, I will not deny that,” the person 16 years older than his teammate admitted. “He’s very unbalancing and makes the opponent’s defensive position retreat. He generates quite a lot of concern. He’s important, however that does not imply that whoever replaces him is not as much as the duty.
“Everybody who comes on tries to provide 100 or 200%. Lamine is Lamine, we do not have him now and that does not imply that simply because he isn’t right here we can’t win. We’ve got to deal with these we’ve got. There may be sufficient of a squad to win each sport. We all know his potential.”