Barcelona face Valencia of their newest La Liga match on Sunday, however they may accomplish that with out the providers of Lamine Yamal. Hansi Flick confirmed that the 18-year-old winger is , which signifies that he won’t be concerned on the Estadi Johan Cruyff.
It’s a large blow for Barcelona to have the ability to not name upon their talismanic ahead, and he is also lacking for the Champions League opener towards Newcastle United on Thursday. However for the match towards Valencia, his absence may very well be a nail within the coffin – if historical past is something to go by.
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As per , Barcelona are but to win a La Liga match through which Lamine Yamal has not featured since Hansi Flick took over as supervisor in the summertime of 2024. Actually, they’ve solely been profitable on one event because the teenager was promoted to the primary group, and that was a 4-0 victory over Getafe in February 2024 – he was an unused sub for Xavi Hernandez’s facet.
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Barcelona’s La Liga report with out Lamine Yamal in 2024-25
Final season, Barcelona performed three La Liga matches with out the providers of Lamine Yamal: 1-0 defeat to Actual Sociedad, 2-2 draw at Celta Vigo (each in November) and a 2-1 house loss towards Atletico Madrid (in December). Luckily, there have been the one league fixtures that he was unable to play as a result of harm, however solely a month into the brand new marketing campaign, he has bene struck down.
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This statistic might give Valencia hope of an unlikely consequence on the Estadi Johan Cruyff – and contemplating that they misplaced 14-2 to Barcelona throughout three matches final season, they may certainly take any crumb of consolation they will get. Nevertheless, the Catalans nonetheless have very harmful gamers, and maybe the addition of Marcus Rashford or Roony Bardghji will assist to finish their barren streak with out the providers of Lamine Yamal.