Lamine Yamal will not play with Barça again this season

BarcelonaWith just over two weeks left until the classic, Barça is taking it for granted that they will have to play against Madrid and seal the League title without their great star. Pending the tests that will be carried out tomorrow on Lamine Yamal, the current feeling at the blaugrana club is that the footballer will miss the rest of the season. That is to say, he will be out for at least four or five weeks, until the end of a season that will conclude on Sunday, May 24.

Lamine Yamal, after executing the penalty kick he himself had provoked (he was fouled by Yoel Lago), raised his right arm because he felt a twinge in his left thigh and fell to the ground, with hardly anyone understanding anything for a few brief moments. Gavi, soaring like a rocket, went straight to celebrate the goal with his teammate, who immediately communicated to them, but that he had torn something. His teammates, who were surrounding him, soon asked for medical assistance to come onto the field.

On the bench, it was Ronald Araujo who got up to communicate it to Hansi Flick, who initially also did not understand what was happening. The blaugrana number 10, already attended by Dr. Ricard Pruna on the pitch, communicated to the Barça doctors the pain he felt in the back of his left thigh. Finally, he was able to leave the pitch on his own two feet while the match was stopped because a fan was being attended to after suffering cardiac arrest.

The six matches Lamine Yamal will miss

Lamine Yamal went directly to the locker room, where initial examinations were carried out that no longer inspired optimism. The footballer was already downcast, aware of the injury. Sources consulted by this newspaper asked to wait for the tests on Thursday, but it was already confirmed that the injury was to the hamstrings, with the time off that this entails. If there is no unexpected turn of events, the Catalan footballer will therefore miss the six matches remaining for the azulgranas until the end of the season.

All correspond to League clashes. Hansi Flick's team must soon face two away games in stadiums that will put up a fight. Barça visits Getafe this Saturday, and the following week will play at Osasuna's ground. The main event will be on Sunday, May 10, with Real Madrid's visit to Camp Nou. Three days later, they will visit Mendizorrotza, Alavés' stadium, and on the weekend of May 16-17, the azulgranas will host Betis. Finally, the team will close the League at Mestalla on May 23 or 24.

There is also some concern at the club because, when the season ends, the focus will be on the World Cup. Just a week after the end of the League, the internationals will be called up to begin preparations for an event that takes place from June 11 to July 19. Lamine Yamal is also the star of Spain, and the relationship between Hansi Flick and Luis de la Fuente, regarding the management of the Blaugrana professionals, has already caused sparks this season.

Precisely, the annoying osteitis pubis that the Rocafonda footballer suffered at the beginning of the season generated a conflict between Barça and the Spanish national team, with crossed statements between the German coach and the Spanish manager. Flick accused De la Fuente of not taking enough care of his footballers and of forcing Lamine Yamal when Spain already had their qualification for the World Cup well on track. The first match of the Spanish team in the World Cup will be on June 16.

How Barça has managed without Lamine Yamal

In the six matches that the Blaugranas have played without the number 10 this season, their main substitute has been Raphinha, who is currently also injured. Ferran Torres and Roony have been the other replacements for the winger from Rocafonda. In fact, the Swedish footballer was the one chosen to replace him this Wednesday against Celta.