Barcelona coach Hansi Flick confirmed that Lamine Yamal has a muscle injury, suffered in the match against Celta (1-0), the extent of which will be known after the medical tests scheduled for this Thursday.
“I think he does have an injury, but we will have to wait to determine its extent. His feelings are that he has noticed something, but we have to wait for the tests.”s,” said the German coach in the press conference after the match played at the Spotify Camp Nou.
In addition to the Spanish international, who suffered discomfort in his left hamstring after scoring the winning goal in the 40th minute, full-back Joao Cancelo also left injured in the 23rd minute.
“It’s a shame that Lamine was injured. And I also think that about Joao (Cancelo), Raphinha, Bernal and Christensen, who are injured. I always worry about them because I have also been injured many times. Today what we have to do is focus on the next game,” he said.
Regarding the match, he acknowledged that his team did not complete a great performance against Celta, which he praised for its “fantastic” football proposal.
“Celta put pressure on us very high and we had some problems. In the second half, we were better. We had to make those two changes due to injury that made things very complicated. The most important thing is the three points,” he said.
Flick did not understand why the VAR annulled a goal by Ferran Torres in the second half for offside.
“I’m not sure that Ferran’s second goal wasn’t. I don’t quite understand why it was offside. You have to accept it and maybe I’m a little more worried about that kind of thing, but we have to play much better,” said Flick.
“The referee and the fourth official have seen it as I have and the VAR has made that decision. We have to accept it. I don’t know what to say,” he concluded when asked again about the disallowed goal.