Barcelona: grueling 2024 Lamina Yamala

On the debate table: timely rest or fear of causing more serious injury? Just in a season when the schedule is tightened and injuries are piling up at the world’s top clubs, Return of Lamin Yamal to Barcelona as a precautionary measure Due to the overload, all alarms went off.

“The problem is that all coaches want very good players to play. We don’t find anything.”noted the coach Luis de la Fuente at a press conference dedicated to the premature departure of the Barcelona player from the national team training camp. Overload ruled him out of the match against Serbia But Barça faces a very difficult week in the coming days: Seville, Bayern and Real Madrid.. Almost nothing.

All indications are that Lamine will feature in at least two of those three games. This is undeniable with Luis de la Fuente… but also with Hansi Flick. And it was with Javi as he presented his credentials in early 2024. This is the year of Lamin. And that’s why he played almost everything. The numbers are scary. And that’s what The young player missed only four official matches out of 54. so far this year.

A match against Getafe in the league, qualifiers against Barbastro and Unionistas for the Copa del Rey and a friendly between Spain and Andorra. These are the only moments when Lamin was not on the field this year. In the national team, for example, he was always in the starting lineup, with the exception of the European Cup match against Albania.which already included Spain.

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On the same line he used this Hansi Flick. Since the arrival of the German, Lamin has played almost everything. In the league he was only a reserve against Osasuna in Pamplona. and eventually left in the second half. He was substituted in the 86th minute on the first day at Mestalla and with 20 minutes left in Vitoria. The rest played everything. In the Champions League he started against Monaco and Young Boys. changes in the final stages of both matches.

In short, a year full of commitments to club and country: the Spanish Super Cup, the League, the Spanish Cup, the Champions League, the European Cup, the Nations League… and Lamine was present in all of them. His legs accumulate a total 3656 minutes out of 5116 possible. What does it mean 71% of all minutes which will be playable in 2024.

Lamin needs a break. At 17 years old, the young Barca player has a lot of matches under his belt that could eventually take their toll on him. Barcelona also already know what it means to squeeze out one of their best players and suffer the consequences. Pedri’s injuries after the unification of the Eurocup and Games are present in the consciousness of the Catalan clubwho does not want to repeat the mistakes of the past. And the Canarian midfielder ended that fateful year with 75 games under his belt and 5,273 minutes played. To enjoy Lamin’s future, you first need to take care of his present.