BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Lamine Yamal is fit again and ready to play a week before the first Clasico of the season, Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said Friday.
Yamal and midfielder Fermin López have both recovered from injuries and could feature at least part of Barcelona’s La Liga match against Girona on Saturday.
“They’re back, but they can’t play the full 90 minutes yet,” Flick said.
After Girona, Barcelona will host Olympiakos in the Champions League on Tuesday and visit Real Madrid in the Spanish League on October 26.
Yamal has been suffering from a groin injury for several weeks.
The 18-year-old star missed four games for Barcelona and then appeared in two. make the injury worse They lost to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on October 1st. As a result, he missed Barcelona’s 4-1 loss to Sevilla and Spain’s two World Cup qualifying matches, which the national team won without him.
Fermin missed four games for Barcelona and was ruled out of the Spanish qualifiers due to a muscle injury in his left leg.
Coach Flick said he hopes Brazilian forward Rafinha recovers from his injury. hamstring injury Just in time for the Madrid game.
Barcelona’s injured list also includes a striker. Robert Lewandowski Ferran Torres, midfielders Dani Olmo and Gabi Paes, and goalkeeper Joao Garcia.
In the Spanish league, second-place Barcelona is trailing Madrid by two points.
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