OFFICIAL: Lamine Yamal leaves Spain's training camp and returns to Barcelona

Lamine Yamal has left the Ciudad Deportiva de Las Rozas to return to Barcelona. The striker finished the match against Denmark in the Nations League last Saturday with discomfort in his hamstring, so the RFEF medical team subjected him to the relevant medical tests and, although they ruled out any injury in the area, they confirmed that he is suffering from an overload due to muscle fatigue.

Lamine Yamal causa baja para el partido ante Serbia.

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Thus, at Can Barça, where they put pressure on the attacker on Sunday morning to return to Barcelona to avoid his presence in the match against Serbia on Tuesday, they can breathe easy, since the footballer will return home this afternoon and will have a week of rest for the match against Sevilla on October 20.

Barça's plan with Lamine Yamal

Thus, the Catalan team will use these seven days for Lamine to recover and begin a dosing plan for the rest of the year. The objective of Hansi Flick and his staff is to reduce the load of matches of the Barça number 19, knowing the importance that the winger will have in important matches such as against Bayern or the Clásico on October 26. For this reason, the coaching staff, together with the club, has designed a strategy to not overload the player from Mataró with unnecessary minutes.

For his part, Yamal will not be available for Luis de la Fuente in the match against Serbia next Tuesday in Córdoba (9:00 p.m.). However, he will be able to be under Flick's orders in next weekend's match against García Pimienta's Sevilla in Montjuïc.

The statement from the Spanish national team

Through its official media, the RFEF reported the loss of Lamine, prioritizing the player's health and avoiding any risk of a more serious injury.

"Lamine Yamal underwent an MRI this morning in Madrid to assess the discomfort he suffered after the match against Denmark. The tests did not detect a structural injury and the RFEF medical services confirmed that it was an overload. Prioritising the player's health and to avoid any risk of injury, given the imminent match against Serbia, it has been decided to call him up"

Rodrigo Riquelme, a player for Atlético de Madrid, will be in charge of replacing him in Luis de la Fuente's squad for the Balkan national team.