ALARMING: Hansi Flick's Barcelona can't win without Lamine Yamal

Published:24/11/2024 - 01:24h

Updated:24/11/2024 - 01:35h

FC Barcelona failed again in La Liga without Lamine Yamal. Against Celta (2-2), the Catalans recorded their third consecutive game without being able to win due to the absence of the '19'

Lamine Yamal is a decisive factor for FC Barcelona in La Liga. With the player from Mataró in the line-up, Barça have won 11 games in the same number of appearances in the tournament. Without the '19', the team has not managed to win three games this season. In the Champions League, the record is also positive with the youngster on the pitch (3 wins and 1 loss).

Against Celta (2-2), the streak seemed to be coming to an end after goals from Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski. However, in just 121 seconds between the 84th and 86th minutes, Hansi Flick's men squandered the advantage due to a series of successive errors, the most serious being Jules Koundé's.

Although, in the end, Barça survived the Galician comeback in the final stretch and ended up salvaging a point, the team's performance without the Spanish winger is truly alarming. Both in Pamplona (4-2 defeat) and in San Sebastian (1-0 defeat), the Blaugrana team showed a lackluster image, with little depth and no security in the back.

Barça squandered the advantage obtained in the Clásico

In Balaídos, the problems of the culés in creating play and, above all, in terms of defensive order, were once again evident against a Celta that was superior in the first half, beyond the 0-1 at half-time. In the second half, Lewandowski's goal seemed to seal the match, beyond it being a misleading result.

In the end, the draw rewarded a Galician team determined to take advantage of the fragility of a Barça that is beginning to relive the errors of last season in terms of defense and morale. With Lamine Yamal, the culés are much more forceful in attack, a determining factor for the great start to the season for Flick's team.

In the League, however, there is still the concern of losing 5 of the last 6 points, which means that Real Madrid can get to within just 1 point of the lead if they beat Leganés this Sunday and Valencia in the postponed match of matchday 12. Barça left the Santiago Bernabéu with a 6-point lead that has vanished in just one month.