Lamine Yamal He lived in Dortmund one of his most discreet nights as a player of the Barça. The very young culé was replaced in the Minute 70 of the second round match of the final of the Champions League before him Borussia Dortmundwith the 2-1 still on the scoreboard, and its reaction did not go unnoticed. Although the Barça achieved the classification for semifinals Despite the final defeat by 3-1the image of the end leaving the field visibly contrary and covering the face on the bench reflects A moment of personal tension In full learning stage.
There is no doubt about the role he is playing this season Lamine Yamal in it Barça With just 17 years. The Rocafonda has the role of the protagonist in the team every game, regular holder and one of the main offensive references of the season, to scorer level But above all welfare. However, everything cannot always leave, and in the demanding scenario of Signal Iduna Park, Lamine He failed to find his best version. Far from shining As in previous appointments, he signed a gray performance, both in attack and in defense, which caused its substitutionwhich aroused frustration.
The frustration of Lamine Yamal When replaced evidenced The self -examination of a footballer that has broken into the elite. In the first leg, he was one of the most prominent. But this time, the story was different: Without goals, without assistancewith a very low incidence and success, and with gestures that betrayed their discomfort, the young end showed Your most human side On a night that did not go as expected despite the pass to the semifinals.
There is the data, Lamine It was the field player who Less kilometers He toured all the initial eleven, just ahead of the goalkeeper. This statistic was especially relevant to Hansi Flickthat since its arrival has insisted on the need to maintain high pressure and collective involvement, even in defensive tasks. In this context, The lack of intensity from the end in The replicues and their passivity In the transitions they did not fit with the coach’s plan.
Flickwho has shown full confidence in the player since His landing in Barcelonadecided to replace it without public reprimands, but with a clear message in the costumes: The effort is unnegotiableespecially in high European parties. And although his reaction when changed did not like it, either because of the change itself or for his bad game, the truth is that The margin of improvement In this type of situation it is very wide.
The scene of Lamine Yamal On the bench, covered with the club of the club and with a serious face, contrasted with the euphoria for the classification. The striker, who had been decisive in other important scenarios, such as in the Bernabéu, the Yeda Super Cup Or in the first leg against Dortmund, he broke his streak of great performances on designated nights.
Wrong passes, dangerous losses and constant inaccuracies marked one of their weakest performances of the season, fully justifying the decision of a Hansi Flick which has already demonstrated in other times that it does not understand names, but of performance.
