Jorge Valdanoformer footballer and former coach, analyzed in the program 'El Tercer Tiempo', on Movistar Plus+, the problems that Barça is having in attacking without Lamine Yamala 17-year-old winger who has not been able to play due to injury in the two games that his team failed to win against Real Sociedad (1-0) and Celta (2-2). In Anoeta, furthermore, Dani Olmo He could not play at the beginning due to gastroenteritis and in Balaídos, when playing Raphinha in the area of Laminwas placed on the left wing as a starting point, being disconnected from the game. For the now Argentine TV commentator, the Barça solution is for the Egarense to move behind Lewandowski.
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“The absence of Lamine Yamal causes a chain of consequences, for example, throwing Elm to one extreme. Dani Olmo You can play wherever you want. He can play as a center forward, on the right, on the left, but when he plays as a striker he gives the team a fluidity that is extraordinary. He is the best signing that Barça has made in decades, he is a truly extraordinary player, but it is advisable that he influence the most important area of the field and the absence of Lamin condemns him to a secondary place, even though it is a starting point for him,” he considered. Valdano.
The admiration of Valdano toward Elmalthough the assessment of “best signing in decades” created some controversy on social networks because the Barça club, only in the last two decades, signed Ronaldinho (2003), Eto'o (2004), Thierry Henry (2007), Neymar (2013)Luis Suarez (2014) o Robert Lewandowski (2022). In any case, Elm He has time to show his great level at Barça, the club where he trained, and to win titles to prove right Valdano.