The risky nature of Hansi Flick’s Barça style took on another dimension this Sunday night. Lamine Yamalone of the stars of the squad, sprained his ankle spectacularly during an action in the first half, asked for a change and, even so, remained on the pitch for 75 minutes. Well into the second act, Marco Sorg replaced him with Gavi for the final stages of the defeat against Leganés.
The gesture of the youth squad letting the bench know that a replacement had to come in took place just before half-time, when precisely the ‘pepineros’ renewed their ranks due to a physical setback by Renato Tapia. The Blaugrana’s illness arose from a tackle by Yvan Neyou, who pinched his right ankle with his left leg during an action in which, with his right foot, he knocked the ball from his feet.
From this moment on, the European champion with the Spanish National Team was not as brazen as usual and did not play with the changes of pace that distinguish him from the right wing. Yes, it continued to be associative and contribute edge to the drawing of Barcelona. In fact, he carried out some internment and tried several shots that came to nothing either due to deviation or due to contrary intervention.
This monday morningattending to the Catalan press, Barcelona’s medical services will carry out tests to check if you suffer a sprain and, if confirmed, what degree it is. In parallel, the person responsible for his limp complained, through his social networks, in which he shared a screenshot of a carousel of insults, several of them racist, that he received in his most recent publication.
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