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Lamine Yamal Should Skip Spain Camp for Everyone's Good
12.11.26, 11:22
The dust had little to no time to settle on FC Barcelona's heroic 1-2 comeback win at the Metropolitano against Atletico Madrid at the weekend before the bad news started coming in approaching lunchtime on Monday.
When you receive alerts from all four of Spain and Catalunya's main sports newspapers that start "ÚLTIMA HORA" in block capitals following a big clash of that nature, with Lamine's name in the mix, you immediately fear the worst.
Thankfully on this occasion, the youngster has merely suffered knee discomfort. He'll not make Thursday night's meeting with the Czech Republic, but the Barça number 10 is expected to feature against England on Sunday.
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has lived in Barcelona since 2019, when he became Forbes' lead reporter on FC Barcelona and Spanish football. He's been The Guardian's most prominent writer on Brazilian football for almost a decade as part of a journey that began in São Paulo. In London, he also became the Daily Mail's first-ever Spanish content writer in its sports department.