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Barcelona manager Hansi Flick said he was happy to see Lamine Yamal back in form but cautioned that he must continue to manage his groin injury after the teenager inspired a 3-3 Champions League draw with Club Brugge on Wednesday.

After weeks with a lingering groin injury, the 18-year-old built on Sunday’s LaLiga form, which brought his first league goal since August, with another lively display in Belgium as Barca equalised three times to earn a point.

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Nicolo Tresoldi and Ferran Torres traded early goals but Carlos Forbs restored the hosts’ lead before the break. Yamal levelled a minute after the hour mark with a composed finish following a superb defence-splitting run.

“I’m happy that Lamine is back at this level. (But) we don’t know what will happen tomorrow or next Sunday. The important thing is that he manages his situation, because it’s not easy,” the German said.

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“He has to be really focused on how he has to train, and also on the treatments and hopefully it (the pain) goes away.”

Receiving a pass outside the penalty area, Yamal surged through two defenders, laid the ball off to Fermin Lopez and continued his run, collecting Lopez’s deft back-heel pass before slotting in from close range.

“I try to do the best I can. The move went really quick and Fermin’s left me with the ball with a nice flick and I finished it,” Yamal said after the game.

However, Brugge winger Forbs put the hosts ahead again in the 63rd minute, and later Yamal’s other effort diverted in off Christos Tzolis to seal a 3-3 draw through an own goal.

Yamal added that speculation surrounding his groin injury, and suggestions it had affected his state of mind, had been overblown and fuelled by false reports.

“A lot has been said about my pubalgia, that I was sad, but it was all lies. I’ve been the same as always, very happy, focused on my work, trying to get back to training and play at this level, which is where I feel best and enjoy myself the most,” he said.

Yamal’s goal drew comparisons with Barcelona great Lionel Messi, but the Spain international said he was not getting carried away with the praise.

“Messi has scored thousands of goals like that. I have to make my own way and hope to score many more goals like that,” he added.

Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal has won the 2024 Golden Boy award, capping a year in which he helped Spain win Euro 2024, and at 17 years and four months is the youngest-ever winner of the prize, Italian sports newspaper Tuttosport reported.

The award recognises players under the age of 21 playing in Europe, and Yamal was chosen ahead of Real Madrid’s Arda Guler and Paris St Germain’s Warren Zaire-Emery.

Yamal was named Young Player of Euro 2024 in Germany, where he became the youngest player to appear in the finals and his goal in the semi-final win over France made him the tournament’s youngest scorer.

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He became the youngest player to win the Euros when Spain beat England 2-1 in the final, and at the Ballon d’Or ceremony last month he won the Kopa Trophy for best world player under 21, coming eighth in the overall award.

Yamal has continued his excellent form this season, scoring five goals in 12 league games for LaLiga leaders Barcelona, where he came through the club’s La Masia academy, like Lionel Messi.

England and Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham picked up the prize last season and past winners include France striker Kylian Mbappe and former England forward Wayne Rooney. Yamal is the fourth Barca player to win it after Gavi, Pedri and Messi.

Barcelona’s 18-year-old attacking midfielder Vicky Lopez won the Golden Girl award.

Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal is set to miss between three and four weeks after injuring his right ankle in Sunday’s 1-0 defeat by Leganes in La Liga.

 “Tests carried out this morning revealed a grade 1 injury to a ligament in the ankle,” Barcelona said in a statement.

The club estimated he would be out for up to four weeks, meaning he will miss Barcelona’s final game of the year against Atletico Madrid on Saturday.

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Barcelona face fourth-tier Barbastro in the last 32 of the Copa del Rey on January 4 before travelling to Jeddah for the four-team Spanish Super Cup.

The 17-year-old Yamal hurt his ankle in a challenge in the first half against Leganes but despite the pain, continued to play until he was replaced in the 75^th  minute.

Barcelona remain top of La Liga despite winning just one of their last six games, a run which has allowed Atletico to draw level on points having played one fewer match.

Real Madrid are a point adrift of the leading duo and also have a game in hand on Barcelona.

Barcelona forwards Robert Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal will miss international duty with Poland and Spain, respectively, after sustaining injuries, the LaLiga club said on Monday.

Yamal missed Barca’s 1-0 LaLiga loss at Real Sociedad on Sunday due to a right ankle injury suffered in the Champions League. The teenager could be out for up to three weeks and will miss Spain’s Nations League clashes with Denmark and Switzerland.

LaLiga top-scorer Lewandowski will be out for a little under two weeks with a back injury suffered on Sunday and will miss Poland’s Nations League matches against Portugal and Scotland.

“Tests performed on the morning of Monday 11 November have revealed that Lamine Yamal has a grade 1 sindesmosis injury in his right ankle. He is expected to be out of action for between two and three weeks.

Meanwhile, Robert Lewandowski is having trouble in the lumbar region of his back, and will be rested for about ten days,” Barcelona said in a statement.

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The Spanish FA (RFEF) announced that Girona’s attacking midfielder Bryan Gil will replace Yamal.

Meanwhile, Real Madrid said that they will be without defender Lucas Vazquez and forward Rodrygo in the upcoming weeks due to leg injuries sustained on Saturday.

The club had already confirmed that Brazilian defender Eder Militao will undergo surgery and miss several months for the second consecutive season after sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear in the recent 4-0 LaLiga win over Osasuna.

The 26-year-old Militao became the second Real Madrid player to suffer an ACL injury this season, after full back Dani Carvajal. It is the 10th injury of its kind sustained by one of the club’s players in 15 months.

The club’s lengthy injury list also includes key players like Thibaut Courtois, Aurelien Tchouameni and David Alaba. Only goalkeeper Courtois is expected to be available for a highly anticipated Champions League clash at Liverpool in two weeks.

Militao’s injury was one of the three ACL tears sustained by LaLiga players over the weekend, with Villarreal’s Ilias Akhomach and Leganes’ Enric Franquesa also hurt on Saturday.

A Spanish TV station has sacked a pundit after he made a controversial remark about Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal before their Champions League fixture against Paris St-Germain.

German Burgos, working for Movistar, was speaking over footage of Yamal doing kick-ups when he made the remark.

Burgos is reported to have said: “If it doesn’t go well for him, he could end up at a traffic light.”

Barcelona and PSG refused to give interviews to Movistar after the game.

“Movistar Plus+ condemns any kind of discrimination and will not allow this type of comment from any of the employees or collaborators linked to the platform,” the broadcaster said .

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The remark, which has been interpreted as a reference to people who perform at traffic lights and ask drivers for money, came before Barcelona’s quarter-final first-leg win against PSG on Wednesday.

Burgos has apologised for the comment.

“It was a comment made without meaning to hurt anyone. We talk about football, nothing else. If he felt offended, I am sorry and I apologise publicly,” he said.

Burgos, 54, earned 35 caps for Argentina during his playing career and spent six years in Spain with Mallorca and Atletico Madrid.

Yamal, 16, was born in Spain to Moroccan and Equatorial Guinean parents.

The winger, who already has six caps for Spain, became the youngest player to appear in a Champions League quarter-final during the victory in Paris.

A Spanish TV station has sacked a pundit after he made a controversial remark about Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal before their Champions League fixture against Paris St-Germain.

German Burgos, working for Movistar, was speaking over footage of Yamal doing kick-ups when he made the remark.

Burgos is reported to have said: “If it doesn’t go well for him, he could end up at a traffic light.”

Barcelona and PSG refused to give interviews to Movistar after the game.

“Movistar Plus+ condemns any kind of discrimination and will not allow this type of comment from any of the employees or collaborators linked to the platform,” the broadcaster said on Thursday.

The remark, which has been interpreted as a reference to people who perform at traffic lights and ask drivers for money, came before Barcelona’s quarter-final first-leg win against PSG on Wednesday.

Burgos has apologised for the comment.

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“It was a comment made without meaning to hurt anyone. We talk about football, nothing else. If he felt offended, I am sorry and I apologise publicly,” he said.

Burgos, 54, earned 35 caps for Argentina during his playing career and spent six years in Spain with Mallorca and Atletico Madrid.

Yamal, 16, was born in Spain to Moroccan and Equatorial Guinean parents.

The winger, who already has six caps for Spain, became the youngest player to appear in a Champions League quarter-final during the victory in Paris.