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Flick hopes Barcelona’s Yamal can face Valencia after taking a knock

From Asharq Al-Awsat · () English

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  • Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said Lamine Yamal will travel with the team to face Valencia after training separately because of a knock.
  • Flick said the club will decide whether Yamal starts or rests, while Barcelona seek to maintain their perfect start and move clear at the top of La Liga.
  • Raphinha is expected to remain the starting striker, with new signing Gabriel Jesus likely to begin on the bench.

Barcelona will take Lamine Yamal to Valencia, but coach Hansi Flick has yet to decide whether the teenage winger can start after taking a knock.

Yamal did not train with his teammates on Saturday and instead worked alone at the training ground. Flick said the session went well and that Yamal reported feeling fine afterward, but the staff will weigh whether he should rest or start at Mestalla.

For tomorrow we have to wait, I cannot say it today. We have to decide if it's better that he rests or he starts from the beginning, I'll speak with him and we'll decide that. Lamine is a player who likes to play football.

· Hansi FlickThe Barcelona coach discussed whether Yamal would start against Valencia after his knock.

“For tomorrow we have to wait, I cannot say it today,” Flick told reporters. “We have to decide if it's better that he rests or he starts from the beginning, I'll speak with him and we'll decide that. Lamine is a player who likes to play football.”

He took a hit and he had some pain so we said it's better that he trains separately. After the training he said everything was good so he will travel and hopefully he can play tomorrow.

· Hansi FlickFlick explained why Yamal trained separately and traveled with the squad.

Yamal scored his first two goals of the season in Barcelona’s 5-2 win over Rayo Vallecano on Monday. Real Madrid’s 1-0 loss to Real Betis on Friday gives the champions a chance to establish themselves as the league’s sole leaders.

Flick said Raphinha remains the best option at striker after scoring five goals in three games in that position. New arrival Gabriel Jesus is likely to start on the bench.

He's the best option for us at the moment in this position.

· Hansi FlickFlick said Raphinha would likely continue as Barcelona’s starting striker.
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Originally published by Asharq Al-Awsat in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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