BARCELONA — Barcelona received more bad news a day after suffering its second defeat in the Spanish League with confirmation that Lamine Yamal and Robert Lewandowski will be sidelined due to injuries.
Both players, key players for coach Hansi Flick this season, underwent tests on Monday. Yamal will be out for up to three weeks due to an ankle injury and Lewandowski will rest for 10 days with a back injury.”
Lewandowski is La Liga’s top scorer with 14 goals after 13 games. Many of the goals came from Yamal, the 17-year-old prodigy.
Yamal has established himself as one of the most dangerous forwards in an attack that has outshone opponents, 40-12 in the Spanish League and 15-5 in the Champions League. Yamal has scored six goals in 15 games in all competitions.
Barça lost 1-0 to Real Sociedad on Sunday, ending the team’s streak of seven consecutive victories in all competitions. The Catalan club leads the standings with a difference of six points ahead of its runner-up Real Madrid.
Fermín López replaced Yamal in attack on Sunday, when Barcelona failed to make a single attempt on goal against Real Sociedad, eighth in the championship. Lewandowski was ruled out for offside.
Yamal’s right ankle injury occurred last week in the 5-2 victory against Red Star of Serbia in the Champions League.
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This story was translated from English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.
