Flick concern confirmed
Barcelona confirm season end for superstar
Updated April 23, 2026 – 2:13 p.mReading time: 1 min.
Lamine Yamal scores the victory with a penalty – and then remains injured. The diagnosis is sobering for him and his club.
Lamine Yamal will not be able to play any more games for FC Barcelona this season. As the Spanish top club announced on Thursday afternoon, the winger has suffered an injury to the hamstring muscle in his left leg.
The Spaniard was injured in Wednesday’s league game against Celta Vigo after scoring the Catalans’ winning goal from the penalty spot. His treatment should begin immediately. At least the Spanish national team can breathe a sigh of relief: the World Cup should not be in danger for Yamal. As a result, he and his club will miss, among other things, the Clásico on May 10th against Real Madrid.
His coach Hansi Flick already had a bad feeling on Wednesday evening. “There’s something there. He doesn’t leave the pitch without a reason,” said the German. “Lamine felt something, hopefully it’s not that bad.” We have to “wait and see”. The detailed investigations on Thursday now provided certainty.
Barça leads the La Liga table with six games to go before the end of the season, nine points ahead of Real Madrid. It is the only remaining competition for the Catalans.