Lamine Yamal: assist and bad news for Barça in Champions

FC Barcelona came back from a very tough match against Eintracht Frankfurt (2-1) thanks to a brace from Jules Koundé. The Frenchman scored a pair of headers, the second of which came from a curling cross by Lamine Yamal.

The '10' didn't have his brightest night, but he was key in the comeback with a floated cross directly to the forehead of the '23', who in a couple of minutes (49' and 52') turned the score around. Barça, however, received bad news on the dayAnd Lamine received a yellow card in the second half that will leave him out of the next matchday, against Slavia Prague (January 21). The '10' had been cautioned against **Olympiacos** and **Club Brugge**, thus completing the cycle of three cautions against Eintracht and serving a one-match ban.

Lamine to miss his first Champions League match due to suspension

Tuesday's yellow card was indisputable. In the 55th minute, the winger committed a hard tackle on the left-back Nathaniel Brown. The main referee Davide Massa did not hesitate to caution the player from Mataró, who, like Marc Casadó, Frenkie De Jong, and Fermín López, was just one card away from completing the cycle.

The 18-year-old forward has only missed the first matchday of the league stage this season (against Newcastle) due to a groin issue. So far, he has 2 goals and 2 assists in 5 appearances in the tournament. In 24/25, Yamal was not cautioned in 13 appearances, so he will have to be more careful from now on in terms of discipline.

Barça to lose its star for Champions Matchday 7

For Barcelona, the absence of Lamine Yamal will be keenly felt heading into the next Champions League matchday. The team is obligated to win in the Czech Republic against Sparta to keep their chances of reaching the TOP-8 alive, preferably by a wide margin.

The Prague team, on Tuesday, was heavily defeated by Tottenham (3-0) and has only managed 3 draws so far in the group stage. Nevertheless, at home, Jindrich Trpisovsky's team managed to salvage draws against Bodo/Glimt (2-2) and Athletic (0-0). Arsenal (0-3) was the only team to secure all three points at the Fortuna Arena.

Ninth assist of the season for Lamine Yamal against Eintracht

Against Eintracht, Lamine registered his ninth assist in 17 games this season. **The Rocafonda native leads LaLiga with 7 goal passes** and has been involved in 17 goals this season, in which he has also scored 8 goals.

In Champions matchday 6, Yamal completed 69 out of 75 passes (92%) and 3 dribbles in 6 attempts. Although he shot on goal, he created 3 scoring opportunities and recovered 5 balls. He was not as effective in individual duels, losing 9 out of 13 one-on-one battles. 

In the 88th minute, Hansi Flick replaced him with Roony Bardghji. As happened against Chelsea, the Catalan winger went to the bench with a displeased look, a gesture that the manager downplayed in the post-match press conference"Lamine had a slight disappointment with the substitution, but he had a yellow card and needed fresh legs. These are three very important points. We controlled the match, which was very difficult," Flick explained

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