FC Barcelona will travel to Oviedo for matchday 6 of LaLiga EA Sports 2025/26 without Lamine Yamal available. The Mataró native has not yet fully recovered from the pubalgia he has been suffering from for two weeks, but on Tuesday he returned to training separately from the group at the Ciutat Esportiva.
After receiving the Kopa Trophy and the Silver Ball at the 2025 Ballon d'Or gala, the '10' returned to work with the rest of the Barça delegation that traveled to Paris. Unlike Pau Cubarsí and Alejandro Balde, Lamine is not yet training with the rest of the squad, although Álex is also maintaining a less intense work plan.
In that sense, Yamal's presence at the Carlos Tartiere Stadium this Thursday (9:30 PM) is ruled out. However, his inclusion in the squad for matchday 7, against Real Sociedad on Sunday the 28th (6:30 PM CEST), is not.
Lamine Yamal accelerates to be ready in time against Real Sociedad, with an eye on PSG
Finally, the match against the Donostian team will be played in Montjuïc, where Barça last played on Sunday, May 18 against Villarreal (2-3). That day, Lamine scored a great goal in the first half and, later, lifted the LaLiga trophy, his second as a Barça player and his first as a star of the first team.
Well, the idea is that, if the 18-year-old winger manages to train normally on Friday and Saturday, he will be medically cleared and play a few minutes in the second half against Real Sociedad. Hansi Flick will make a decision upon returning from Oviedo, depending on the '10's' sensations in each day of work.
In principle, the club estimated giving him between three and four weeks of rest, as groin discomfort is usually complex. For Lamine, the absolute priority is to be in top physical condition next Wednesday, October 1, against Paris Saint-Germain for matchday 2 of the Champions League.
Barcelona redoubles its care for Lamine Yamal
In any case, the coaching staff will take extreme care with Yamal, who was already experiencing discomfort in the area since the match against Levante on the second matchday of La Liga and, even so, played the full 90' against Rayo and then traveled with Spain for the FIFA date.
After the 'blow' that the long-term absence of Gavi represented, the club will be much more secretive about the care of each player who goes through the infirmary. Lamine played all possible minutes (270) in the first three league matchdays, adding a pair of goals and assists.
Logically, the forward always wants to be there and help the team as much as possible, but the schedule is tough and the season is very long. If, finally, the '10' does not make it to the clash against PSG, he could return against Sevilla, on Sunday, October 5. This match precedes the second break of the season, to which the Rocafonda native, almost certainly, would not travel.