BARCELONA – Barcelona received more bad news a day after their second win in the Spanish league with confirmation that Lamine Yamal and Robert Lewandowski will be sidelined with injuries.
The two players, the main players of coach Hansi Flick this season, underwent a test on Monday. “Yamal will be out for up to three weeks with an ankle injury and Lewandowski will be out 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 established himself as one of the most dangerous starters in an attack that outscored his 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.
Barca lost 1-0 to Real Sociedad on Sunday, ending the team’s seven-match winning streak in all competitions. The Catalan club lead the standings with a six-point gap over second-placed Real Madrid.
Yamal’s right ankle injury occurred last week in the 5-2 win against Red Star of Serbia in the Champions League.
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An AP editor translated this story from English with the help of an artificial intelligence generation tool.
