""For me, Lamine is a great player and will be a player who will mark an era at Barça, I think, but well, in the end he spoke in a certain way, he heated up the game a bit and obviously the press jumped on him," he told COPE. "When we're feeling really intense and full of adrenaline, sometimes you say things that you later regret, 'Well, that wasn't necessary.' But I think that's what a Clásico is like.""
""Sometimes we need that atmosphere too, and I think that after last year when we lost four times, we also need that fire from an enemy again, and we have to go after them because even when they've won, they haven't shown us any respect. "Carva or Huijsen are in the national team and I think there's zero problem with Lamine."
Real Madrid players reacted angrily after Barcelona teenager Lamine Yamal made playful pre-match remarks that stirred tensions at the Santiago Bernabéu. Dani Carvajal and Thibaut Courtois confronted Yamal after the Clasico, prompting media attention. Courtois praised Yamal as a future defining player but acknowledged his comments heated the game and motivated Los Blancos. Courtois said adrenaline can cause regrettable words and that such intensity belongs to a Clasico. He insisted the matter stays on the field, affirmed no personal issue with Yamal, and said he would greet him off the pitch.
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