"Lamine Yamal has been ruled out of Spain's World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Bulgaria this month after suffering a recurrence of his groin injury, says Barcelona. The 18-year-old winger is expected to be sidelined for up to three weeks after the problem resurfaced following Wednesday's 2-1 loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, the La Liga club said in a statement on Friday."
"The timing is particularly cruel for Yamal, who had just returned from his previous three-week layoff to help Barcelona beat Real Sociedad last weekend before playing the full 90 minutes against PSG. Yamal made his first start in that match since August after missing four games while recovering from a groin injury, which drew the ire of Barcelona coach Hansi Flick, who felt it was made worse by playing in September's World Cup qualifiers."
"There is no conflict with Flick. I was simply surprised by those statements because he has been a national team coach, and I thought he had that empathy, de la Fuente said after announcing his squad for the upcoming qualifiers. You know we have two very important matches; we are playing for the World Cup. It seems like they're in the background, and we're talking about Flick."
Barcelona confirmed Lamine Yamal has a recurring groin injury and will miss Spain's World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Bulgaria this month. The 18-year-old winger is expected to be sidelined for up to three weeks after the problem resurfaced following Barcelona's 2-1 loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. The setback may also rule him out of the October 26 El Clasico against Real Madrid. Yamal had just returned from a prior three-week layoff and had played the full 90 minutes against PSG. Hansi Flick criticised national team handling; Luis de la Fuente denied any conflict and emphasised World Cup qualification.
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