Why Barcelona boss Flick substituted Lamine Yamal early vs Alavés | OneFootball

An insight into the call of Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick to haul Lamine Yamal off in the club’s meeting with Deportivo Alavés has on Monday been forthcoming online.

Barcelona are of course fresh off making it eight wins from nine to open the La Liga campaign on Sunday.

Owing to a Robert Lewandowski hat-trick, the Blaugrana ultimately emerged on the right side of a 3-2 result in Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Whilst Lewandowski was continuing to ramp up his early-season pursuit of the Pichichi award, and Raphinha notching assists for two of his three goals, however, the aforementioned Lamine failed to notch either a goal or assist for the 2nd game running.

In turn, upon his number flashing across the fourth official’s board, indicating his withdrawal midway through the 2nd-half on Sunday, the 17-year-old could not hide his frustration.

Boss Hansi Flick’s decision to haul Lamine off, though, came for good reason…

As per a report from Diario Sport:

‘Flick decided to change him in Vitoria as he is likely to play in the two UEFA Nations League matches against Denmark and Serbia with Spain.’

With Barcelona pencilled in for a stretch of high-profile fixtures on the far side of the international break, the club’s headmaster is as a result understandably keen to do his utmost to avoid any fresh injury setbacks in his squad.

Conor Laird – GSFN