Barcelona, the leaders of the Spanish Football League, announced today, Monday, that its player, Lamine Jamal, suffered an ankle injury during… Defeat against Leganes Yesterday, Sunday, it is expected that the young winger will be absent for a period of between 3 and 4 weeks, and thus he will miss the league summit match against his guest, Atletico Madrid.
Jamal, who was part of Spain’s squad that won the 2024 European Championship, left 15 minutes before the end of yesterday’s match, which the team lost 1-0 at home to Leganes.
The Catalan club said that the 17-year-old player suffered a bruise on his right ankle.
Lamine Yamal is out of action
Barcelona added in a statement, “The tests conducted this morning showed a grade 1 injury to the anterior ligament of the ankle. It is expected that the player will miss matches for a period ranging between three to four weeks.”
Jamal missed three of the team’s matches last month, due to another ankle problem, and in addition to Barcelona’s decisive league match against Atletico Madrid next Saturday, he will also miss the Spanish King’s Cup match in Barbastro and the Spanish Super Cup next month.
This is the second time that Yamal has injured his ankle this season, after the first at the beginning of last month in the match against Serbian Red Star (5-2), where he was absent for two weeks.
Lamine Jamal suffered a bruise on his right ankle – Reuters
Yamal returned to the field on November 30, and played as a substitute in the match against Las Palmas (0-1) and started in the matches against Real Mallorca (5-1), Real Betis (2-2), and German club Borussia Dortmund (3-2). Leganés (0-1).
Jamal played 20 matches with the Catalan club in various competitions this season, during which he scored 6 goals with 11 assists. He is the third player to provide the largest number of assists in the five major European leagues.
Despite the defeat against Leganes, Barcelona remained at the top of the standings with 38 points, ahead of Atletico on goal difference, as they played a match more, while Real Madrid occupies third place with 37 points and also has a game in hand.
