Concern in Valencia over Lamine Yamal.
Hi community!
José Luis Gayà has highlighted the difficulty of defending the Barça star, who he will face this Sunday.
FC Barcelona are in good form after their historic Champions League comeback win against Benfica. However, this Sunday they return to La Liga, where they have picked up six of the last 24 points, with four defeats, three draws and one win. So Hansi Flick's team is now focused on turning around this terrible run of form in the domestic competition. One of the key figures in reversing this crisis is Lamine Yamal, who will face Gayà on the wing this weekend. In this regard, the Valencia captain has highlighted the difficulty of stopping the Barça star.
"We have the option of watching individual videos of our rivals, but I've seen Lamine quite a lot and he's difficult to defend because you don't know what's best, whether to close him down quickly or to back off. He can take you down and create complicated situations. Whoever has to defend him will try to do their best. You have to make him run backwards and that could be the key," said the Valencian leader. These words show the great concern that exists in Corberán's team in relation to the figure of Lamine Yamal.
Gayà, who knows Lamine Yamal very well from the Spanish national team, where he was amazed by him the first day he saw him, has been full of praise for the young Barcelona player: "I don't know if he is the best in the world but he is one of the best. I said that he was going to be a player who would mark an era and I think he will be. He has everything to succeed, it is true that he is very young, but his potential has no limits. It is always nice to face players like him," he said at a press conference.
Valencia, second from bottom in the table with 16 points, will face a Barça that has lost all the advantage it gained in La Liga at the start of the season and is now seven points behind the leaders, Real Madrid. In addition, the 'chés' have had two consecutive victories under their new coach, which has given them "reasons to think that it is possible to save themselves." However, the Blaugrana team is in high spirits after the victory in Lisbon.
The Valencia captain praised Barcelona's performance in the last match and highlighted the virtues of Flick's team: "In the Champions League, it was a performance at the end, just as they believed. They have great players who have known how to adapt to what their coach asks of them, which is to be aggressive and always go forward. It's a great team, they're playing very well and we expect the best Barça," said José Luis Gayà.
See You soon!
Posted Using INLEO