{"id":11553,"date":"2025-11-29T16:12:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T16:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=11553"},"modified":"2025-11-29T16:12:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T16:12:18","slug":"lamine-yamal-must-forget-marc-cucurella-battle-barcelonas-flick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=11553","title":{"rendered":"Lamine Yamal must ‘forget’ Marc Cucurella battle – Barcelona’s Flick"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Barcelona<\/a> coach Hansi Flick has told Lamine Yamal<\/a> to forget his battle with Marc Cucurella<\/a> in Tuesday’s defeat to Chelsea<\/a> and focus on delivering in back-to-back home games against Alav\u00e9s<\/a> and Atl\u00e9tico Madrid<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yamal, 18, was kept quiet during Bar\u00e7a’s 3-0 Champions League loss at Stamford Bridge, leading Chelsea goalkeeper Robert S\u00e1nchez<\/a> to declare Cucurella had “pocketed” his international teammate.<\/p>\n

Flick eventually took Yamal off in the 80th minute, with the teenager appearing upset at being removed, but the Bar\u00e7a boss played down his reaction and challenged him to respond in coming weeks.<\/p>\n

“Lamine’s mood is good,” Flick said in a news conference ahead of Saturday’s LaLiga game at Spotify Camp Nou against Alav\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

“A lot of players, when we change them, they are not happy. I was also a player and maybe sometimes I did not show the right reaction, but it’s like that. It’s emotion.<\/p>\n

“For me, Cucurella is one of the best left-backs in the world. It’s not easy to play him, he’s very smart, very intelligent in the defence.<\/p>\n

“The next step now for Lamine is to show again it’s not about this match, forget it. Alav\u00e9s is now the important thing and he has to show his best performance, his best level.”<\/p>\n