Barcelona coach Hansi Flick is optimistic Lamine Yamal will be fit to face Atlético Madrid in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinal at the Olympic Stadium on Tuesday.
Yamal came off in the final stages of Saturday’s 2-0 win at Las Palmas in LaLiga and later posted a photograph of his bloodied foot on social media.
The 17-year-old subsequently sat out training on Monday, but Flick is hopeful he will be ready to face Atlético.
“We have to wait [on Yamal],” he said in a news conference. “But I think positive on this, that he can play tomorrow, that’s also what the doctor said.”
The image posted by Yamal over the weekend was accompanied with the caption: “But it’s not a foul,” followed by laughing…
