Lamine Yamal undergoes intensive treatment program to catch up with England clash

Spanish star Lamine Yamal continues an intensive rehabilitation program to overcome knee pain, hoping to regain fitness in time for his national team's upcoming clash against England, without receiving any special privileges or additional rest period.

FC Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal will miss the Spain national team's camp during the current international break, but he is following an initial plan that involves joining his teammates on Friday. This is in preparation for his training under coach Luis de la Fuente ahead of the match against England, scheduled for Sunday at the Metropolitano Stadium.

The 19-year-old player is undergoing a training and rehabilitation program at the FC Barcelona sports city facilities, under the supervision of the medical and physical staff of the club and the national team, in an attempt to accelerate his recovery while avoiding any risks that could exacerbate his condition.

De la Fuente had revealed, during the press conference prior to the match against the Czech Republic, the reasons for keeping Yamal at FC Barcelona, explaining that the decision was made to avoid exhausting him with travel and to give him the opportunity to continue his treatment and training with his club.

Spain coach said: "Lamine is suffering from inflammation in the knee. The medical staff examined him, and I decided to keep him at home and train with his club to avoid having to travel."

He also emphasized that Yamal did not receive any special treatment, confirming: "He did not receive any special privileges, and we would have made the same decision with any other player."

Lamine Yamal aims to catch up with the matches against England and Villarreal.

Despite the inflammation the player is suffering from not being classified as serious, both FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team's medical staff are inclined not to rush his return, adhering to a recovery plan to avoid exacerbating the injury.

Yamal hopes to travel to Madrid on Friday to join the national team camp in accordance with the schedule, ready to participate against England, while also targeting to catch up with the match against Villarreal in LaLiga.

More than 1600 minutes of caution regarding Lamine Yamal's condition.

FC Barcelona is handling the situation of young star Lamine Yamal with caution due to his significant physical effort this season, having participated in 20 matches across all competitions, including 16 matches with Barcelona and 4 appearances for the Spanish national team.

Lamine Yamal has played all these matches as a starter, completing 13 of them until the final whistle, with a total playing time exceeding 1600 minutes. This reinforces the medical and coaching staff's approach to avoid taking risks with him during the international break.

The player's main goal is to regain full physical fitness to continue delivering impressive performances and maintain his place in the plans of Hans Flick with FC Barcelona and Luis de la Fuente with the Spanish national team.