Lamine Yamal He stays out of Barcelona’s premiere in the Champions League 2025/26. After not being last Sunday in the League against Valencia, today is also lost to Newcastle’s house and it is not known when he will return from his problems in the pubis, a problematic area because pain many times appears and disappear and that requires rest. «He is very young and we must be careful. I want to talk about the players who can play. We have a good template and there are people for the position. Rashford is in the team and can play very well as an extreme. I hope you demonstrate in England what you did on Sunday [ante el Valencia]», Says Flick.
The absence of the teenage star makes a hole in the titular attack on British signing, which is still in adaptation period. Against Valencia broke with its speed and gave an assistance. It was dangerous and had very balanced numbers, With three occasions created, two auctions, only three failed passes of 26 and four recovered balls. But he also saw some movement of those in which he leaves to one side and the ball for another. He still has to know Flick’s automatisms. “Speaking English is easy to connect with him,” says Christensen. «It is contributing quality and has entered well. It is increasingly familiar with the system. It has been very good for the team. We have a young group and he can relate to them, ”continues the Danish central.
Flick: “The first time I saw Rashford, I thought: ‘wow'”
The German coach opted for his signing trusting in recovering a player who lives in a roller coaster, who stood out too young and whose career has been extreme. “I always follow him, since his beginnings at Manchester United,” said Flick. «The first time I saw him I thought: ” wow, what a player. ” It has speed, one against one and definition. What I have seen in the first weeks has been very good, although it has some more potential to demonstrate. It is very good to have it on the team. He is an incredible, fantastic player, ”added the Barca coach.
A very popular debut with Van Gaal
The coach who made him debut in the elite unites Barcelona. Louis van Gaal He is remembered in the city of Condal for his anger by the press, for the leagues he won or for some disappointments in the Champions, except in 2000, when he reached the semifinals and fell against the Valencia of Héctor Cúper, which had taken the measure. The final would have been against Real Madrid. But his great legacy was Make Valdés, Puyol or Iniesta debut, part of the generation that would lead later, along with Messi, the best Barça in history. The Dutch technician It was also the one who gave the alternative to Rashford at Manchester United. The attacker was 18 years old and almost four months old, and in a Europa League match of the “Red Devils” Martial was injured in warming. Van Gaal did not hesitate to get the kid, to the talent of the quarry, which contributed a double in the comeback against the Midtjylland, which had won 2-1 in the first leg of the player (5-1 in the return). Three days later, Rashford played in the Premier against Arsenal … and achieved another double (won United 3-2).
The madness with him was total, but the charismatic coach tried to do not harm him. “I was fined every Thursday, but it was something that was out of my control,” Rashford recalled in an interview in Sky Sport. «He told me that I had to finish all the university’s work before going to train and that that was not negotiable. But I couldn’t be late for training. I only had 12 minutes to go from the university to train … », he adds. And it was late, of course, and put a fine. That same summer I would already play the Eurocup of 2016 with England, being at that time the youngest English to do it in history, ahead of Rooney and now surpassed by Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham.
In the four league days, Rashford has had minutes: In two he started, as today in the debut in the Champions.
Third visit from Barcelona to St. James’ Park
Apart from Rashford, Van Gaal has another union point in this tie. With the Dutch on the bench, Barça first played in St. James Parkin 1997, in a bad memory encounter for the Spaniards, as they lost 3-2. The protagonist was Asprilla with a triplet. They reduced distances Figo and Luis Enrique. In 2003, Barça de Antic did defeated the Newcastle of Robson (exazulgrana technician) 2-1, goals from Kluivert and Motta. Shearer marked for the English. All names that are in the minds of football fans. For Flick, which recovers from Jong, will be the premiere on that stage. “I have never played here but they have told me that the atmosphere is fantastic,” he says.
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