Lamine Yamal posted it on social media. His foot bleeding from a tackle that for the referee: "it's not a foul."
They say in Madrid that footballers must be protected. It must be those wearing white. With Lamine Yamal, the hunting season against him has opened, and he has already accumulated 64 fouls this season.
"It's Not a Foul, Keep Going, Keep Going..."
In most of them, nothing is called. Lamine reproached Cordero Vega, the referee of the Las Palmas-Barça match, for a stomp by Essugo in a double tackle he received.
Lamine himself reveals the referee's response: "It's not a foul, keep going, keep going..." At the end of the match, Lamine Yamal ended up with a bleeding foot from that stomp. Images like this are banned on Real Madrid TV, where they only show what interests them.
Lamine Yamal had to skip a training session as a result of that tackle. His presence against Atlético in the Cup, tomorrow, is doubtful, although Flick is confident he can recover him.
It's not a serious injury, just a wound. One of those wounds that aren't even a foul when the victim is a Barcelona player. Rivers of ink won't be spilled explaining it.
Javi Muñoz and Essugo tackled him at the same time, one forcing from one side and the other from the other. The action ended in a shove and stomp by both defenders. Cordero Vega preferred to look the other way.
Will Barça Have to Publish a Note to Get Attention?
Something similar happened against Leganés, and Lamine was out for several weeks due to a right ankle injury. Even then, the tackle didn't deserve the slightest punishment.
This season, Lamine Yamal has already received 64 fouls. 43 in LaLiga (1.95 per match), 14 in the Champions League, 6 in the Super Cup, and 1 in the Copa del Rey. It's the result of the referees' permissiveness that encourages defenders to go after him.
"It's not a foul." Will Barça also have to write a public note to assert themselves with the referees? Do they have to cry more, better, and louder to get attention?