Champions League
Yamal left the match to go to the toilet, never returned and was replaced by Xavi
Lamin Yamal left the pitch midway through the game and never returned… and Xavi had to replace him as Barcelona struggled with an underplayer for ten minutes.
Barcelona were dismal against Porto, but Ferran Torres’ goal and penalty, as well as the Portuguese’s goal, which was disallowed after reviewing the stage, gave the Catalans a 1-0 win in “Dragão” for the 2nd matchday of the 8th group of the Champions League.
However, the star of the game was Lamin Yamal, who left the pitch in the 71st minute of the game to go to the toilet, from which he never returned… and Xavi had to make a substitution as the Catalans were with ten players had to fight for almost ten minutes.
According to his trainer, Yamal was sick: “Lamin Yamal was sick. He told me that for a long time. I took advantage of a break to tell him to go to the bathroom quickly, but in the end they told me he couldn’t go back on the field.”
Source: Sport 24
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