“Yamal? What hurts me are lies, lack of rigor and invention”

Luis de la Fuente, Spain's selector, was visibly disturbed by the questions about Lamine Yamal's absence from the game before Chéquia. Tech says the extreme is injured.

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12/11/2026
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Rodrigo Dear

O spain's national selector, Luis De La Fuente, completely crushed, on Wednesday, the insinuations that have been made about a supposed special treatment that would be given to Lamine Yamal, who will fail the game in the Czech Republic, for the League of Nations

 

The coach rejected any extreme favor and ensures that Lamine Yamal is counting on the problems of the right knee, felt following the game in service of Barcelona before the Atlético of Madrid on Sunday night, and that is why the game will fail on Czech soil.

“Speaking out of ignorance in life is the saddest and most regrettable. So I'm here to clarify and who I thought that's what you asked, to see if it's clear. I want to say that Lamine was in a process: he was injured in the last game, left with complaints on a knee, went to do the usual treatment, an resonance in Barcelona and saw that he had an inflammation and liquid in a knee”, he started by saying, being very clear in the event ", started by saying the technician.

“This indicated that he needed rest. Our medical department saw him, along with his – and we have a fantastic relationship – and I decided and preferred him to stay home, to avoid this trip and to come here to do the treatment without knowing if he would be available for Thursday's game. I preferred you to stay home, to train with the club and, if you are well on Thursday, to join us on Friday ", added.

Further ahead, and visibly disturbed, Luis de la Fuente was asked about whether the extreme would have privileges, resuming the issue.

“ I'm here to clear things up. That's what I mean by sophists, people who used false arguments to create a reality that had nothing to do with certainty. I'm here to clarify things on this subject and he has no special privilege. We'd have done this to any other player. This doesn't bother me, not even in the locker room. We're fantastically fine. We miss everyone who's not with us, but that's how football is, unfortunately, with the injuries. And we are here for the solutions”, said the coach

“There are things that people tell me and what hurts me the most are lies, lack of rigor, lack of truthfulness, invention. In view of that, I try to expose myself and maybe I said more things than I should have. But sometimes it's the only way people know, with data, what reality is. That's just it. But this is about football and life. I can’t stand people who try to cheat and lie,” he concluded.

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