Felk accuses Spain of forcing Lamine Jamal to play despite his injury

The German coach Hanzi Felk accused the Spanish national football team of forcing his young star Lamine Jamal to play, despite his pubic injury and his absence from Sunday’s match in La Liga against Valencia.

“It will not be a loyal present, and this is very unfortunate,” Felk said on Saturday at a press conference about the 18 -year -old absent from Blajrana exercises. He joined the national team despite the pain, did not train, eating analgesics to be able to play. ”

“In every match (against Bulgaria and Turkey) they were advancing by at least three goals, but he played 79 and 73 minutes in a row,” Felk continued. He did not train between the matches.

In what the former coach of the German national team revealed that he spoke briefly with Spanish coach Luis de la Fuente through text messages, he called for a better “communication” between clubs and national teams, to avoid this type of injuries, “Perhaps my Spanish is not good, perhaps his English. Communication .. may be better. ”

The Spanish champion, who did not reveal the reason for the injury of Jamal, announced the latter’s absence from group exercises, explaining that the difficult player will be absent from facing Valencia and hovering doubt about the Newcastle United trip, Thursday in the Champions League.

Felk confirmed the absence of Dutch midfielder Fernky de Young from facing Valencia, but his midfielder Mark Bernal is ready to return to the Catalan squad, since he suffered a severe knee injury nine months ago.

Barcelona is playing the match with Johan Cruyff Stadium, which can accommodate only six thousand spectators, because its giant stadium is ready Camp Nou (105,000 spectators), which is subject to renewal.