Spain: Lamine Yamal completely set the national team on fire | OneFootball

Lamine Yamal

Since Lamine Yamal's comments about Real Madrid, tensions have been brewing in Spain. Within the national team, the stars are eager to have words with Barcelona’s teenage sensation.

While Dani Carvajal didn’t hesitate to tease his national teammate at the end of last Sunday’s Clasico, the Lamine Yamal controversy is making waves across Spain. The captain had planned to have a quick chat with Euro 2024’s breakout youngster. The two are set to reunite with Spain in just two weeks for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, first traveling to Georgia (November 15) and then facing Turkey (November 18). However, that much-anticipated reunion will now have to wait.

Indeed, Carvajal is set to undergo arthroscopic surgery and will be sidelined for two to three months. At the very least, this should ensure a less heated national team gathering than recent reports had suggested. Following their altercation, both players decided to unfollow each other on Instagram. According to La Cadena Ser, the Spanish federation remains optimistic and is not overly concerned about the incident’s potential impact on the national team’s dressing room.

According to Cope, several senior players believe it’s necessary to talk to Lamine Yamal about everything that transpired in the days leading up to the Clasico, and the hours that followed. Nobody in Luis De La Fuente’s squad wants this episode to disrupt the team’s atmosphere—especially in a World Cup year, with La Roja considered among the favorites for the title.