The ankle injury to Lamine Yamal should be the only warning that Barcelona needs to avoid overusing their star winger. At the same time, we can’t ignore that the only two games Barcelona lost this season in La Liga were the ones without the 17-year-old prodigy.

Lamine Yamal has suffered another injury just before the upcoming FIFA international break, a period that will provide him with extra time to recover and return to action for FC Barcelona. Already, there are signs of the team’s growing reliance on the young star.