Lamine Yamal\u2019s World Cup participation with Spain was thrown into doubt by the hamstring injury he suffered while scoring a game-winning penalty.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 23 Apr 2026<\/span>23 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Spanish international Lamine Yamal is expected to be fit for this summer\u2019s World Cup, but his domestic season is over due to injury, his club Barcelona confirm.<\/p>\n The 18-year-old left the field injured on Wednesday after scoring the only goal of the game from the penalty spot against Celta Vigo in La Liga, raising concerns about his availability for the World Cup 2026.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n Barcelona\u2019s medical team diagnosed a hamstring injury, which they revealed on Thursday.<\/p>\n \u201cThe tests carried out have confirmed that first-team player \u2060Lamine Yamal has a \u2060hamstring injury in his left leg (biceps femoris muscle),\u201d Barcelona posted in a statement on X.<\/p>\n \u201cThe player will follow \u2060a conservative treatment plan. Lamine Yamal will \u2060miss the remainder of \u2060the season, and he is expected to be available for the World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n Spain will kick \u200coff their World Cup campaign, which is set to be Yamal\u2019s debut at the tournament, with a Group H game against \u200cCape \u200cVerde on June 15 in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/p>\n Barcelona lead Real Madrid by nine points in the Spanish top flight, but the pair face each other in a Clasico after two more rounds at Camp Nou on May 10.<\/p>\n There are a total of six games remaining to be played in the La Liga season with Real Madrid travelling to Real Betis on Friday and Barcelona playing at Getafe on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Lamine Yamal\u2019s World Cup participation with Spain was thrown into doubt by the hamstring injury he suffered while scoring a game-winning penalty. Published On 23 Apr 202623 Apr 2026 Spanish international Lamine Yamal is expected to be fit for this summer\u2019s World Cup, but his domestic season is over due to injury, his club Barcelona […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/PXL_20210627_155635971-1-1696493612.jpg?resize=96%2C96&quality=80)
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