
Barcelona prodigy Lamine Yamal played down the significance of Hansi Flick calling out “egos” after failing to beat Rayo Vallecano in the team’s last La Liga match.
It was the first setback of 2025–26 after back-to-back wins against Mallorca and Levante. Flick reacted to the result by warning that egos “kill success”, pointing to last season’s historic domestic treble being underpinned by working as a collective.