Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has heeded his own advice and made several rotations for Sunday’s La Liga clash with Sevilla, most notably dropping Lamine Yamal to the bench while giving Xavi Espart his top-flight debut.
Yamal has only been a substitute in one league match this season. After taking pain-killing injections to start both games for Spain back in September, Yamal missed four successive club matches and was only considered fit enough for a half-hour cameo against Real Sociedad at the end of the month. Yamal duly created Robert Lewandowski’s winning goal.
