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Lamine Yamal helped Barcelona win La Liga last season Winger Lamine Yamal is not part of Barcelona's squad for their Champions League match at Newcastle United on Thursday. The 18-year-old missed his side's win against Valencia on Sunday with a groin issue after Barcelona manager Hansi Flick criticised the amount of time Yamal played for Spain during the international break. Yamal played for his country for 79 minutes of a 3-0 win in Bulgaria on 4 September and 73 minutes of a 6-0 victory in Turkey three days later. Barcelona beat Valencia 6-0 without him and have not selected the forward in their squad for their first game of this season's Champions League at St James' Park. Spain left-back Alejandro Balde (hamstring) and Spain midfielder Gavi (knee) are also absent. Netherlands midfielder Frenkie de Jong also missed the Valencia game following international duty but is available for the Newcastle match. Barcelona won La Liga last season and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League before losing to Inter Milan. Listen to the latest Football Daily podcast Mourinho close to succeeding Lage at Benfica Hatton was excited for the future, say family World Athletics: British trio in women's 200m heats Revealing the secrets of our species The photo that exposed a scandalous fake injury The gang who stole over £50 million from taxpayers Ian Wright remembers an inspirational teacher An Arsenal win made from the bench - and inspired by rugby union Lawyers, losses and lie detectors - inside Mudryk doping case How a Brit is trying to crack 'hardest position in sport' Who will win Champions League? BBC Sport experts make predictions Vegas nights with 'Rocky' Hatton's Mancunian army Cramp cocktails and apps - how rugby tracks 'fifth vital sign' Back yard to brilliant - the making of Duplantis, and how high can he go? 'What a legend! ' Duplantis clears 6. 30m to break world record. Video'What a legend! ' Duplantis clears 6. 30m to break world record 'Have you ever seen anything like that? ' Simbu wins marathon by 0. 03 seconds. Video'Have you ever seen anything like that? ' Simbu wins marathon by 0. 03 seconds Quality not there - Scholes criticises Man Utd policy 'There is, and always will be, only one Ricky Hatton' Where the Manchester derby was won and lost - tactical analysis 'Hull overcomes internal noise as Donald turns up volume for Ryder Cup' The World Cup final four - and how England can beat their rivals The world of boxing remembers legend Hatton. Video The world of boxing remembers legend Hatton Seville storms to 100m gold as Bolt cheers him on. Video Seville storms to 100m gold as Bolt cheers him on 'Forget Fergie time - now it's Arne Time' 'Crawford conquers Canelo to become the face of boxing' 'I can't change people's opinions of me' - Fernandes in his own words Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.