{"id":60474,"date":"2025-10-24T20:33:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T00:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/yamal-ignites-the-clasico-criticism-of-real-madrid-before-the-match\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T20:33:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T00:33:26","slug":"yamal-ignites-the-clasico-criticism-of-real-madrid-before-the-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/yamal-ignites-the-clasico-criticism-of-real-madrid-before-the-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Yamal Ignites the Cl\u00e1sico: Criticism of Real Madrid Before the Match"},"content":{"rendered":"Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal has ignited the pre-match buzz for Sunday&#8217;s Cl\u00e1sico with statements that have generated controversy.\n\nThe young player stated that Real Madrid &#8220;steals and complains&#8221;.\n\nBarcelona will face Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u this weekend, in a match that will pit the top two teams in LaLiga against each other. Madrid leads the table with a two-point advantage after nine matchdays.\n\nBefore the match, Yamal participated in the Kings League YouTube channel, a competition led by former Bar\u00e7a defender Gerard Piqu\u00e9, who recently became president of his own team, La Capital.\n\n\u201cYes, they steal [referring to refereeing decisions]; they complain; they do things\u2026&#8221;, Yamal stated when asked if Porcinos, La Capital&#8217;s rival this weekend, are like Madrid.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>El Cl\u00e1sico could depend on Real Madrid&#8217;s Bellingham and Barcelona&#8217;s Pedri.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nYamal, 18 years old, has never hesitated to make bold comments about Madrid.\n\nLast season, after Bar\u00e7a&#8217;s victory in the Copa del Rey, Yamal stated that Madrid couldn&#8217;t &#8220;handle&#8221; Barcelona.\n\nAfter generating controversy with that comment, he added a few days later: &#8220;As long as I win, they can&#8217;t say anything; when they beat me, they can.&#8221;\n\nYamal scored three goals and provided two assists in four matches against Madrid last season, with Bar\u00e7a winning all four encounters: two in LaLiga, the Copa del Rey final, and the Spanish Super Cup.\n\nThis season, his performance has been affected by a groin problem, but he has still scored three goals and provided five assists in seven appearances for Bar\u00e7a.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal has ignited the pre-match buzz for Sunday&#8217;s Cl\u00e1sico with statements that have generated controversy. The young player stated that Real Madrid &#8220;steals and complains&#8221;. Barcelona will face Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u this weekend, in a match that will pit the top two teams in LaLiga against each other. Madrid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[929,158,1426,254],"class_list":{"0":"post-60474","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-soccer","7":"tag-classic","8":"tag-laliga","9":"tag-lamine-yamal","10":"tag-real-madrid"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}