Lamine Yamal opens up on his silent battle with Pubalgia

Lamine Yamal breaks his silence on the private battle with pubalgia that threatened his explosive rise at Barcelona.

Lamine Yamal has long been the face of Barcelona’s present and future, but the last few months have brought a different kind of spotlight: one that has revolved around pain, patience, and the quiet resilience of a teenager carrying the weight of a club.

Yamal has confirmed that he has been battling pubalgia, a groin‑related overuse injury that has dogged him for months and forced him to miss several matches for both Barcelona and Spain.

He admits that the condition left him far from his best, stripping away the sharpness and spontaneity that once defined his game and making every training session feel like walking a tightrope between performance and pain, as reported by Diario Sport.

At times, he could barely push himself to shoot or sprint freely, and medical experts even suggested he might have been playing at only around 50–70% of his physical capacity.

Despite the discomfort, Lamine Yamal chose to speak out against the narrative that he was “sad” or broken. He insists that, while he was clearly hurting, he never let despair define him, describing himself as focused, determined, and always working toward his best level.

The turning point came with a carefully managed rehabilitation process, including a targeted radiofrequency treatment under specialist guidance, which helped calm the inflammation and restore his mobility.

Since then, he has played almost every available minute for Barcelona, and his statistics—goals, assists, dribbles—have begun to reflect the full‑bodied football that many thought he had lost.

Now, Yamal says he is finally happy again on the pitch, smiling more, trusting his body, and enjoying the game in a way that felt out of reach not so long ago.