Former Barcelona president defends star and claims Carvajal is ‘finished’ as a player

Former Barcelona president Joan Gaspart has jumped to the defense of Lamin Yamal and outed Real Madrid captain Dani Carvajal after their shock performance in El Clasico.

Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham scored either side of Ferman Lopez’s strike Barcelona to give Real Madrid Bragging rights over their arch-rivals during Sunday’s 2-1 win.

Real Madrid moved five points clear of Barcelona in the La Liga table dominated by Yamal’s comments that Los Blancos “steal and complain”.

Both Carvajal and Venous Jnr were the target of talking points towards Yamal after the match with Bellingham taking a dig at the Spain international on social media, writing: ‘Talk is cheap’.

Defending the Barcelona youngster in an impassioned rant at La Posen, the former Catalan giants president said: “Who is Carvajal? He was a great player, but now he’s gone. Why should Lamin call if his statements were not even directed?”

According to Gaspart, he added: “They have faced high expectations because of Yamal’s early progress at Barcelona: “They have made the mistake of declaring him the best in the world too soon. He could be, but he’s not there yet. “

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Former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes it was “a bit of men against boys in some departments” as Barcelona struggled to cope with Real Madrid.

Wenger said Bean Sports: “Zebi Alonso balanced his team today and overall I’d say it was a bit man against the boys in some departments.

“For example, Real Madrid’s defense was much stronger than Barcelona’s. Up front, Madrid always looked like they could score another goal and Barcelona didn’t look forward with no Robert Lewandowski and no Rafa.

“Barcelona had a lot of the ball in the second half when Mbappe missed a penalty but they never really looked like scoring a goal.

“The defensive balance of Real Madrid today, I give credit to Xabi Alonso for doing it very well.”

Wenger added: “You try to focus on rebalancing your team and re-motivating them, aiming to do better than the year before.

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“But when we talk about the Barcelona case, I felt like they lost Inigo Martinez at the back who was one of the experienced players.

“Today, you can see that MBP’s goal defense lacks maturity and experience.”

On Barcelona, ​​Wenger continued: “Barcelona’s performance in the decisive moments today lacked maturity. When you want big games, it’s about dealing with the important moments of the game.

“What did Mbappe do? He went into the game today thinking, ‘I’m just going to make runs in behind the central defenders and I’m going to score at some stage’, and he told his midfielders to look at him whenever they have the ball.

“Jud Bellingham’s pass was outstanding and Barcelona didn’t have players like that today to make that kind of difference.

“At the end of the day, you go home and that class, that special class, wins you the game: vision and decisive runs.”

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