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"Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal on Monday assured that even if the team is eliminated from the UEFA Champions League, it won’t be without a fight. “We promise that if we are eliminated, we will be fighting until the end. We won’t leave a single minute without pressing, without running,” Yamal told the press. Footage shows Barca holding its final training session in Barcelona on Monday ahead of the team’s decisive second-leg match against Atletico Madrid in the quarter-finals trailing behind 2-0 from their first encounter. “We will give everything for this badge,” he said, adding “A comeback is very possible, and that’s why we are here.” This comes amid reports of the Barcelona winger suffering from a persistent, chronic groin injury, ‘pubalgia’. Yamal sounded confident as his goals steered Barcelona to a 4-1 victory against Espanyol on Saturday. “At the start of the season, my level was questioned a lot, with the pubalgia and everything. I wanted moments like these to arrive because I think this is when real players step up,” he said. On a lighter note, he hoped for a ‘favour’ from Atletico Madrid’s Diego Simeone by putting him one-on-one against the team’s defence. “I hope I can make a difference. Let’s see if Cholo does me a 'favour' and puts me one-on-one against a defender,” he added jokingly. Barca coach Hansi Flick said he would like to see the team win the crucial Champions League quarter-final away leg. “I would like to win it. So this is what we want to do tomorrow. Everything is about this - believing in it and being 100% focused on this game,” Flick added. Atletico Madrid and FC Barcelona will lock horns on Tuesday at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano at 21:00 CET."
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