Lamine Yamal

A Spanish association representing people with achondroplasia accused a private party organised for Yamal's 18th birthday of hiring people of short stature as entertainment, a practice it considered degrading and contrary to Spanish law on the dignity of disabled people.

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Documented

His goal celebration mimicking a coronation, shortly after inheriting Barcelona's number 10 shirt, was interpreted by some commentators as a premature assertion of status or ego.

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Reported by the press

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Directly implicated

After playing for Spain, Yamal returned to Barcelona with pubic pain. Flick accused the national team of playing him despite the pain and while he was taking painkillers; the player subsequently missed matches and was withdrawn from another call-up.

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Documented

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Institutional responsibility

The RFEF publicly expressed its 'surprise and discomfort' on learning that Yamal had undergone an invasive radiofrequency procedure for pubic pain on the day of the national team gathering without prior notice to its medical staff, before releasing him from the squad.

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After scoring in Barcelona's victory at the Santiago Bernabéu, Yamal was targeted by racist and xenophobic insults reported in the stands and on social media.

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Documented

At 16, Yamal accepted his first call-up for Spain although he was also eligible to represent Morocco. A controversy subsequently arose from an article claiming that Morocco had offered him money to change national teams.

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Directly implicated