Lamine Yamal injured and ruled out of Spain's match against Czechia

Lamine Yamal will miss Spain's Nations League match against Czechia on Thursday because of a knee injury.

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) confirmed on Monday that the young star, who took a knock in Barcelona's 2-1 win over Atlético Madrid, will not be part of the squad.

Yamal played the full 90 minutes as Hansi Flick's side came from behind to win and stretch their lead at the top of LaLiga to three points, providing the assist for Fermín López's second goal and creating seven chances in total. He became the first Barcelona player to reach that figure in a LaLiga match against Atlético Madrid since Xavi under Pep Guardiola in October 2008.

Yamal has made an outstanding start to the season, with 25 direct goal contributions (13 goals, 12 assists) in 16 matches across all competitions, the most in Europe's top five leagues. Only Michael Olise (61) and Pascal Gross (57) have created more than his 54 chances, while Yamal leads the leagues with 118 attempted dribbles and 65 successful ones. The Spain international is also one of only two players, alongside Harry Kane (10 goals, 11 assists), to have reached double figures for both goals and assists this season.

In its statement, the RFEF said Yamal, David Raya and Mikel Oyarzabal were expected to join up with the squad for training this week, while head coach Luis de la Fuente subsequently called up Liverpool's Víctor Muñoz.

Spain, who won all of their first four matches in Nations League Group A3, had already secured a place in the quarter-finals. La Roja will finish top of the group if they avoid defeat against England on Sunday or if England fail to beat Croatia on Thursday.