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The national coach of Spain, Luis de la Fuente<\/strong>has announced rotations<\/strong> in the team that beat Serbia last Friday, but always with the guarantees of making a block that provides maximum performance against Egypt because ““We are committed to remaining in first place in the world ranking.”<\/strong><\/p>\n The coach has not revealed who will be the goalkeeper who starts the game and who will finish, and has added that, regarding the temptation of some Cornell\u00e0 fans to whistle at Joan Garc\u00eda<\/strong> to “leave the temptation at home because it is a historic event” to see the Spanish team in Barcelona and has opened up to evaluating the return of Eric Garc\u00eda to the team<\/strong> and? “I hope it generates many doubts in us”<\/strong> when making the final list for the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Whoever comes to whistle at Joan Garc\u00eda, should stay at home\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Riojan has reaffirmed his idea of face the game, not as a friendly<\/strong>but as part of the World Cup, and hopes that fans come to Cornell\u00e0 to experience a historic match with the hope of vibrating with a team that is “favorite for the World Cup as are Brazil, Germany, France and England.”<\/strong><\/p>\n With respect to Lamine Yamal, <\/strong>The coach has announced that he still has a lot of room for growth and that “we have not yet seen the best Lamine” adding that “every day he has more weight in the team” and always shows “that special touch” <\/strong>which makes him always be in the focus.<\/p>\n Regarding the clubs’ complaints, Luis de la Fuente focuses on the fact that the priority is the national team, understanding that a club fan has “his little heart”, but he has to think only about the national team and work to continue as a team because he has “care for 26 hearts equally.”<\/strong><\/p>\n “This is the window of the Spanish team,” he stated bluntly, and claimed “the same respect and empathy” for their work <\/strong>in the national team than what he shows himself with the clubs throughout the year.<\/p>\n “Today the clubs don’t interest me at all. I’m focused on my job, which is the national team. This window is for the selection and for us it is very important. Our World Cup has already started. We are focused on that. I respect the clubs every day of the year and I demand that they respect the national team.”<\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>I am optimistic about Mikel Merino and Nico Williams \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n About the injuries to Mikel Merino and Nico Williams<\/strong>the selector trust that you can count on them<\/strong> ahead of the World Cup event, although he acknowledges some doubts, especially in the case of the Arsenal midfielder because there is less information about the evolution of his injury.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Chelsea player Marc Cucurella<\/strong> has insisted on “making it difficult” for Luis de la Fuente for the World Cup list, has praised the figure of Mikel Oyarz\u00e1bal,<\/strong> both on and off the field, and he has shown himself proud to play in Barcelona after finishing, stating that he is not thinking about a “hypothetical call from Bar\u00e7a.”<\/p>\n Despite admitting that “more and more games are being played and the body and mind notice it”, Cucurella has stressed that Playing with Spain is “a privilege and pride”,<\/strong> and has insisted that all the players called up are “happy” and feel “privileged” because the level in national football is “very high.” <\/p>\n Cucurella, who already faced Egypt in the Tokyo Olympic Games, has predicted “a tough game” against “one of the best teams in Africa.”<\/strong><\/p>\n “We have to be very focused. We know that we are going to have possession and they will expect a counterattack. It won’t be easy. We will try to end the break with good feelings,” he analyzed. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The national coach of Spain, Luis de la Fuentehas announced rotations in the team that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
“I ask for respect from the clubs for the national team”<\/h2>\n
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Cucurella: “I’m not thinking about possible interest from Bar\u00e7a”<\/h2>\n