{"id":970,"date":"2026-03-27T11:58:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=970"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:58:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:58:51","slug":"we-are-already-playing-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=970","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;We are already playing the World Cup&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Spanish coach, <strong>Luis de la Fuente<\/strong> avoid the adjective <strong>&#8220;friendly&#8221;<\/strong> to face this Friday&#8217;s match against Serbia because, in the coach&#8217;s opinion, <strong>&#8220;We are already playing the World Cup&#8221;<\/strong>in what will be a &#8220;<strong>test&#8221; so that the less common<\/strong> can face a match of the highest demand where &#8220;we want to obtain good results.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Riojan has insisted that he has <strong>&#8220;four of the best goalkeepers in the world<\/strong>&#8221; y <strong>He has not revealed if Joan Garc\u00eda is going to have some minutes<\/strong>and has valued the words of Unai Sim\u00f3n where he stated that the FC Barcelona goalkeeper is the one who most closely resembles the level of Thibaut Courtois, something that honors him as captain of the team, De la Fuente added.<\/p>\n<p>The coach has once again explained that<strong> Rodrigo Hern\u00e1ndez and Mart\u00edn Zubimendi can play together <\/strong>&#8220;due to the ability of both and the style of the team&#8221;, but it is something that will be decided with the game plan of each match because other pieces such as Fabi\u00e1n, Dani Olmo and Pedri also have to fit in.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"q1\">\u201c<\/span>Let&#8217;s see the best Rodri<span class=\"q2\">\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Rodri is in one of the best moments after returning from his injury<\/strong>&#8220;, with a physique already well suited to competition and with greater maturity because these injuries make you stronger, and unfortunately his injury has made him grow as a player,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Gavi<\/strong>the coach has sent him a congratulatory message for his return to the playing fields after his injury, and will wait these two months to evaluate his performance at Bar\u00e7a in a<strong> &#8220;important and special&#8221; player<\/strong> for the Spanish team.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"q1\">\u201c<\/span>We will evaluate Gavi&#8217;s performance<span class=\"q2\">\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Already focused on the La Cer\u00e1mica match against Serbia <strong>generates &#8220;very intense excitement and motivation&#8221;<\/strong>&#8221; to face the most open World Cup in history, and hopes to offer the Villarreal crowd a good game against a team that has many players in the major European leagues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"section\">\n<h2 class=\"ladillo\">\u00c1lex Baena, on Valverde&#8217;s sanction: &#8220;I think the same as Atl\u00e9tico&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>The Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid player<strong> \u00c1lex Baena<\/strong> He believes that the priority is to prepare well for these two matches against Serbia and Egypt and then focus on his club, with which he fully agrees after having published the <strong>message &#8220;objective achieved&#8230;1 game for Valverde<\/strong>&#8221; 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