2023-11-18 20:14:30
The Spanish selection This Sunday it closes its journey in the qualifying group for Euro 2024. La Roja faces Georgia at the Nuevo Zorrilla in Valladolid with still a sporting objective to achieve, but above all with the intention of enjoying a packed stadium and avoid injuries after Mikel Oyarzabal’s KO.
Spain needs just one point to finish as leader of Group A and, in addition, being seeded in the draw on December 2 in Hamburg. An objective that cannot be underestimated since this would avoid teams such as the host Germany, the world runner-up France or Portugal.
This goal is very within reach of a selection that beat the Georgians 1-7 in Tbilisishowing enormous superiority. Napoli star Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is the main threat of a team that no longer plays at all after being mathematically eliminated. Spain and Scotland are the two teams in the group that achieved the direct ticket for Germany.
Renewed lineup
Luis de la Fuente will bet on rotations. The coach does not want to take any type of risk with the physique of his players. After Oyarzabal fell in Cyprus, the Riojan will be even more careful and could make up to ten changes regarding the lineup that played on Thursday in Limassol.
Le Normad may be the only footballer to repeatonly played 45 minutes in Cyprus, although the change could be to the eleven players if the one chosen for the central axis on the right is Osasunista David García. The one who will have his opportunity after eight months without playing for the national team is Iñigo Martínez, on the left flank.
Gayà was the only doubt, but this Saturday he trained normally with his teammates and everything indicates that he will come out in the eleven. If the Valencian player finally had bad feelings, Grimaldo is prepared to occupy the lane, where he already stood out against Cyprus with a goal assist.
Until the Lamine case
For its part, Lamine Yamal aims to be a substitute at the start, but will have minutes during the match. De la Fuente will comply with the procedure for the Barcelona player to play his fourth game with Spain and thus never being claimed by Morocco againaccording to the FIFA regulations renewed after the ‘Munir case’.
Anyway, Lamine is enjoying himself like the child he still is, at only 16 years old, with his teammates from La Roja and it seems impossible that he would want to change his team. The Barça footballer is very integrated and, on a sporting level, He has scored two goals in three games showing that he is already a reference for the team and He has a fixed place at this point for the 2024 Euro Cup.
Another notable novelty would come in the event that Gavi will not dispute a single minute. The Barcelona player has participated in the 26 matches that the team has played since his debut with Luis Enrique in the UEFA Nations League two years ago. Against Georgia it seems that he will rest and De la Fuente must decide whether to allow him to extend his streak of matches.
Spain will no longer play in 2023 and his next commitment will be in March 2024. La Roja will face Brazil at the Santiago Bernabéu in a party framed in the fight against racism. The Federation is negotiating to play another friendly in this window, in which The 12 teams that compete in the ‘play off’ play for the three remaining places for the Euro Cup.
repechage
The competition system has changed for this tournament andThe teams that will play the play-offs will be determined by their positions in the UEFA Nations League. For this reason, Lewandowski’s Poland, for example, still has a chance of entering the Euro Cup, despite being mathematically eliminated in her group.
The Euro 2024 will start on June 14 in Munich and will close just one month later, on June 14, with the grand final to be held in Berlin. Spain has regained credit with Luis de la Fuente and is uone of the candidates to fight for a trophy which he has conquered three times.
Possible alignments
Spain: Unai Simón, Carvajal, Le Normand, Iñigo Martínez, Gayà, Rodri, Fabián, Sancet, Ferran Torres, Morata and Nico Williams
Georgia: Mamardashvili; Shengelia, Luka Lochoshvili, Kashia, Kvirkvelia, Kakabadze, Kvaratskhelia, Kochorashvili, Kvekverskiri, Giorgi Chakvetadze y Mikautadze.
Referee: Ovidiu Hategan (Romania)
Estadio: New Zorrilla
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