Spain, which will be in group E, will debut on November 23 against the winner of New Zealand-Costa Rica, then face Germany on November 27 and finish their group against Japan on December 1.
The raffle of world from Qatar 2022 was held in Doha with mixed luck for the 32 participating teams, among which Spain did not come out especially favored when crossing with Germany, Japan and the winner of the tie to be played in June between New Zealand and Costa Rica.
The gala was presented by the British actor Idris Elba | and the British sports journalist Reshmin Chowdhurywhile the draw was conducted by Jermaine Jenas, former soccer player Tottenham among others, Samantha Johnson, British television presenter, and Carli Lloyd, Two-time Women’s World Cup winner with United States. And among the ‘innocent’ hands that decided the configuration of the frame appeared coffee, Okocha, Matthaus, Ali Daei, Madjer, Tim Cahill, Milutinovic… Was Matthaus who matched Spain with Germany with a huge smile on his face. The first major event after the pandemic will be held between November 21, the day the opening match between Qatar and Ecuador will be held, and December 18, the date of the World Cup final.
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Spain will debut on November 23 against the winner of the New Zealand-Costa Rica match, then face Germany on November 27 and finish their group against Japan on December 1. Those of Luis Enrique will meet in case of passing the group against those classified in F, which are Belgium, Canada, Morocco and Croatia.
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The Spanish coach Luis Enrique Martinez, maintained his optimism despite the complicated group that has touched Spain: “My body has remained as it was before the draw. Being there is already a prize. we face Germany And I don’t know much about the rest. It is a power, but we are Spain, seventh in the ranking and we are going to conquer the world. Competing against us is very complicated and it will be difficult to beat us. Anyone can beat us and we can beat any team. It is time to enjoy and be optimistic”.
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Meanwhile, the goalkeeper and captain of Germany, Manuel Neuer, said after the draw that he has “recent bad memories of Spain“, rival of his team in the 2022 World Cup, alluding to the 6-0 he conceded in the League Of Nations, but he pointed out that this will not happen again. “I have negative memories of Spain, but I think that doesn’t happen to us twice,” Neuer told the channel. ARD of German public television. The goalkeeper of Bayern Munich he was also in goal for Germany in the semi-final of South Africa 2010 which Spain won 1-0 with a goal from Carles Puyol.
For his part, the German coach Hansi Flick, described the group as “interesting. It is not easy, not only for Spain. Japan It is a team that is always in the World Cups, it has players who play in the Bundesliga and in other European leagues and has quality. We actually wanted to play a friendly against them before world; which, obviously, will no longer be played”.