Lthe champion of Europe sets off. And he does so to defend the other crown he has in his possession, that of the Nations League. Spain makes its debut in the fourth edition of the Nations League with two difficult away matches: on September 5, against Serbia in Belgrade and four days later he will face Swiss in Geneva.
Serbian Federation match announcement.
This Friday, Luis de la Fuente will present the first list after choosing the 26 players who led Spain to a fourth European Championship title.
As expected, the basis of this new stage will be that of the champions. There will be breaks, especially for those who did the Euro-Games double, Baena and Fermn. Sancetwho fell in the final cut, knocks on the door again.
But there are areas, for one reason or another, where De la Fuente will have to start making decisions. For starters, the goalkeeper.
Luis de la Fuente: “We have to value this moment and enjoy it”
Unai out due to injury
Untouchable in the Spanish goal since November 2020, Unai Simon will be absent from the national team until the March window after the operation he underwent on his right wrist.
David Raya and Alex Remiro will be on a list in which a place is opening up for a third goalkeeper. With the goalkeepers in the League mostly occupied by foreigners, From the Source has seen how the goalkeeper who followed the attention last season, Alvaro Vallesis not playing in Las Palmas.
Robert Sanchez plays for the chaotic Chelsea, but that seems to be an option of the past. While waiting for Kepa to find a team and be able to return to the national team, the start of the season has put the player on the radar Diego Condethe Villarreal goalkeeper. And if it is for confidence and a safe bet, you have to look at Vitoria now Silverathe starting goalkeeper, ahead of Unai Simonat the U21 Euros that De la Fuente won in Italy in 2019.
Yeah Arnau Tenas was a starter…
Carvajal and…
The right back position is one in which the national team has had problems for some time. The starter does not leave any doubts, Dani Carvajal. But with the goodbye of Jess NavasFrom the Source faces the decision of finding a safe answer to who will be first or second captain on this list, depending on whether he enters Rodri or not. Marcos Llorente was in the pre-list for the Euro and played as a full-back. Pedro Porroat a very good level at the start of this season and playing in a four-man defense, was on the first list of From the Source and last March, but in both cases it was far from what was expected. Arnau Martinez He has recovered his place in Girona after the departure of Yan Couto and from Sevilla he is Juanlu who takes a look at the position that was Navas’s.
But the start of LaLiga has put a full-back who does everything and who was important for De la Fuente in the lower divisions in the foreground: Mingueza.
Rodri’s earrings
Sanctioned, as Marota, for the match in Belgrade for the Gibraltar casethe Spanish leader has not played against City in the first two rounds. Zubimendi made it clear in the Euro final that his level is at its highest. De la Fuente has counted on that position Aleix Garcianow at Bayer Leverkusen.
Zubimendi and the competition with Rodri: “He is the best in the world in his position”
Without Morata
Sanctioned for the first match, Morata He was injured just after making his debut with Milan. Joselu In Qatar (four full matches and still no goal), the team looks to the future in search of a goalscorer. Oyarzabalthe hero of Berlin, is untouchable for From the Source. And now for Morata? They are two dangerous rivals, especially at home, matches for hardened players. They fit that profile. Gerard Moreno, always paying attention to your muscle health, and Bladesalthough the Galician is playing behind the 9. Asensio It is an option to play with false 9.
In the future key the name of appears Abel Ruiz, a leading striker in the lower divisions for De la Fuente and back in our League.
In the background, the figure of Borja MayoralAn injury kept him out of the Euros. If he repeats last season’s performance, the doors to the national team will soon open for him.
