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MIGUEL ANGEL LARA
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There are only four now. The list of players who have been on all lists Luis de la Fuente, From March 2023 to the present, it has been reduced between injuries, decisions and retirements. But there are four footballers who have always appeared in the coach’s mouth during his time leading the national team. They are David Raya, Martín Zubimendi, Fabián Ruiz and Nico Williams.
That count remains at only three if the focus is on those who have experienced the concentrations since their start. Because the Athletic winger has fallen three times after appearing on the list and getting injured between the day the team called him and the day the job started in Las Rozas. The first was in Final Four from the last Nations League, when he was injured at the Bernabéu on the last day of the League. The other two were in October 2023 (matches against Scotland and Norway) and a month ago (Denmark and Serbia).
David Raya He is the only goalkeeper who can tell the entire process from within. It was one of the doubts when De la Fuente arrived at the national team, whether he would keep the goalkeepers of the premier recruited by Luis Enrique. He did it. David Raya and Robert Sánchez They were there and the Arsenal player has never been down. Now, Unai Simón’s injury has thrown him into the starting lineup and his response has been forceful.
The debutant goalkeeper of the Spanish team reviews his beginnings and his entire career until being called up by Luis Enrique
Carvajal’s injury
In defense there is no player left with the complete cycle. It was Carvajal, but the very serious injury he suffered last month, right between the list and the concentration, kept him away from the playing fields for many months.
Of the 22 defenders called by De la Fuente, a list in which the last to enter is Aitor ParedesCarvajal and Laporte are the ones with the most presences: nine out of ten. Aymericdue to a foot injury, was absent against Cyprus and Georgia a year ago.
The defender who now has the most consecutive appearances on the lists is Alejandro Grimaldo. The Bayer Leverkusen full-back, after a lot of trying, entered the national team’s plans in November 2023. He made his debut in Larnaca, in the 3-1 draw against Cyprus, and has been present on De la Fuente’s last six lists.
The Zubimendi era
The Donostiarra and Rodri They have been untouchable list to list for the pivot position. Last month that changed. As in the case of Carvajal, A tremendous knee injury took out boss of Manchester City from the national team for the first time since September 2018. Because Rodri He was on each and every one of the lists, without falling off any of them, from the stage Luis Enrique-Robert Moreno-Luis Enrique.
The two players, who had recently undergone surgery for their respective injuries, went to dinner with Le Normand with the rest of their teammates.
That fact speaks for itself about what it is. Rodri for selection. As it is a certainty that Zubimendi has shown that he has plenty of football and stripes to take charge of the ship. He did it in the second half of the Euro final and a month ago he taught two soccer classes, before Denmarkgoal included, and Serbia.
He hooks it from the front, touches it lightly with a defender and deflects it just enough so that Schmeichel does not rectify it well and it slips under his arm
In the center of the field the list of The four of De la Fuente. Fabian Ruiz He returned in March 2023, after the purge of Luis Enriqueand has been on every call since. Of that group of four, he is the one who has had the most prominence: 18 games out of 26, 16 as a starter, fourth in minutes (1,425, only one less than Morata) and five goals (third scorer, two of Morata’s 7).
Joselu falls
It’s on the first list of From the Source in which the now front of the Al-Gharafa qatari. In addition to his move to Asian football and a League whose competitive level is low, there has been an explosion of Samu in it Port. What was about to happen in October has happened now. The change represents the arrival to the national team of a very powerful type of striker with a goal-scoring success that fills the player with optimism. staff of the selection when looking to the future.
With that loss, the striker who now has the most continuity in the national team is the hero of Berlin, Mikel Oyarzabal. The Real striker has been in all the calls since October 2023.
In total, From the Source It has had 63 players throughout its calls. Of them, they have had 54 minutes. The most, Aymeric Laporte (1,755); the least, Sergi Gomez (only 1′).
