Spain go head-to-head with Morocco of their World Cup spherical of 16 tie on Tuesday afternoon.
“If anybody’s going to beat us on the World Cup,” Luis Enrique boasted on the eve of the match, “they’ll actually should be on their recreation.” Japan definitely proved to be an excessive amount of for Spain to deal with on Thursday, inflicting La Roja’s first defeat in regular time at a significant match because the final 16 of Euro 2016.
This is the XI Enrique might deploy to make sure Spain keep away from one other defeat.
GK: Unai Simon – Surrounded by associates that preserve him grounded, Simon returned from Spain’s run to the semi-finals of the European Championships in 2021 and was met with the real query: “So, how was your summer time?”
RB: Dani Carvajal – Inside six minutes of Carvajal’s half-time introduction, Spain had conceded twice against Japan. He’ll definitely be hoping for a greater private coincidence if he begins on Tuesday.
CB: Rodri – Spain are based mostly at Qatar College in the course of the match. These will probably be acquainted environment for Rodri who lived within the College of Castellon’s halls of residence throughout his first season as knowledgeable footballer.
CB: Aymeric Laporte – A participant who admits he is “not a soccer addict” is not slowed down by minor particulars. “Actually, once I play for Metropolis,” he stated not too long ago, “I don’t even know what time kick-off is.”
LB: Jordi Alba – La Liga‘s all-time main assist-maker amongst defenders has already created two objectives in Qatar.
CM: Pedri – Barcelona’s prodigious 20-year-old has accomplished extra passes into the ultimate third (44) at this World Cup than your complete Moroccan staff mixed (42).
CM: Sergio Busquets – Father Time appears to loom ever bigger for the 34-year-old however it could be a major shock if Enrique overlooks the veteran on Tuesday.
CM: Gavi – The 18-year-old is the youngest participant within the second-youngest Spain squad ever to go to a males’s World Cup finals.
RW: Ferran Torres – Final 12 months, Torres collaborated with Homme to launch a vegan deodorant with “a singular scent of birch tree”. Torres is quoted as saying (although it wreaks of PR babble – and birch): “Excessive efficiency, (identical to me).”
ST: Alvaro Morata – With a aim in every group recreation, Morata turned the primary Spaniard to attain in his first three appearances on the males’s World Cup because the legendary determine of Telmo Zarra in 1950.
LW: Dani Olmo – No participant whose nation made it into the knockout spherical failed with extra dribbles than the evidently not-so-tricky Olmo (13).
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