Luis Enrique will announce the list of La Roja for the Qatar World Cup this Friday at 12:30 pm
This Friday is the day. At 12.30 pm Luis Enrique closes the pools, the speculations and the doubts. The time has come to meet the footballers who will defend La Roja at the Qatar World Cup, that group of 26 lucky footballers who will embark on the path of dreaming of repeating what Spain achieved 12 years ago in South Africa on a historic night against the Netherlands. Costa Rica, Germany and Japan are the first three rivals to face Spain between November 23 and December 1, but the challenge, the desire, is to reach that final on the 18th and add the second star on the shield.
Tomorrow at noon, 55 football players will be glued to the television, the computer or the applications to follow Luis Enrique’s decision live. On October 28, the Spanish Football Federation (FEF) sent FIFA a pre-list of 55 players with a view to the Qatar World Cup and tomorrow is D-Day, where Luis Enrique will announce the names of the 26 chosen to go to Qatar. to travel. after excluding 29 of the players who made up his first team. There is even a possibility that Gijón’s coach will not rush the FIFA quota and leave the call at 25.
Three days after all the troops have been assembled, La Roja plays their only preparatory match against Jordan in Amman. Later, La Roja will establish its headquarters in the university of the Qatari capital and share it with Argentina. Spain, framed in Group E, will make their World Cup debut against Costa Rica on Wednesday, November 23. A catastrophe of biblical dimensions would have to take place for Spain not to advance to the knockout rounds, where another tournament would begin, with no safety net or second chances.
While the Asturian coach is very attached to last-minute tricks and some are expected in the roster, there is no doubt that Unai Simón will be in the final roster. He is the starting goalkeeper of Luis Enrique, who has blind faith in Alava. The one from Murgia has played 27 games with the senior team and has always been in the starting eleven under the Asturian umbrella. His balance is 14 wins, 10 draws and just three losses, against Sweden, France and Switzerland. As a novelty, it should be noted that in the goalkeeper section, in addition to the usual companions Robert Sánchez and David Raya, the ex-rojiblanco Kepa Arrizabalaga has returned after two years of silence. Starting again at Chelsea, he dreams of Qatar.
On defense, Iñigo Martínez is part of a roster of centre-backs that also includes Pau Torres, Aymeric Laporte, Éric García, Diego Llorente, Sergio Ramos and Hugo Guillamón, while Carvajal, Azpilicueta, Gayá and Jordi Alba appear to be on the wings. . . In the event of a surprise or injury, it is Balde who has the most votes to participate in the World Cup in Qatar.
In the middle of the field, Sergio Busquets, Rodrigo Hernández, Gavi, Pedri and Carlos Soler look set to the coach and all indications are that Marcos Llorente will also be in Qatar. It remains to be seen if Koke, who has not made a Simeone call-up since his injury, has a place. Among the surprises could be Real Sociedad players Mikel Merino and Brais Méndez.
In the attack there are more variants. Morata is tied and Borja Iglesias convinced the coach in his latest appearances, while Gerard Moreno is struggling after his injury. On the other hand, Dani Olmo has recovered in time, while Ferrán Torres appears to be in good shape to take the World Cup spot. The question remains of Pablo Sarabia, with little presence at PSG but always to the liking of Luis Enrique, and to see what happens to Nico Williams, Yéremy Pino and Ansu Fati.
Source: La Verdad
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