Two of the three Athletic players present at the World Cup in Qatar made their debut yesterday with the Spanish team. The third party in question, barring a last minute technical or unforeseen decision, will do so now in Ghana. Unai Simón, Nico and Iñaki Williams began to play a leading role in this prestigious championship.
Luis Enrique, as has been the case for some time now, has chosen Unai Simón to train under the sticks with the Reds. The Athletic goalkeeper was virtually idle throughout this match against Costa Rica which ended in a 7-0 win over Spain. The rojiblanco goalkeeper’s job this time consists of being focused on the game and almost always intervenes to pass the ball to a teammate. Laporte, another footballer with the ‘made in Lezama’ brand, also completed the 90 minutes of regulation time with more than ten extensions ordered by the referee.
Nico Williams had to wait until the 69th minute of the clash to get into the action. The rojiblanco winger replaced Marcos Asensio and thus became the youngest player in Athletic history to make his World Cup debut. The youngest of Williams picked up the baton left by Julen Guerrero when he debuted at the age of 20 years, 4 months and 11 days.
The Portuguese player, for his part, participated for the first time in the US World Cup when he started against South Korea, under the command of Clemente and with Luis Enrique, the current Spanish coach, as a teammate, in the age which is 20 , 5 months and 10 days. The rojiblanco winger, on the other hand, is the twenty-sixth Athletic footballer to be present at a World Cup. Unai Simón, who started from the start against Costa Rica, is twenty-fifth and his brother Iñaki will be twenty-seventh from today if he has minutes against Portugal.
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Nico Williams didn’t have much time to expand the grass. Luis Enrique told him to stay close to the right wing and despite joining the game in the 69th minute, with the score in La Roja’s 4-0 favour, he didn’t touch his first ball until around the 77th minute. of two minutes, yes , He made a brand of house that ran on the right wing, which did not find a finisher.
Ten minutes in, however, he tried his luck again in front of his full-back, managed to get past him and put the ball into the center of the area which Carlos Soler, now the PSG player who played, made it 6-0. for Valencia last season. The Athletic footballer joined the chapter of protagonists in the historic Spanish victory.
Now it’s his brother Iñaki’s turn. Ghana made its World Cup debut in Qatar against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal. The Athletic striker was well received when he landed in the aforementioned African team.
The ‘Black Stars’ form the youngest team of 32 taking part in the World Cup with an average age of 24.7 years. The USA is second on this list with 25.5 followed by Ecuador and Spain with 25.6.
Source: La Verdad
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