Spain going through damage battle forward of decisive qualifiers
Spain enters its decisive World Cup qualifiers in opposition to Greece and Sweden with out some key gamers due to accidents.
Nine gamers aren’t obtainable for coach Luis Enrique for the matches at Greece on Thursday and in opposition to Sweden on Sunday.
Spain enters its ultimate two matches in second place in Group B, two factors behind Sweden and 4 forward of third-place Greece. Only the group winners qualify for the following yr’s match in Qatar, whereas the second-place finishers must undergo a playoff.
Pedri González, Ferran Torres and Marcos Llorente, who helped lead Spain to the semifinals of the European Championship a couple of months in the past, are amongst those that couldn’t be known as up by Luis Enrique.
Also lacking from the Euro 2020 squad are Gerard Moreno, Mikel Oyarzabal and Eric García.
García was was harm whereas taking part in for Barcelona within the Spanish league, as was younger ahead Ansu Fati, who was returning to the nationwide crew after a protracted absence due to one other damage.
🇬🇷 ¡¡YA ESTAMOS AQUÍ!!
🛬 La expedición española aterriza en Grecia y ya va de camino a su lodge de concentración.#VamosEspaña #Catar2022 pic.twitter.com/0HZPkDLuwH
— Selección Española de Fútbol (@SeFutbol) November 9, 2021
Yeremi Pino was one other participant who bought injured and had to get replaced after being known as up.
The coach was in a position to get a couple of gamers again after they recovered from latest accidents, together with Pau Torres, José Luis Gayà, Jordi Alba, Álvaro Morata and Dani Olmo.
Two victories can be sufficient for Spain to complete first in its group and qualify for the World Cup with out relying on different outcomes.
A draw in opposition to Greece will assure at the least a second-place end within the group, which might ship Spain into the playoffs in opposition to the opposite 9 group runners-up and two group winners from the UEFA Nations League. The 12 nations can be drawn into three four-team brackets and play subsequent March. Seeded groups getting a house sport within the bracket semifinals.
🤷🏻♂️ No le da ninguna importancia. Él sigue dando indicaciones como si nada, pero escúchame… ¡¡MENUDO CONTROL, MÍSTER!!
😱 De locos lo de @LUISENRIQUE21 en el entrenamiento de hoy.
🤣 ¡¡Incluso se escucha alucinar a los jugadores de la @SeFutbol!!#VamosEspaña #Catar2022 pic.twitter.com/OIJyQXcf3r
— Selección Española de Fútbol (@SeFutbol) November 9, 2021
A win by Sweden at fourth-place Georgia on Thursday and a Spain draw in opposition to Greece will safe first place for the Swedes.
Spain has certified for each World Cup since 1978, profitable its lone title in 2010 in South Africa. It was eradicated by the host Russia within the final 16 of the 2018 World Cup.
“I can’t imagine a World Cup without Spain,” ahead Brahim Díaz stated. “We have two finals ahead of us and we have to win them.”
