Lamine Yamal fit to start on bench for Spain vs Cape Verde at World Cup

‌Victor Munoz is besides acceptable to play, arsenic manager Luis de la Fuente says helium has nary concerns implicit his players’ fitness.

Spain winger Lamine Yamal is acceptable and acceptable to travel disconnected the seat successful his side’s opening World Cup game, but manager Luis de la Fuente says that his instauration volition beryllium connected however the Group H lucifer with Cape Verde progresses.

“The bully quality is that Lamine is precise fit,” de la Fuente told reporters connected Sunday.

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Yamal has not played since April, with the 18-year-old struggling with groin issues and a hamstring injury. He missed Spain’s recent friendlies, but his manager has nary concerns implicit his fitness. The concern is the aforesaid for Nico Williams and Victor Munoz.

“He’s pursuing the acceptable process, and he’s successful bully shape. He’s grooming precise well, conscionable similar his different colleagues who had immoderate benignant of injury,” de la Fuente said.

“They’re each available, but they won’t beryllium capable to play from the commencement of the match. We’ll person to hold and spot however the crippled progresses, and past we’ll marque a determination connected however they tin lend to the team.

“It’s a substance of logic, of however the crippled is evolving, the crippled situation.”

(Al Jazeera)

Spain commencement arsenic favourites

Spain, the European champions and World Cup winners successful 2010, spell into the tourney arsenic 1 of the beardown favourites to assistance the trophy, but de la Fuente volition not beryllium taking Cape Verde for granted successful their World Cup debut.

“If you haven’t watched them play yet, you’ll spot tomorrow,” helium said.

“Tactically, they are a precise well-structured team, and they make those tactical concepts precise well. Their players are precise almighty from a carnal constituent of view. They’re precise fast, and they knocked retired Cameroon.

“They mightiness beryllium 1 of the teams springing a astonishment successful this World Cup, and the lucifer time volition necessitate america to execute to our best, and it volition beryllium a conflict for sure, adjacent if we win. The public, everyone, volition observe time what they tin do.”

Saudi Arabia and Uruguay are the different teams successful the group. They conscionable successful Miami connected Monday.