With the eleven that Luis de la Fuente put against Colombia It could be sensed that the Spanish coach gave more importance to the clash against Brazil, thus saving the starters for tonight’s event at the Santiago Bernabéu.
The Rioja coach has presented his most offensive eleven with Dani Olmo, Lamine Yamal, Nico Williams and Álvaro Morata in the attack line. Up to ten of Spain’s starting eleven did not start against Colombia. Aymeric Laporte only repeated of those who started the match at the London Olympics last Friday.
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And thanks to this, the goalkeeper Unai Simon He played his 38th game with the senior team on the Madrid stage, thus becoming the fourth player with the most international matches played as an Athletic Club player. superando Andoni Goikoetxea.
Ahead of Simón and Goikoetxea – who was international 39 times, although the last two as a player for Atlético de Madrid – three legends of the Bilbao club appear in that historical ranking, such as Joseba Etxeberria (53), José Ángel Iribar (49) and Julen Guerrero (41).
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At 26 years old, he made his debut for Spain on November 11, 2020. under the command of Luis Enrique in a friendly against the Netherlands played at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam. Since then, the Basque team’s goalkeeper played as a starter in both Euro 2020, which was played in 2021, and the Qatar World Cup in 2022 and the final phase of the Nations League that Luis de la Fuente’s team won last year. month of June.
Unai Simón’s mistake against Brazil
The Basque goalkeeper did not have his best night against Brazil and a mistake with his feet in an elaborate exit from Spain from behind allowed Real Madrid player Rodrygo to close the gap and make the score 2-1. Fortunately for the Spanish team, Unai recovered and made some very worthwhile interventions. It is worth remembering that, against Colombia, Luis de la Fuente gave the first half to David Raya and the second to Álex Remiro.
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Morata’s gesture with Rodri
Rodri Hernández has worn the captain’s armband in Spain-Brazil. A bracelet that was also special because it was the one for the fight against racism, with the colors of the two teams and the motto ‘One Skin’. And he has done it thanks to the gesture of affection that Álvaro Morata has had, who has given it to him after the midfielder had lost his grandfather in recent days.