Spain already has eleven for the attempt to sew the second star to the national team’s shirt. As expected, the eleven is the same one that started the game to defeat Germany in the quarterfinals and, decisively, France in the semifinal in Dallas. The bet is maintained Fabian Ruiz in the center of the field and Pedri waiting on the bench.
With Pedro Porro and Lamine Yamal Having recovered from the problems with which they ended the game against France, De la Fuente does something that has never happened since he has been in charge of the national team: repeat the same team in three consecutive games. After introducing variations in each match from Cape Verde to Germany, the coach insists on the formula that has stuck and grown.
The defensive block (Unai Simón; Pedro Porro, Cubarsí, Laporte and Cucurella) They appear in the final with a superb job: only one goal conceded and very few chances conceded. Of the team that started against Cape Verde on June 15, only the right back has changed. It started Marcos Llorente and it ends Pedro Porro, one of the sensations of the World Cup.
Rodri is the midfielder who appears in every eleven in Spain. In that area, Dani Olmo He has taken over a position that was not his against Cape Verde, but in which he has reached an extraordinary level. In Atlanta, on June 15, they were headlines Pedri and Fabián. The PSG player fell from the eleven, but regained his place at the expense of the Canary Islands. The best stimulus of the World Cup remains on the bench: Mikel Merino.
And up front they repeat two of the starters against Cape Verde: Baena and Oyarzabal. And not all three do it because that day Lamine Yamal entered in an emergency to try to break the 0-0 in an accelerated plan after the injury he suffered in April against Celta. Álex Baena is another of the faces of Spain in this World Cup. AND Oyarzabal He is the team’s top scorer: five goals. In the same edition, only Butragueño (1986) and Villa (2010) reached that figure. The Guaje He is Spain’s top scorer in the World Cups with nine goals: three in 2016, five in 2010 and one in 2014.
