If we have to play without extremes, we will do it, but the idea is not going to change.” With hardly any voice and a serious face, Luis de la Fuente He assessed the situation generated after the match against Uruguay. Because the victory and the place as first in the group leave a tremendous toll in the injury section.
Of the extreme battle in which Uruguay turned the match, Spain comes out with two injured players for whom the World Cup is beginning to become a past with respect to their help to the team on the field: Yeremy Pino and Nico Williams. The canary, in the absence of confirmation, has a serious injury to his left clavicle. The Athletic winger left the locker room limping noticeably on his right leg and muttering “shit.”
Spain exuberant in the two bands that reigned in the Eurocup is now in an extreme situation. None of the four extremes you have brought Luis de la Fuente to the World Cup is in fullness. The healthiest is Lamine Yamal, who approached the World Cup as a process to gain rhythm as the days go by. He is not 100% and against Uruguay he spread panic in a play in which, after facing, he stopped. The memory of the injury he suffered against Celta in April reappeared for a few moments.
“I’ve had a shitty year,” said Nico Williams to MARCA before the match against Saudi Arabia. Waiting for the Navarrese was a question that De la Fuente was clear about. He told him when Nico, in the San Mamés locker room, was on the verge of tears after being injured against Valencia. In the third game of the World Cup and the third time he played, his muscles were damaged again. Sunken he was leaving Akron Stadium.
Nico Williams: “I’ve had a shit year”
The third player was Víctor Muñoz, He arrived with what was supposed to be an injury that was almost over and he has barely been able to train with the team. “There we go, I’m not there yet,” he explained as he left the Guadalajara stadium. A situation that worsens by losing Spain to the extent that it was in physical plenitude: Yeremy. Added to all this series of misfortunes was that the team, before giving the list, was left without another wide player who was strong and with serious chances of being a World Cup player: Ander Barrenetxea.
Uruguay 0-1 Spain World Cup Summary 2026
In the face of so much misfortune, the question is obvious. Now what? From the Source He has explained time and again that his team has very different resources. He’s going to have to use them. It is true that the team presents an excellent record of results when it has not been able to count on Lamine and Nico due to their injuries. Eight wins and two draws It is the balance without them since they met for the first time in September 2023, with 1-7 in Georgia.
Those options you talk about From the Source for the bands they start with Baena. The scorer against Uruguay has been the one most used by De la Fuente on the left wing due to Nico’s injuries. It is a clear example of what the coach calls different solutions.
The purest extreme profile that the selection has in the variants is that of Ferran. It is true that he 7 from Spain He has become a 9 more than the fast wide player who exploded in the elite. But now he is needed more in that powerful version of the past than in the present.
From there, From the Source can play cards Dani Olmo, Gavi and even Oyarzabal. He even has full-backs capable of playing as wingers or who grew up as such. (Marcos Llorente and Pedro Porro). It is evidence that there will be another Spain, less extreme. But that mark of 34 games without losing, just one away from the best streak in Spain’s history, has been built from many angles. It is not a good idea to ensure that without pure extremes this selection reduces its solidity and reliability.
