The most awaited day arrived Luis Enrique unveiled its 26-player roster for the World Cup in Qatar, which opens on November 20. Ansu Fati, the last name that the technician mentioned in his speech, is the most outstanding note of a list without great surprises, in which the Valencian player Hugo Guillamón also slipped. The list has seven azulgranas (Alba, Eric García, Busquets, Pedri, Gavi, Ferran Torres and Ansu Fati) and two Madridistas (Carvajal and Marco Asensio).
The azulgrana team will once again be the base of the team, with a starting core that could be from Barça (Busquets, Gavi, Pedri). Bucketwhich had entered the last speculations, is finally left out, just like Mark Alonso. Ansu Fati arrived on time.
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The full list is as follows: Goalkeepers: Unai Simón, Robert Sánchez and David Raya.
defenses: Carvajal, Azpilicueta, Eric García, Hugo Guillamón, Pau Torres, Laporte, Jordi Alba and Gayá.
Midfielders: Busquets, Rodri, Gavi, Carlos Soler, Marcos Llorente, Pedri and Koke.
strikers: Ferran Torres, Nico Williams, Yeremi Pino, Morata, Marco Asensio, Sarabia, Dani Olmo and Ansu Fati.
“Bad List”
“I have a macanuda list,” proclaimed Luis Enrique. Iñigo Martínez, Gerard Moreno, Aspas, Canales, Borja Iglesias or Sergio Ramos are some notable absences. “If it is the best selection or not, time will tell. It is my selection and that of my staff. We are not going to die of fear I can guarantee it”, added the technician, who had a memory for Oyarzabal.
“I had doubts until the last second with Ansu, but the illusion we have in recovering his best level has influenced”
Luis Enrique / Spain Coach
Lucho also explained the final choice of Ansu Fati, one of the unknowns on the list taken to the limit. “We know him very well because we trust him even before others. His level of football is unquestionable. I have doubted until the last second, but the illusion we have in recovering Ansu’s best level has influenced. In his team he has not become a regular starter, it will be a great encouragement for him to return to a place where he deserves to be.”
The coach also praised the figure of Busquets, who will play his fourth World Cup. “I don’t see in the global picture no pivot better than Busi to play how we want to play” highlighted Luis Enrique, who praised the mix of youth and veteran on his roster and did not value the dispute of the tournament in a controversial country like Qatar. “I have no problem playing there. Me I am a coach, I am not a politicianI have no decision-making power. I would love for the quality of life Of all the people I was the best possible, but I focus on football, the other is not my job”.
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The team will meet next Monday and on Thursday they will play a friendly against Jordan. At the World Cup it will debut with Costa Rica on November 23, they will play the second duel against Germany on the 27th and will finish the group stage against Japan on December 1. On this occasion, Luis Enrique has exhausted the quota of 26 players, not like in the European Championshipwhen he called up 24. In the World Cup you don’t have to discard before the matches and all the players can sit on the bench, which was not possible in the continental tournament.
Finally, according to FIFA regulations, national teams can substitute players who cannot compete due to a serious injury or illness up to 24 hours before their first World Cup match. Substitutes do not necessarily have to be included in the provisional list.