The coach prevented him from training at a strong pace on Friday, with the substitutes, as the player wanted
His physical parameters were impeccable and the injury came from a fortuitous action, not from forcing the machine.
Luis de la Fuente’s motto since he joined the national team is to prioritize health of the players rather than exposing them. The clearest example came in this call-up, when he did not call up Pedri, despite being discharged, having played with FC Barcelona and wanting to be with La Roja, so that he could continue strengthening his physique in Barcelona. A line that maintains with everyone, including Gavi, who has taken care of everything he could.
De la Fuente already stopped Gavi in training after the game in Cyprus. The Blaugrana intended to train with the substitutes, at a high pace because he felt very strong, but the coach preferred him to take it easy.
The national team staff works with the utmost rigor. It has the physical parameters of the players and knows when a player is on the verge of an injury. or is one hundred percent. Gavi was among the group of footballers who were at their best.
His good feelings and desire to play convinced De la Fuente to repeat as starterlike Le Normand, from the Royal Society. Gavi’s risk could only come from an accident as it happened, since the knee gave way after a jump when the joint became stuck.
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De la Fuente was devastated after the game. Yéremi Pino’s injury, which leaves him KO for the entire season, it already affected him a lot. An injury that occurred in a Villarreal training session.
The examples of the priority of the Riojan are multiple. Many of them linked to Barça. De la Fuente released Lamine Yamal from the previous call when he had slight discomfort or let Balde go after playing against Scotland. The two were thus at Xavi’s disposal in the following League match against Athletic.
Besides, Xavi’s relationship with De la Fuente is excellent, He was his teacher in the coaching course, and the sports director, Albert Luque is also a friend of the Barça coach and has a great relationship with Joan Laporta, the president of the club.
The only blame for the injury is bad luck. The problem may come from the tight schedule, that both clubs and UEFA and FIFA have approved to generate more income at the expense of the health of the footballers.