The Rose Garden, Malaga. Final leg of the concentration, last game of the season for the Spanish team, which faces the Czech Republic a week later. those of Luis Enriqueafter the tie harvested in praguepractically saved the first ‘match ball’ in Genevaafter beating Swiss. What Portugal It does not fail, the Red needs to continue adding three by three to reach the two games in September with all the options, the last stop before the World Cup in Qatar. In Zaragoza it will be time to beat Swiss to be able to arrive with options for the final match in Braga against the Portuguese team.
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Malaga awaits the selection with hope and emotion. The city, with its team in low hours and in need of top-level soccer, turned to the national team. In fact, The Rose Garden It will present a full house, its best aspect, like when Málaga played in the Champions League in its golden age almost a decade ago.
Luis Enrique it will rotate again. The coach continues to manage minutes in a group that, at this point in the course, is just strong. But like everyone else, as the Asturian coach himself was responsible for remembering. It is an official party Spain it is still being played, so no surprises are expected under the sticks. Unai, the only one who has played it all, will start again and changes are expected at the rear, where he is in doubt until the last moment Inigo Martinez. Carvajal, Eric Garcia and Marcos Alonso aim for headlines. The main unknowns are in the center of the field. Gavi seems untouchable, but he is the outfield player with the most minutes so far and yesterday Luis Enrique He has already put on the handbrake in the face of so much expectation for a 17-year-old boy. He will have to manage it on and off the pitch. BusquetsLa Roja’s metronome, has already exceeded 5,000 minutes this season, while to usually do Y rodrylittle used, ask step.
The Czechs, for their part, face a decisive match for them. Without a presence at the next World Cup in Qatar, the team from Jaroslav Silhavy You have nothing to lose. They need to win to continue depending on themselves. They are aware that they are not favorites in a group in which Portugal Y Spain They must compete for first place, but they arrive ready to surprise, even more so after standing up and making things very uncomfortable for the Hispanic team a week ago in prague.
After the defeat in Portugal, Silhavy He already slipped that “perhaps we have to make more changes” against Spain. The big doubt is the reference of him in attack Jan Kuchtathe best of the Czechs in the first two games and who had to retire at half-time against the Portuguese. Ales Mandous could relieve vaclik under sticks after Silhavy promised a chance for all his goalkeepers.
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