The coronavirus and injuries decimate Spain

Diego Costa It was the first. Ansu Fati has been the last. Since he came to the National Team, the greatest Luis Enrique's problem have been the lesions, plague to which the coronavirus. Spain is going to play the qualification for the Final four Nations League without five players that, if they recover, they will be fixed not only among the 23 who will go to the Eurocup, but among the 11 who will be habitual in the starting team: Carvajal, Thiago Alcántara, Ansu Fati, Jesús Navas Y Rodrigo Moreno.

Luis Enrique It has been seen forced to make changes in practically all your lists. In the last two he has chosen to include 25 players, two more than usual, to prevent casualties due to injury or illness. We have seen many cases, Like the ones of Adamá Traoré, Fabián, Gerard Moreno or Diego Llorente, among others.

Only 24 hours after making the last call public, he had to replace two very titular: Ansu Fati and Jesús Navas. In their place have come Asensio and Bellerín, that almost five years ago he played his last game with Spain.

Precisely the presence of Bellerín is an obvious symptom that, beyond Carvajal and Jesús Navas, Luis Enrique hard to find a right side selection level. A problem that in the opposite band, the left, does not exist. Furthermore, there is nothing in Spain in abundance. In addition to Gayà and Reguilón, who are the ones that appear in this call, there are Jordi Alba, Angeliño, Grimaldo or Marcos Alonso, among others.

In its First call as coach, Luis Enrique he called up Diego Costa. But the Spanish-Brazilian could not attend due to injury. The Asturian coach replaced by Iago Aspas, how incredibly it was starter against England at Wembley just 48 hours later. It is not usual for coaches to rectify, even if their decision is not the one that the majority would have taken. It is not the case of Luis Enrique, which has already shown that it is capable of Give your arm to cheer.

In case there were doubts, not so long ago he repeated something similar with Gerard Moreno. The Asturian coach excluded the forward Villarreal from his first list of the season despite the fact that it only featured a 'pure striker', Rodrigo. The Oyarzabal positive led Luis Enrique to recover Moreno, the first national scorer to be selected and the third top scorer in the last league. Gerard has taken hold and he is already one of the undisputed of the Asturian. Your story can help you Portu don't lose your motivation, nor his grandfather hope.

The absence of the forward Murcia of the Royal Society has been the most criticized of the last list from Spain. But as has been exposed, the injuries and illnesses, plus other imponderables, can cause a overturn in the final list of the Eurocup, and it is in that final list of 23 players where everyone wants to be. Also Portuguese Christián, 'Portu'. Others are in a similar situation, but more advantageous. The most striking case It's of Saul, that he was one of Luis Enrique's fixtures in his first stage but that long time That fell from the calls. Your hope may be Koke, who has returned when few expected.

So if something is clear with Luis Enrique, it is that, beyond states of form, the selector too gets carried away by his instinct on the charts. Sergi Roberto is the proof. There is time ahead. For almost everyone.

Everyone in the fight against ALS

Luis Rubiales presided over the Ciudad del Fútbol presentation of the book against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) 'Pensando en Fútbol'. The work, written by the neurologist Manu Murie, from the University of Navarra, will teach to understand this disease and its collection will be used to investigate it through the Luzón Foundation. To the act, in which he was telematic form Juan Carlos Unzué, suffering from ALS, also attended Luis Enrique, Rodri and Oyarzabal. Murie put both players as examples of values ​​and also highlighted the work of Unzué, “He was the trigger for the book to belong to the ELA team,” he highlighted. “The fight to find a cure is vital. There are not many diagnosed and among them it is not uncommon for a footballer to appear. I am an activist. Carlos Matallanas beat me to the cause years ago“said Luis Rubiales.