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World Cup Qatar 2022 | La Roja conspires to fly high in Qatar

A group of internationals arrive at the Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas, with captain Busquets at the helm. / Photo: Efe | Video: Atlas

Qatar World Cup

The 26 footballers summoned by Luis Enrique for the great planetary event are already concentrated in the Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas

The 26 footballers that Luis Enrique summoned last Friday to represent Spain in the World Cup in Qatar are already in the Ciudad del Fútbol de La Rozas. Enormously happy for the opportunity that the coach has given them, excited to wear La Roja in the great planetary event and, above all, hopeful of being able to sign a prominent role in the event that they dreamed of since their earliest childhood, the centurions of Lucho arrived this Monday at what will be the headquarters of the national team for less than 24 hours. Because at noon on Tuesday they will take the plane that will take them to the Jordanian city of Amman. There they will face on Thursday the only meeting that the Spanish team has planned in preparation for the exotic World Cup that will be played in the small emirate and on atypical dates starting on Sunday.

The eighteen footballers belonging to teams from the League, the five from the Premier, the two from Ligue 1 and the one from the Bundesliga who embody the desire for greatness of the Spanish parish paraded throughout the morning with smiling faces and suitcases packed with confidence before entering the facilities and being greeted by Luis Enrique, architect and indisputable figure of an author team that wants to fly high. The heartfelt hugs that were lavished served to show that the group is a pineapple. An element that is usually key when pursuing success.

After reaching the semi-finals of the multi-venue European Championship last year, proclaiming themselves runner-up in the third edition of the League of Nations and qualifying again for the Final Four of the vibrant UEFA tournament that has supplanted the inconsequential friendlies of another time, the The Spanish team does not set any type of limits in a World Cup in which Spain aspires to make up for the setbacks harvested in Brazil ’14 and Russia ’18. “My bar is infinity,” said the Asturian coach last week.

Conjured to meet this ambitious goal are already the 26 internationals. Only six of them have previous experience in a World Cup, so for the remaining 20 Qatar will be their debut in the national team competition par excellence. But the extraordinary motivation and the formidable union of the locker room more than compensate for the inexperience of a troop that walks in unison with Luis Enrique.

“As well as being young, the team really wants to do well, to win, and that is reflected on the pitch,” said Pedri, who during a publicity act as the image of ‘Plátanos de Canarias’ was willing to shave his head if the Spanish team returns from Qatar with the second star sewn on the shirt. “I am one of those who dreamed of playing in a World Cup and being in one is making a dream come true,” said Rodrigo Hernández, another of those chosen for the engine room.

tight schedule

The Spanish team is planning a training session this Monday afternoon, starting at 6:30 p.m., in which the physical condition of the internationals can be checked. Morata, who missed Atlético’s cup duel against Almazán, arrives in cotton wool and Laporte continues to show off the war wounds left by the violent impact of his head with Ben Mee’s elbow during the match that measured the weekend at Manchester City with Brentford.

On Tuesday, at 11:00 am, they will train again at the Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas before having lunch and heading to Amman. There they will exercise on Wednesday at the Amman International Stadium, venue for the friendly that will face Spain with Jordan on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Once the procedure has been completed, the Spanish internationals will fly to Qatar, where they plan to arrive after midnight on Thursday. From then on, his base camp will be Qatar University, located in Doha. Spain will debut in the World Cup on Wednesday the 23rd, taking on Costa Rica at 5:00 p.m. at the Al Thumama Stadium. On Sunday 27, at 8:00 p.m., they will face Germany at the Al Khor Stadium and will close the group stage against Japan on December 1, also at 8:00 p.m. at the Khalifa International Stadium.

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