Spain without shoes against Kvaratskhelia: chaos against Georgia

Andrea De Paoli Friday, September 8, 2023, at 11.45 am

After two beautiful weeks, the word patriotism was received Spainit was inevitably linked to an image Mondial kiss between Luis Rubialesbanned for three months by FIFA, and Gini Hermoso, finally return to the field, with captain Morata and his teammates paying a treacherous visit. Kvaratskhelia Georgia. La Roja’s last appearance was on June 18, which coincided with the victory over Croatia in the European Nations League. “The problem with selections is that there is very little play. We won the Nations recently, which is an important success, and I don’t want people to forget it.” Coach Luis de la Fuente, who in turn ended up at the center of criticism because he publicly applauded Rubiales, and then distanced himself from him, during the press conference in which the federal president categorically refused to resign. When Luis Enrique’s successor was asked on several occasions about this issue, he did not want to add any comments: “I’m only thinking about Georgia, we have to identify important points.”

Spain without shoes from Kvaratskhelia

A win over Norway, then a defeat in Scotland, cannot make Spain very calm. The eve of the Iberian group was complicated Non-arrival of playing shoes and other training materials, left on the floor. In addition to Kafara, all eyes are on Barcelona’s youngster, Lamine Yamal, who could become La Roja’s youngest debutant, at 16 years and 56 days. Also on the field is the Scotland national team, which reaches full points after 4 matches at the bottom of the standings, Cyprus.

CR7 is optimistic

Complete victories also for Portugal, waiting for the big match in Bratislava. “If we win against Slovakia and Luxembourg, this means that the matter will practically be over,” thought captain Cristiano Ronaldo, in his 201st match with the national team (a record) with 123 goals (another record). But the possibility of overtaking the top is available to Slovakian-Italian coach Francesco Calzona. They will try to take advantage of the direct confrontation to advance in the tenth group, which includes Luxembourg, which hosts Iceland, and Bosnia, led by Dzeko and Pjanic, against Liechtenstein. As for Group D, the top-ranking confrontation will be between Turkey and Armenia, while Croatia will face Latvia.