{"id":15610,"date":"2026-11-12T05:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T05:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/nations-league-la-fuente-optimistic-yamal-will-be-fit-to-face-england\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T05:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T05:46:10","slug":"nations-league-la-fuente-optimistic-yamal-will-be-fit-to-face-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/nations-league-la-fuente-optimistic-yamal-will-be-fit-to-face-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Nations League: La Fuente Optimistic Yamal Will Be Fit To Face England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spain head coach Luis de la Fuente has expressed optimism that Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal will recover from a minor knee issue in time to face England in Sunday\u2019s Nations League showdown in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old star, who finished third in October\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or voting, was ruled out of the World Champions\u2019 Thursday trip to Prague to face the Czech Republic after picking up a knock during Barcelona\u2019s 2-1 La Liga victory over Atl\u00e9tico Madrid on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/he-fills-the-room-courtois-lauds-more-mature-calmer-mourinho\/\">\u2018He Fills The Room\u2019 \u2013Courtois Lauds \u201cMore Mature, Calmer\u201d Mourinho<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Wednesday, De la Fuente clarified the nature of Yamal\u2019s injury and explained the decision to let him remain in Barcelona for initial treatment before linking up with La Roja on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got hurt in the last match; he had some discomfort in one knee. He went for the usual treatment: a scan in Barcelona, and they saw he had inflammation and fluid in the knee\u2014that meant he needed rest,\u201d De la Fuente said. \u201cOur medical staff and his medical staff have a fantastic relationship, and I decided that his trip here should be avoided without knowing whether he\u2019d be in any condition to play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Having spoken directly with the teenager, the Spain boss sounded confident about his availability for the weekend\u2019s marquee clash against England.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"csa1x-widget csbw-odds-card\" aria-label=\"Match odds\">\n<p><label class=\"csbw-oddschip\"><span class=\"csbw-oddsbar__label\">Show odds<\/span><button class=\"csbw-oddsswitch\" type=\"button\" role=\"switch\" aria-checked=\"false\" aria-label=\"Show odds\" data-csbw-global=\"1\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"csa1x-actions\">\n<details class=\"csa1x-tipster-details csbw-article-tips\">\n<summary class=\"csa1x-tipster-toggle\">Match prediction<\/summary>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s doing a series of exercises with his physio and with the club that indicate the recovery is going well,\u201d De la Fuente noted. \u201cWe believe, I\u2019m optimistic, that on Friday he\u2019ll be with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/u-s-withdraws-national-team-from-fifa-mens-u-17-world-cup-in-qatar-due-to-safety-concerns\/\">U.S. Withdraws National Team From FIFA Men\u2019s U-17 World Cup In Qatar Due To Safety Concerns<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>De la Fuente also brushed aside suggestions that the young forward receives preferential treatment within the national team setup compared to his teammates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has no privileges, and his teammates are relaxed about it, because we treat everyone the same,\u201d he insisted. \u201cIn similar situations we would have done exactly the same for any other player, and the players know that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain head coach Luis de la Fuente has expressed optimism that Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal will recover from a minor knee issue in time to face England in Sunday\u2019s Nations&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}