{"id":516112,"date":"2026-07-18T17:14:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T21:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/spain-reaches-the-world-cup-final-with-a-solid-foundation-and-only-one-doubt-in-the-midfield\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T17:14:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T21:14:58","slug":"spain-reaches-the-world-cup-final-with-a-solid-foundation-and-only-one-doubt-in-the-midfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/football\/spain-reaches-the-world-cup-final-with-a-solid-foundation-and-only-one-doubt-in-the-midfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain reaches the World Cup final with a solid foundation and only one doubt in the midfield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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New York.<\/strong>\u2013 The Spanish national team will face the 2026 FIFA World Cup final with a squad practically defined by head coach Luis de la Fuente<\/strong>, who has maintained a stable core throughout the tournament and has only made one recurring change in the midfield between Fabi\u00e1n Ruiz<\/strong> and Pedri Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After playing seven matches leading up to the title game against Argentina, the Spanish coach has used four different lineups, although always supported by a core group of players that has established itself as the backbone of the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the two most recent matches, corresponding to the quarter-finals against Belgium and the semi-final against France, De la Fuente repeated practically the same starting eleven, composed of Unai Sim\u00f3n; Pedro Porro, Pau Cubars\u00ed, Aymeric Laporte and Marc Cucurella; Rodri Hern\u00e1ndez and Fabi\u00e1n Ruiz; Dani Olmo, Lamine Yamal and \u00c1lex Baena; as well as Mikel Oyarzabal<\/strong> as the attacking reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only significant modification in the knockout stage has been the inclusion of Fabi\u00e1n Ruiz<\/strong> replacing Pedri<\/strong>, a decision that has yielded positive results, especially after the good performance of the PSG midfielder, who even scored in the victory over Belgium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Spanish team has also relied on the growth of footballers such as Dani Olmo<\/strong> and \u00c1lex Baena<\/strong>, who earned a permanent spot in the lineup thanks to their outstanding performances during the championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six players have yet to debut<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

With the grand final still to come, six members of the Spanish squad have yet to see action in the World Cup: goalkeepers David Raya<\/strong> and Joan Garc\u00eda<\/strong>, defender Eric Garc\u00eda<\/strong>, full-back Alejandro Grimaldo<\/strong>, midfielder Mart\u00edn Zubimendi<\/strong>, and winger V\u00edctor Mu\u00f1oz<\/strong>, who began the tournament recovering from an injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the 26 summoned footballers, 20 have participated and 16 have been starters<\/strong> in at least one match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A consolidated team<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Spain arrives at the decisive duel with a consolidated block, led by players such as Unai Sim\u00f3n, Pau Cubars\u00ed, Aymeric Laporte, Rodri Hern\u00e1ndez, Lamine Yamal and Mikel Oyarzabal<\/strong>, who have been fundamental pieces in the journey to the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a defined style and a practically consolidated starting eleven, the Spanish national team will seek to conquer its second world title when it faces Argentina this Sunday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York.\u2013 The Spanish national team will face the 2026 FIFA World Cup final with a squad practically defined by head coach Luis de la Fuente, who has maintained a stable core throughout the tournament and has only made one recurring change in the midfield between Fabi\u00e1n Ruiz and Pedri Gonz\u00e1lez. You might be interested […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":516113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40943],"tags":[43601,40231,40853],"class_list":["post-516112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-breakingnews","tag-dominican-republic","tag-thetruthnewspaper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2ago","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/Portada-26.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"EFE","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-EFE_logo.svg-96x96.png","categories_name":["Football"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/Portada-26.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}