With control, without troubles and surprises, this is how he wants to continue in the UEFA Nations League a Spanish team that has swept wherever it goes since the arrival of Luis de La Fuente. This Friday (8:45 p.m.), against Denmark, La Roja can seal the first position in the group on this visit to Denmark in the penultimate match, and does not want to leave the mission to the last minute despite have already secured qualification for the quarterfinals.
Spain returns to a special place, Denmark, where the seed of Luis Aragonés’ team was planted that would win the 2008 Euro Cup and, now in the hands of Vicente del Bosque, would extend its brilliant path in the 2010 World Cup and the 2010 Euro Cup. 2012. He does it 18 years after that match against the Danish team in which he sealed his ticket for Euro 2008 and in the middle of a dream streak: 19 consecutive victories in an official match since March 2023.
Of course, the Spanish expedition also arrives weighed down by a significant list of casualties: Unai Simón, Dani Carvajal, Robin Le Normand, Rodri Hernández or Lamine Yamal…
In this way, Luis de la Fuente will bet on the most guaranteed troops to deliver in Copenhagen and turn the match in Tenerife into a nice tribute to those affected by DANA.
He will keep David Raya in goal, for the last time without Unai Simón, who is already expected to return in the next matches, in March 2025 in the quarter-final tie of the Nations League.
With Pedro Porro winning the fight over Mingueza to fill the gap left by Carvajal, Vivian as a substitute for Le Normand forming a pair with Laporte, and Grimaldo with more options than Cucurella to occupy the left lane. Zubimendi performing at Rodri’s place escorted by Merino due to the stomach problems that Fabián suffers, and with Pedri with total freedom.
And options in a trident that adds a new variant with Samu Omorodion at the top, who, like Marc Casadó and Aitor Paredes, will wait on the bench for the moment of his debut with the senior team, which Nico Williams returns and will miss Lamine Yamal as a great reference. An ankle problem keeps him away from the national team.
Against Serbia, De la Fuente opted for Álex Baena with good results, although now he has more options with Yeremy Pino and even throwing Ayoze Pérez on the wing. He could also play as a 9, in a fight with Oyarzabal, because everything indicates that Morata will start as a substitute due to the blow to the head has prevented him from training with the group.
31 years have passed since the last defeat against Denmark, a streak that La Roja wants to extend to seal the objective early against a team marked by its poor performance in the Euro Cup.