LThe injuries hit the European champion’s body hard. Between the window closed in September and the one that opens now, Luis de la Fuente has lost two vital players for the entire season, it is an idea, in his base team: Dani Carvajal and Rodri. The knees of the two Spanish candidates for Ballon d’Or They have been destroyed. Two absences of incalculable value for what they develop on the field and for the authority of their voice during the concentrations.
The x-ray with which Spain presents itself before the matches against Denmark (Saturday) and Serbia (next Tuesday) discovers a hard-hit team. Because from the eleven on July 14 in Berlin there are five absent due to injury: Unai Simón, Carvajal, Le Normand, Rodri and Dani Olmo. Of them, only the forward of the Barcelona is about to play again.
The losses of such important players draw a new command map in the national team. Morataback, recovers the captain’s armband. But regarding the Euro, the now Milan player is left without the four players who had the most caps at the end of the tournament: Navas, Rodri, Carvajal and Unai.
Rodri has torn the cruciate ligament in his right knee
This panorama generates a radical change in the ranking of captains. Because after Morata the one who appears with the most international appearances is Ferran Torres (48). After the scorer (21 goals and 0.43 on average) there are Mikel Oyarzabal (38 caps for Spain and handpicked among the captains since the arrival of De la Fuente) and Laporte (37).
Carvajal confirms that he has a cruciate ligament injury
Authority
The central Al-Nassr He is, even if he was not on the list of captains, a commanding player in the national team. His personality makes him one of the most respected voices. The younger ones have connected with him, which is for From the Source an excellent help. It will be even more so now, when the team will have to go through a year without the presence in its daily life of two players with power over the group they have. Rodri and Carvajal.
The impact of the injuries and the affected players is such that Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal They are already among the top 10 in this list with the most appearances for the national team: 22 and 16, respectively.
This week will be very important for a group that is deprived of its veterans. A window that at the level of internal functioning will mark how this selection will be on the journey without Rodri and Carvajal.
