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Spain Coach De La Fuente Faces Decisions Ahead Of UEFA Nations League QF Against Netherlands

By IANS News March 19, 2025 • 23:14 PM View: 532

UEFA Nations League QF: Spain national team coach Luis de la Fuente has several questions to resolve ahead of the first leg of his side's UEFA Nations League quarter final on Thursday.

Spain plays the Netherlands in Rotterdam on Thursday with the return leg in Valencia on Sunday. De la Fuente's first decision is who will play in goal, with Unai Simon available again after recovering from the wrist operation he needed after last summer's European Championship as reported by Xinhua.

The 27-year-old with 46 appearances for Spain has always been first choice for De la Fuente when fit, but Arsenal's David Raya did an excellent job covering for Simon during the autumn and Simon is still not back to his very best, with a couple of important errors for Athletic Club Bilbao in the past two months.

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