De la Fuente lauds ‘underrated’ Oyarzabal after Spain win - Soccer News

[ad_1] Luis de la Fuente labelled Mikel Oyarzabal as “underrated” and “a really full participant” after his efficiency in Spain’s 2-0 win towards Georgia.

The European champions went forward of their newest World Cup qualifier by means of Yeremy Pino, earlier than Oyarzabal doubled their lead with a strong free-kick after Ferran Torres’ missed penalty.

The Actual Sociedad ahead has now immediately contributed to 10 targets for La Roja in 2025, with solely Erling Haaland (15) registering extra objective involvement for a European nationwide workforce this calendar yr.

De la Fuente had to deal with the absences of gamers comparable to Lamine Yamal, Nico Williams and Dean Huijsen, however he was happy with how his workforce performed themselves on Saturday, particularly Oyarzabal.

“He’s a really full participant. Completely. He does every little thing properly,” De la Fuente stated of Oyarzabal.

“If he performs up entrance, he does properly, with runs between the traces… He’s the identical on the wings, with assaults down the left. He interprets each sport state of affairs. Sure, he’s underrated.

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“Thankfully, I’ll need to make choices. We've got an ideal youth academy and gamers for the longer term.

“It’s a supply of satisfaction, [the absences are] nothing to fret about. When you've gotten doubts, soccer itself clears them up. I’m fortunate. In the present day we noticed different gamers.”

Georgia are third in Group E, three factors behind second-place Turkiye on the midway stage of their qualifying marketing campaign.

They have been utterly dominated in proceedings on Saturday, conceding 24 photographs as Spain loved a 82.8% share of possession.

Though Willy Sagnol was upset within the perspective proven by his aspect, he was fast to reward Sapin for his or her efficiency.

“We will say we have been very fortunate to solely lose 2-0, but it surely’s not only a query of high quality. I noticed some attitudes on the pitch that I had not seen earlier than, and I didn't like them,” stated Sagnol.

“We may speak about Spain all evening lengthy. What we noticed is the consequence of what Spanish soccer has accomplished within the final 20 or 25 years.

“They’ve began to supply very clever gamers. When you take a look at Pedri, he’s so gentle he could possibly be blown away if it’s windy, however he’s probably the greatest midfielders on the earth as a result of he’s very intelligent and at all times places the workforce first.”