De la Fuente lauds ‘underrated’ Oyarzabal after Spain win

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 way of Yeremy Pino, earlier than Oyarzabal doubled their lead with a robust free-kick after Ferran Torres’ missed penalty.

The Actual Sociedad ahead has now instantly contributed to 10 objectives for La Roja in 2025, with solely Erling Haaland (15) registering extra purpose involvement for a European nationwide group this calendar 12 months.

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

“He’s a really full participant. Completely. He does every part effectively,” De la Fuente mentioned of Oyarzabal.

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

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“Fortuitously, I’ll must make selections. We’ve an excellent youth academy and gamers for the long run.

“It’s a supply of pleasure, [the absences are] nothing to fret about. When you have got doubts, soccer itself clears them up. I’m fortunate. As we speak 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 disillusioned within the angle proven by his facet, he was fast to reward Sapin for his or her efficiency.

“We will say we have been very fortunate to solely lose 2-0, however it’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,” mentioned Sagnol.

“We might speak about Spain all night time lengthy. What we noticed is the consequence of what Spanish soccer has finished within the final 20 or 25 years.

“They’ve began to provide very clever gamers. In the event you have a look at Pedri, he’s so mild he might be blown away if it’s windy, however he’s top-of-the-line midfielders on the earth as a result of he’s very intelligent and at all times places the group first.”