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Ansu, Balde, Gavi... Azpilicueta 'surrenders' to the new generation of Spain

Published:19/11/2022 - 18:35h

Updated:19/11/2022 - 18:35h

César Azpilicueta is on the verge of playing his third World Cup with Spain and, this Saturday, he took the opportunity to talk about the 'explosion' of the youngest players, Ansu Fati among them

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Spain debuts in the World-wide of Qatar this Wednesday, to the 18:00 hours, against Costa Rica. The expectation is maximum for 'The Red', especially because they come of a process of reconstruction and are many the 'expensive new' that there is in the selection in front of the explosion of a few youngsters in the last two years.

In the selection trained by Luis Enrique there is a balance between the veterans, with a lot of more experience, and the youngsters that will contest his first appointment mundialista or, in fact, his first big tournament to level of selections. César Azpilicueta, right side that will play his third Glass of the World, has spoken on the 'boys' of Spain to reason d the inclusion of Alejandro Balde in the announcement.

The side of the FC Barcelona has replaced to the lesionado José Luis Gayà and already works under the orders of Luis Enrique. Azpilicueta Has said that "comes a new mate, Balde, a young player that already has showed his quality. I do not know it personally but it is a very physical player, is incredible the speed that reaches. We will give him the welcome from the first moment; between all do a good World-wide".

Of the balance between youngsters and veterans, recalcó that "if it is young because it is very young, if it is very veteran because it is veteran; what is clear is that the more veterans will try to contribute our experience to mates of 19 or 20 years that logically have not lived so much", explaining that "there are players like Gavi that to the 17 years already had a desparpajo incredible; I did not have his atrevimiento to his age, but is well that the selection go nourishing of people younger".

On Ansu Fati only has had praises: "Ansu is a player desequilibrante, has different things, is a very young footballer and with a lot of atrevimiento, ease for encarar and look for gaps, of course that have different players up and he can be very important, has showed it and comes in a big state of form".

Impressed with the new generation

The captain of Chelsea did reference to that is surprised with this new generation of footballers, that are breaking all the diagrams: "What more surprises me of this generation is the atrevimiento, do not crease : it is a taste see this preparation for the age that have, increasingly young begin to stand out, with a lot of maturity to the hour to understand the game".

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