World European Preliminaries-Spain VS Bulgaria: Bitter! The Spanish national team injured three Barcelona players

On October 13, Spain officially issued an announcement confirming that forward Ferran Torres had withdrawn from the national team training due to muscle overload. After the player returns to Barcelona, ​​he will undergo examination by the club to determine the severity of the injury.

For Barcelona, ​​which had suffered consecutive defeats in the Champions League and La Liga, this was like a rainy night.

It was Barcelona offensive midfielder Olmo who withdrew from the Spanish national team training one day earlier than Ferran Torres. The player is expected to be injured for two to three weeks, so it will be difficult to catch up with the El Clasico at 23:15 on October 26 and the key game between Barcelona and Real Madrid in the 10th round of La Liga.

With the addition of Yamal, who was injured earlier during the training of the Spanish national team, Barcelona, ​​which is full of injured soldiers, almost half of the injured are related to the recruitment of the Spanish national team.

However, this has little impact on the Spanish national team. The Matador Legion is currently excellent in offense and defense, and its promotion prospects are bright.

Spain VS Bulgaria

Nature of the match: Round 4 of Group E of the European Group Stage of the World Cup

Match time: 2:45 on October 15th

Group E currently leads Spain with 3 consecutive wins and 9 points, scoring 11 goals and conceding 0 goals. Türkiye ranks second with 6 points from 3 games, 2 wins and 1 loss, Georgia ranks third with 1 win, 2 losses and 3 points from 3 games. Bulgaria starts with 3 consecutive losses and 0 points, ranking last, scoring 1 goal and conceding 12 goals.

Spain currently ranks first in the world in FIFA rankings, with a current player lineup of 876 million euros. Bulgaria is currently ranked 86th in the world by FIFA, and the total value of the team is 43.35 million euros. The gap in strength between the two sides is too great.

Ferran Torres withdrew due to injury, and the Spanish forward line still has sufficient manpower. There are also seven forwards including Pino and Baena. Compared with the midfield and backfield, the star quality is much worse. The 24-year-old Atletico Madrid forward Baena, worth 55 million euros, is the most valuable forward in this Spanish team.

However, the midfielder Merino who currently scores the most goals in Spain has scored 4 goals for Spain and contributed 36% of Spain's goals. This data is second only to Harland's 41%. The Manchester City center has scored 12 goals for Norway, which has scored 29 goals in 6 World Cup qualifying games.

Last season, when Havertz was retired for the season and the forwards were short of manpower, Arsenal pushed Merino to the center position like Havertz, and the effect was good. Merino is 1.89cm tall and is a perfect center forward.

Bulgarian football has been in decline for many years. The most valuable player currently is forward Despodov, who is worth 8 million euros and plays for the Greek super team Thessaloniki.

Regarding this round's opponent Bulgaria, the bottom team in Group E, Spanish national team coach De La Fuente said at the pre-match press conference: "There are no gifts here. There will be no compromises. We are eager to continue to win. The team is full of hunger and will field the most competitive lineup. I believe that the national team has cohesion and the red jerseys are everywhere, and it will create a warm atmosphere."

Spain is undefeated in all competitions in the past 10 games with 7 wins and 3 draws.

Bulgaria has 1 win, 2 draws and 7 losses in the past 10 games in all competitions.

The two sides met in the first round of this World Cup preliminaries. Spain defeated Bulgaria 3:0 away from home. This time it returns to home court, which is even more promising.