According to the Iberian press, Spain will have to do without Aymeric Laporte for its first match at Euro 2024 against Croatia on Saturday (6 p.m.). The French defender naturalized Spanish in 2021 suffers from muscle discomfort.
Spain will have to do without one of its executives for its entry into Euro 2024. According to the Spanish press, Aymeric Laporte (30 years old, 29 caps, 1 goal) is out of the match against the Croatia, Saturday (3 p.m.) in Berlin. The player suffers from “muscle discomfort”, announced the Spanish Federation without formalizing the absence of the former Manchester City defender.
A Nacho-Le Normand hinge
The player from Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia) did not participate in La Roja’s collective training on Wednesday, but will travel to Berlin with his teammates. An indisputable holder in defense since his naturalization in 2021, Laporte will “carry out specific recovery work” to hope to hold his place alongside the other Franco-Spanish Robin Le Normand in the central axis, specifies the RFEF.
The Spanish press is much more categorical: he will not be able to hold his place and will be replaced in the Spanish starting XI by Real Madrid captain Nacho, 34, for the first big poster in Group B, the toughest in the competition. (Spain, Croatia, Italy and Albania).
The former Manchester City defender, 30, joined La Roja a few days behind the rest of the group after the end of the Saudi championship and the King Cup, won on penalties by Al-Hilal.
