Luis Enrique gives the list of Spain for the World Cup without Sergio Ramos or Aspas 1:43
(CNN Spanish) --
Spain is one of the great teams in the Qatar 2022 World Cup, with a renewed team and the challenge of being the protagonist again.
They will face Germany, another perennial favourite, Japan, one of the strongest Asians, and Costa Rica in Group E.
Spain joined the list of qualifiers for Qatar 2022 after winning a key match against the Swiss team.
La Roja arrives at the World Cup with young players and after a good tie: they won 6 games, drew one and suffered a defeat.
Spain is sixth in the FIFA ranking.
In the 2021 Euro Cup they were a semifinalist after being eliminated by Italy, which was champion.
These are the groups of the World Cup in Qatar: classified countries, matches and dates
Here is a review of the first rivals of the Spanish team led by Luis Enrique Martínez García, the dates and times of the matches of what is perhaps the most competitive group in Qatar 2022.
The first rivals of Spain
Spain will face Costa Rica in its first match, a team that historically qualified for the third consecutive time to a World Cup.
In Qatar 2022, his sixth World Cup, he finds himself again with a complicated panorama due to the group he will have to face.
It could be said that it is Spain's easiest rival in group E, although it can always surprise, especially after it reached the quarterfinals in Brazil 2014 after overcoming a very difficult group in which three world champions competed (England, Italy and Uruguay), a feat that earned him the respect of the football world and the nickname "giant killer".
The Costa Rican team was the winner in playoffs against New Zealand.
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Then they will face Germany, a four-time world champion hierarchy rival.
The German team is always one of the favorites to win the soccer World Cups, it is 11th in the FIFA ranking (behind Italy, which this year failed to qualify for the World Cup) and its most recent World Cup was won at the World Cup in Brazil 2014. In the Eurocup that was played in 2021, it was eliminated by England in the round of 16.
However, they have only lost one of their last 40 World Cup qualifying matches: in March 2021 against North Macedonia (1-2), according to FIFA.
Germany the most difficult rival in the group for Spain.
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His last game will be played against Japan, one of the strongest Asians.
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Dates and times of the matches of Spain in the group stage
Spain - Costa Rica
Wednesday, November 23
5:00 pm (Madrid time)
11:00 am (Miami time)
10:00 am (CDMX time)
1:00 pm (Buenos Aires time)
Spain - Germany
Sunday November 27
8:00 pm (Madrid time)
2:00 pm (Miami time)
1:00 pm (CDMX time)
4:00 pm (Buenos Aires time)
Japan - Spain
8:00 pm (Madrid time)
2:00 pm (Miami time)
1:00 pm (CDMX time)
4:00 pm (Buenos Aires time)
This is how Spain will arrive at the World Cup in Qatar 2022
With information from Enrique Marqués
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