Spain Nation Coach: Vicente del Bosque
Del Bosque has won back to back major events with Spanish national side and he has kind of eliminated the rivalry between Madrid and Barca players who really play for spain when they put on the shirt for the national side. He likes his side to play short passing football pretty much like Barcelona style. A complete squad only downer is the fact most of the players in the squad has won it all, so how he is going to motivate the team is the key.
Del Bosque main tactic for spain is to just keep the ball, opponent can not score if they dont have the ball. 2012 Euro Championship winning Spain team was hailed as the best ever football side.
Expected Lineup of Spain in 2014 World Cup:
To keep the hunger in the team, Del Bosque will go with quite a few new players in the national setup, Diego Costa will lead the line with Silva, Navas and Iniesta supporing from the attacking midfield roles. Pedro and Tello will be the other forwards (but likely to start from the bench)
Star Players: Diego Costa & Andreas Iniesta
Costa is having one superb season and he might lead Atletico to famous double of La Liga and Champions League success. He is sure to be in every starting lineup of Spain in 2014 World Cup. A late bloomer but playing at the peak of his career right now, he will be key alongside Iniesta who is master of short passing.
Any Exceptional Youngster ? Cristian Tello
Spain will probably take only two young players in squad Christian Tello alongside Chelsea’s Azpilicueta. Tello got lightning pace he he will be used as the substitute.
Spain 2014 World Cup Schedule:
- Holland (13 June)
- Chile (18 June)
- Australia (23 June)
Spanish (La Roja) 2014 World Cup Squad (expected 23-man list)
World and European(2) Spain will announce their 2014 squad for world cup before 13th may and we will update right here once it has been confirmed which 23 players will be boarding the plan. below is the likely squad for World cup.
PLAYER | CLUB | AGE | POSITION | |
1 | Iker Casillas | Real Madrid | GK | |
2 | Pepe Reina | Napoli | GK | |
3 | David De Gea | Manchester United | GK | |
4 | Juanfran | Atletico Madrid | Defender | |
6 | Raul Albiol | Napoli | Defender | |
6 | Sergio Ramos | Real Madrid | Defender | |
7 | Gerard Pique | FC Barcelona | Defender | |
8 | Javi Martinez | FC Bayern Munich | Defender | |
9 | Jordi Alba | FC Barcelona | Defender | |
10 | Sergio Busquets | FC Barcelona | Midfielder | |
11 | Xavi | FC Barcelona | Midfielder | |
12 | Juan Mata | FC Barcelona | Midfielder | |
13 | Xabi Alonso | Real Madrid | Midfielder | |
14 | Andres Iniesta | FC Barcelona | Midfielder | |
15 | Santi Cazorla | Arsenal | Midfielder | |
16 | Cesc Fabregas | FC Barcelona | Midfielder | |
17 | Thiago Alcantara | FC Bayern Munich | Midfielder | |
18 | David Silva | Manchester City | Midfielder | |
19 | Alvaro Negredo | Manchester City | Forward | |
20 | Jesus Navas | Manchester City | Forward | |
21 | Pedro | FC Barcelona | Forward | |
22 | Diego Costa | Atletico Madrid | Forward | |
23 | David Villa | Atletico Madrid | Forward |