{"id":938,"date":"2026-06-15T09:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/?p=938"},"modified":"2026-06-15T09:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:48:20","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2026-will-lamine-yamal-play-against-cabo-verde-today-spain-coach-provides-big-update-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/?p=938","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup 2026: Will Lamine Yamal play against Cabo Verde today? Spain coach provides big update | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131739571,imgsize-145312,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/spain-superstar-lamine-yamal-declared-fit-to-make-his-world-cup-debut-against-cape-verde.jpg\" alt=\"FIFA World Cup 2026: Will Lamine Yamal play against Cabo Verde today? Spain coach provides big update\" title=\"Spain's Lamine Yamal . (AP Photo\/Mike Stewart)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Spain's Lamine Yamal . (AP Photo\/Mike Stewart)\">Spain&#8217;s Lamine Yamal . (AP Photo\/Mike Stewart)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lamine Yamal who was out from the professional outing due to hamstring injury is expected to to feature in Spain&#8217;s FIFA World Cup 2026 opener against Cabo Verde, but the teenage sensation will begin the match on the bench.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Spain head coach Luis de la Fuente confirmed ahead of Monday&#8217;s Group H clash that the 18-year-old Barcelona star has fully recovered from the hamstring injury that sidelined him during the closing stages of the Barcelona&#8217;s club season. However, Spain plan to carefully manage his workload as he returns to competitive action.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>&#8220;We are following the indications of the medical staff from Barcelona and the Spanish national team, along with the fitness coaches. <!-- -->Everything suggests that Lamine Yamal is ready to play tomorrow,&#8221; De la Fuente said during his pre-match press conference.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>&#8220;We don&#8217;t know how many minutes he will play. It will depend on how the match develops and the game situation, but he is in ideal condition to play, &#8221; he added. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Yamal is not the only key player being eased back into action. Spain have also opted to leave Nico Williams and Victor Mu\u00f1oz on the bench despite both being fully fit, with the coaching staff taking a cautious approach ahead of a long tournament.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Historic Occasion for Cabo Verde<br \/><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>While Spain enter the match as overwhelming favourites, the occasion carries immense significance for their opponents. Cabo Verde are set to play their first-ever FIFA World Cup match when they face the reigning European champions at Atlanta Stadium on Monday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>The Group H encounter marks the first senior international meeting between the two nations and represents a historic milestone for the African island nation, one of the smallest countries by population ever to qualify for the World Cup.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>For Spain, the tournament offers an opportunity to reaffirm their status among world football&#8217;s elite. The 2026 edition marks La Roja&#8217;s 17th FIFA World Cup appearance, and they arrive in North America among the leading contenders for the title after winning UEFA Euro 2024.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/fifa-world-cup-2026-will-lamine-yamal-play-against-cabo-verde-today-spain-coach-provides-big-update\/articleshow\/131739539.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain&#8217;s Lamine Yamal . (AP Photo\/Mike Stewart) Lamine Yamal who was out from the professional outing due to hamstring injury is expected to to feature in Spain&#8217;s FIFA World Cup 2026 opener against Cabo Verde, but the teenage sensation will begin the match on the bench.Spain head coach Luis de la Fuente confirmed ahead of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}