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Spain stars Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams took portion successful grooming connected Thursday (June 11, 2026), allaying fears implicit their fittingness up of La Roja's World Cup opener against Cape Verde.
Both wingers shone arsenic Spain romped to Euro 2024 glory, but person been beset by wounded problems this season.
Barcelona's Yamal has not played since suffering a hamstring wounded connected April 22.
Williams has besides not featured for a period aft missing the extremity of Athletic Bilbao's season.
Spain's Nico Williams works retired during a grooming session | Photo Credit: AP
Spain unfastened their World Cup run against Cape Verde successful Atlanta connected Monday and manager Luis de la Fuente said earlier this week helium was assured the duo would beryllium acceptable to play immoderate part, but that it was improbable they volition start.
"We cognize that some of them are coming backmost from important injuries," Spain right-back Pedro Porro told reporters.
"They are recovering, they are happy, they are with the radical and that is the astir important thing."
Spanish media reported De la Fuente volition sanction the aforesaid broadside that bushed Peru successful their last warm-up affable 3-1 connected Monday, with Alex Baena and Ferran Torres deputising for Yamal and Williams connected the wings.
The 2010 winners besides face South Africa and Uruguay successful Group H.
