Spain - Northern Ireland. Predicted line-ups and latest news
Yasmine Green
Dailysports's expert
Translated by the editors
On 8 June, the Spanish national team will play the second match in preparation for Euro 2024. The opponent of the "Furia Roja" will be the team of Northern Ireland.
Head coach of the Spanish national team Luis de la Fuente decided to limit himself to two sparring in the preparatory process, and, opponents selected far from the strongest. In the first match on 5 June, the Spaniards, if I may say so, warmed up in the game with a modest Andorra, defeating it with a score of 5:0.
The second opponent, although it looks better, but, like Andorra, will not play at Euro 2024. By the way, Northern Ireland will play their second and final friendly against the same team on 11 June.
The day before Euro 2024, de la Fuente decided on the final list of his team for Euro 2024, dropping Barcelona's young star Pau Cubarsi, as well as midfielders Aleix Garcia from Girona and Marcos Llorente from Atletico, because they will certainly not play against Northern Ireland.
Ayoze Perez marked his debut for Spain with a goal against Andorra and was included in the final squad, but the Real Betis striker is expected to be one of those left out for this match.
Head coach De la Fuente will make major changes with Unai Simon returning in goal, while Robin Le Normand and Dani Carvajal are expected to play in the centre of defence.
Rodri and Fabian Ruiz are also likely to appear in midfield, while Lamine Yamal and Oyarzabal could come into the starting line-up alongside leading scorer Alvaro Morata.
Fermin Lopez will be hoping to make his second appearance for the national team after making his debut against Andorra, while Nico Williams and Mikel Merino will also be involved, possibly from the bench.
As for Northern Ireland, Jonny Evans will take the captain's armband and the team's leading scorer Josh Magennis is also expected to feature.
Head coach Gary O'Neill will give a number of players the opportunity to make their mark on Saturday, with Pearce Charles, Aaron Donnelly and Caolan Boyd-Mance all hoping to get debut minutes for the national side.
Based on this information, the Dailysports team have put together predicted line-ups for the Spain vs Northern Ireland match.
Spain predicted line-up
Simon - Carvajal, Le Norman, Laporte, Grimaldo - Pedri, Rodri, Ruiz - Yamal, Morata, Oyarzabal.
Northern Ireland predicted line-up
Peacock-Farrell - Hume, Ballard, Jonny Evans, Toal, Spencer - Bradley, Corry Evans, Charles, Price -- Magennis.
The match will take place on 8 June at the Estadi de Son Moix stadium in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The starting whistle will sound at 21:30 CET.
