In a clear act of mercy for our current injury plight, the footballing gods (and Spain manager Luis De La Fuente) saw fit to rest both Raya and Merino last night, as Spain beat Switzerland in what sounds like quite a compelling match. I wouldn’t know; international football and all that…
Tonight the gauntlet is run by Havertz and Timber and the hope must be that Havertz is rested, given that Germany have won their group, so there’s no need for any regulars to start tonight away in Hungary. Let’s see if Nagelsmann is as kind to us as De La Fuente was last night. I have my hopes.
Less so for the Netherlands, although they too are qualified with a draw over Bosnia and Herzegovina, so maybe Koeman might cut us some slack by letting Jurrien have the night off. I won’t count on it though.
