{"id":764362,"date":"2026-06-27T20:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T20:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/764362\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T20:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T20:09:15","slug":"spain-reveal-pino-avoided-fracture-and-retain-world-cup-hope-for-him-and-williams-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/764362\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain reveal Pino avoided fracture and retain World Cup hope for him and Williams | Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spain issued a more positive update than expected on Y\u00e9remy Pino and Nico Williams on Saturday, describing their injuries as moderate. Pino had been expected to miss the rest of the World Cup<\/a> and there were concerns they had lost Nico Williams too, as qualification for the last 32 came at a heavy price.<\/p>\n

Spain said X-rays showed Pino had not sustained a fractured collar bone but an acromioclavicular sprain and that a tackle had left Williams with an adductor injury. A statement said the players\u2019 availability would be determined by the rate of recovery.<\/p>\n

A 1-0 win over Uruguay<\/a> in a physical and at times violent match in Guadalajara secured first place in Group H for Spain, but Pino, who came on as a second-half substitute, suffered a heavy fall. Although the Crystal Palace winger played on until the final whistle, he departed the stadium with his arm in a sling.<\/p>\n

Y\u00e9remy Pino profile<\/a><\/p>\n

The Spain coach, Luis de la Fuente, described him as \u201cheroic\u201d and said he had a suspected fracture, adding that there was \u201ca high possibility he will miss the rest of the competition\u201d. Williams, who was also introduced in the second half, left the stadium head down and limping. He was the victim of a dreadful challenge from Nicol\u00e1s de la Cruz, which sparked confrontations in the final minutes. Spain did not specify which tackle caused the injury.<\/p>\n

Spain\u2019s Nico Williams is challenged by Nicol\u00e1s de la Cruz of Uruguay. Photograph: Eurasia Sport Images\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The new Liverpool signing V\u00edctor Mu\u00f1oz<\/a>, who has not played in the tournament, is still training alone. With Lamine Yamal also returning from an injury, although he has now been able to start the past two games, that means there are fitness doubts over all four natural wingers in the squad.<\/p>\n

Williams, like Lamine Yamal, arrived at the World Cup still in the process of recovering from injury, with the coach trying to introduce his two wingers bit by bit. Out since April, Lamine Yamal had come on as a substitute in Spain\u2019s opening game against Cape Verde, then started the matches against Saudi Arabia and Uruguay as he nears full fitness. The teenager is not yet there, though: he has played 19, 45 and 75 minutes respectively in Spain\u2019s three matches so far.<\/p>\n

Lamine Yamal has started Spain\u2019s past two games after coming off the bench in their opener against Cape Verde. Photograph: Martin Fonseca\/Zuma Press Wire\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

After a season when he sustained a sportsman\u2019s hernia, as well as groin and hamstring injuries, Williams had targeted the third game against Uruguay as the day when he would be 100% fit and had said he had no problem with playing 90 minutes. Instead, he was introduced after 76 minutes. He had come on just after the hour against Saudi Arabia and on 87 against Cape Verde. He had played just six of the past 15 games and completed 90 minutes just three times.<\/p>\n

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As for Mu\u00f1oz, he sustained a calf injury in the buildup to the tournament and had a further setback when he was diagnosed with another muscular injury. He is now training on the pitch but has not yet rejoined his teammates.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re getting a bit short on specialist wingers,\u201d De la Fuente said. \u201cWe won\u2019t change our ideas, but will have different players with different characteristics. If we can\u2019t play with wingers, we\u2019ll play without wingers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spain issued a more positive update than expected on Y\u00e9remy Pino and Nico Williams on Saturday, describing their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":764363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-764362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/764363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}