{"id":864415,"date":"2026-09-29T06:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T06:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/864415\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T06:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T06:38:09","slug":"energy-intensity-class-luis-de-la-fuente-goes-crazy-for-fermin-lopez-ahead-of-spain-vs-croatia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/864415\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Energy, intensity, class\u2019 &#8211; Luis de la Fuente goes crazy for Fermin Lopez ahead of Spain vs Croatia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Spain boss Luis de la Fuente has been full of praise for Barcelona\u2019s Fermin Lopez ahead of the team\u2019s next game against Croatia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">De la Fuente is expected to start Lopez on Tuesday night, with the Spain boss happy to talk about his talents ahead of the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cHe\u2019s in fantastic form, just like Olmo. He gives us energy, vitality, intensity, a lot of talent, class, and finishing ability. He\u2019s a world-class player and fits perfectly with our style of play,\u201d he told a pre-match press conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Spain boss also spoke about potentially making changes to his team to shake things up a little after victory over England.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cThere are players we want to give a break. We need to freshen up the team a bit,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cNot only for that reason, but also because those waiting in the wings deserve it. It doesn\u2019t worry me at all. Those who play will be the best prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">What changes would you like to see Spain make for the game against Croatia? Tell us in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spain boss Luis de la Fuente has been full of praise for Barcelona\u2019s Fermin Lopez ahead of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":864416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[125386,403,99],"class_list":["post-864415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-barcelona-internationals","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=864415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}