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Spain v Cape Verde: World Cup 2026 – live

The Guardian Sport Monday 15 June 2026, 15:12 UTC By Daniel Harris 1 min read
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⚽️ Kick-off time: 3pm local/5pm BST/12pm EDT/2am AEST⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Wallchart | And mail DanielAs for Cape Verde, Logan Costa is missing, presumably because he’s still feeling his way back after rupturing his ACL in pre-season. I wonder if the rationale goes that, whatever he does, his team are struggling for a result here, whereas against Saudi and Uruguay, they’ve a better chances of nabbing a result. Spain, then, line up pretty much as expected.

⚽️ Kick-off time: 3pm local/5pm BST/12pm EDT/2am AEST
⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Wallchart | And mail Daniel

As for Cape Verde, Logan Costa is missing, presumably because he’s still feeling his way back after rupturing his ACL in pre-season. I wonder if the rationale goes that, whatever he does, his team are struggling for a result here, whereas against Saudi and Uruguay, they’ve a better chances of nabbing a result.

Spain, then, line up pretty much as expected. I can’t say I don’t wonder if, at some point Luis de la Fuente regrets preferring Unai Simon to David Raya in goal, but it was never a debate – in his mind, at least. Otherwise, Ferran Torres and Gavi are given Lamine and Williams’ spots, with Oyarzabal in between, as expected.

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Spain (LOCATION) World Cup 2026 (EVENT) EDT/2am AEST⚽️ Player (PERSON) DanielAs (PERSON) Cape Verde (LOCATION) Logan Costa (LOCATION) ACL (ORG) Saudi (ORG) Uruguay (LOCATION) Luis de la Fuente (PERSON) Unai Simon (PERSON) David Raya (PERSON) Ferran Torres (PERSON) Gavi (PERSON) Lamine (PERSON)
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