{"id":2278,"date":"2025-09-04T06:28:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T06:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/?p=2278"},"modified":"2025-09-04T11:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T11:17:13","slug":"predicted-xis-bulgaria-spain-barcelona-star-to-complete-attacking-trident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/04\/predicted-xis-bulgaria-spain-barcelona-star-to-complete-attacking-trident\/","title":{"rendered":"Predicted XIs Bulgaria-Spain: Barcelona star to complete attacking trident"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

Spain kick off their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign on Thursday evening with a trip to Sofia, where they will face Bulgaria. Luis de la Fuente\u2019s side will be keen to make a strong start, as they seek to book their place at next summer\u2019s tournament without any issues.<\/p>\n

Bulgaria head coach Ilian Iliev issued a warning to La Roja<\/a> ahead of the match, and de la Fuente will know that his side need to be on their game to pick up the three points at the Vasil Levski National Stadium.<\/p>\n

In terms of Spain\u2019s line-up, Sport<\/a> say that Robin Le Normand will be chosen to play alongside Dean Huijsen in the centre of defence, while the returning pair of Rodri and Dani Carvajal will not be risked from the start \u2013 Martin Zubimendi and Pedro Porro are set to be included in the XI instead.<\/p>\n

In attack, de la Fuente is expected to start Ferran Torres as the number nine, following his good start to the season with Barcelona. Alvaro Morata and Mikel Oyarzabal would be on the bench, with the familiar duo of Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams starting as La Roja\u2019s wing options.<\/p>\n

\"Possible
Diario Sport\u2019s predicted XIs for the 2026 World Cup qualifier between Bulgaria and Spain (Image via Diario Sport)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Spain must not underestimate Bulgaria<\/h2>\n

Spain will be overwhelming favourites to take the three points back home, even with the match being played in Sofia. Bulgaria have struggled for some time in international football, and during the Euro 2024 qualifying stage, they finished bottom of their group without a single victory in eight matches.<\/p>\n

Despite this, de la Fuente and his side will be under no illusions about the challenge they face. As one of the best teams in international football at the moment, they would be a scalp for anyone \u2013 and that will be motivation for nations like Bulgaria.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The post Predicted XIs Bulgaria-Spain: Barcelona star to complete attacking trident<\/a> appeared first on Football Espa\u00f1a<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spain kick off their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign on Thursday evening with a trip to Sofia, where they will face Bulgaria. Luis…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2278"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2282,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278\/revisions\/2282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}