JAKARTA - centre-back Dean Huijsen was injured again while undergoing a training camp for the Spanish national team. As a result, the Real Madrid defender failed to appear when Spain beat Georgia 4-0 in the Group E qualifying match which made them almost certainly qualify for the 2026 World Cup.
The moment was not right to repeat when Huijsen again failed to defend Spain in qualifying matches. In the previous qualifying match against Georgia and Bulgaria last October, Huijsen also suffered a muscle injury while undergoing training.
As a result, he not only failed to defend La Roja but was also sent back to the club for recovery.
After recovering, Huijsen again showed his best performance in Madrid so he still got a call from national team coach Luis de la Fuente. Unfortunately for him due to injury again during training.
De La Fuente hopes Huijsen's injury is not serious so he can still be fielded in the last match against Turkey, Wednesday, November 19, 2025 in the morning WIB. If he doesn't recover, the 20-year-old defender will return to the club.
Huijsen felt a little uncomfortable so he didn't play. As I said, our priority is players even though there are still those who don't understand it. He will undergo further examination. If there are no problems, he will be fielded in the match Tuesday [local time]," said De la Fuente.
Saat kehilangan Huijsen, sektor bek tengah diisi Aymeric Laporte dan Pau Cubarsi dalam pertandingan di Stadion Boris Paichadze, Minggu, 16 November 2025 dini hari WIB. Sedangkan Pedro Porro mengganti Dani Carvajal yang juga mengalami cedera.
In that match, Spain did not get any resistance at all. Just 11 minutes into the game, Spain was able to score a goal when they were awarded a penalty following a foul by a Georgian defender who touched the ball.
The referee pointed to the spot and Mikel Oyarzabal calmly completed the penalty.
Winning 1-0 made Spain even more aggressive in suppressing. As a result, midfielder Arsenal Martin Zubimendi increased his advantage to 2-0. Ferran Torres then closed the first half with a three-goal advantage.
In the second half, Oyarzabal managed to score a brace that solidified the European champions' victory in 2024 to 4-0. The score lasted until the end of the match and made Spain stronger at the top of the standings by pocketing point 15. A three-point lead with Turkey who is in second place.
Even though they are only three points ahead, Spain has actually qualified 99% for the 2026 World Cup finals. Because they are ahead of the goal margin of up to 15 with Turkey.
Spain is already +19 ahead and Turkey is only +5. It is almost impossible for Turkey to score up to 15 goals if they beat Spain in the last match. By becoming runners up, they will also play a playoffs to get tickets to the United States, Canada and Mexico.
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