No rest for Lamine Yamal – Barcelona star starts again as Luis de la Fuente makes 10 changes to Spain team

VILLARREAL, SPAIN - MARCH 27: Lamine Yamal of Spain looks on during the International Friendly match between Spain and Serbia at Estadio de la Ceramica on March 27, 2026 in Villarreal, Spain. (Photo by Alex Caparros/Getty Images) | Getty Images Spain boss Luis de la Fuente has named Lamine Yamal in his starting XI again on Tuesday night for his team’s friendly with Egypt. Yamal is the only player to start both games for La Roja over the international break, with De la Fuente making 10 changes to his team.

David Raya starts in goal behind a backline of Pedro Porro, Cristhian Mosquera, Dean Huijsen and Alex Grimaldo. Carlos Soler, Pablo Fornals and Dani Olmo are the midfield three behind a frontline of Yamal, Ferran Torres and Ander Barrenetxea. De la Fuente did say before the game he planned to make changes but also said he wanted to field a team that could win.

”He might be in contention to start because we want to win. We need to freshen up the team, but obviously to avoid tiring out the players, all of them,” he told reporters at a press conference. “I understand that the Barça manager is interested, I understand that everyone has their own preferences, but I have to consider everyone’s feelings.

I have to field a team that can win. ” Barcelona will be keeping their fingers crossed Yamal comes through unscathed, particularly after losing Raphinha to injury over the international break.