2 min readUpdated: Jun 27, 2026 07:46 PM IST<\/p>\n
Spain\u2019s clinical 1-0 win over Uruguay was overshadowed by injury concerns, with reigning European champions now anxiously awaiting updates on the fitness of Yeremy Pino and Nico Williams. Courtesy of a goal from Alex Baena, Luis de la Fuente\u2019s team topped the Group H table of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and will now face the runner-up of Group J in the round of 32 on 2nd July. However, they could be without two key attackers for that encounter.<\/p>\n
Williams had already arrived at the tournament carrying a hamstring issue that forced him to miss Athletic Bilbao\u2019s final three La Liga matches. Accordingly, he has been used only as an impact substitute by de la Fuente, but the Spanish coach will be sweating over a fresh injury he picked up on Friday. Replacing fellow winger Lamine Yamal in the 76th minute, Williams was seen in discomfort<\/p>\n
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Providing an update about the injury, de la Fuente said: \u201cNico was experiencing some slight discomfort. It could be a strain or just fatigue. We\u2019ll have to wait until tomorrow to know for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
The bigger concern for the 2010 champions, however, will be the shoulder injury that Yeremy Pino sustained. Introduced in goalscorer Baena\u2019s place in the 66th minute, Pino injured himself after an awkward landing during the dying stages of the game. Though he was able to complete the full 90 minutes, as Spain did not have any substitutions remaining, the Crystal Palace attacker\u2019s agony was visible.<\/p>\n
De la Fuente revealed after the game that Pino\u2019s tournament could be over. \u201cI am really sad about this, what really concerns me is Yeremy\u2019s injury. It looks bad and there is a very strong possibility he will miss the rest of the tournament. It could be a collar bone injury. We\u2019ll see, he\u2019ll undergo tests tomorrow. He\u2019s suffering a lot. He made a huge effort to hold on until the end of the game. It was heroic.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2 min readUpdated: Jun 27, 2026 07:46 PM IST Spain\u2019s clinical 1-0 win over Uruguay was overshadowed by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4700,14928,20984,4888,5417,20985,17,3691,3003,20983],"class_list":["post-46909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-alex-baena","tag-group-h","tag-injury-update","tag-luis-de-la-fuente","tag-nico-williams","tag-round-of-32","tag-spain","tag-uruguay","tag-world-cup-2026","tag-yeremy-pino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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