{"id":1020491,"date":"2026-06-11T20:53:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1020491\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T20:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:53:16","slug":"lamine-yamal-nico-williams-return-to-full-training-with-spain-in-major-boost-ahead-of-world-cup-opener-vs-cape-verde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1020491\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamine Yamal &#038; Nico Williams return to full training with Spain in major boost ahead of World Cup opener vs Cape Verde"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The return of the star pair was met with high spirits within the camp as the European champions finalised their preparations. Team-mates celebrated Yamal and Williams&#8217; recuperation by inviting them to run the gauntlet at the start of Thursday&#8217;s training session. The upbeat atmosphere continued as goalkeeper Unai Simon followed the two to celebrate his birthday.<\/p>\n<p>With Yamal and Williams back in the fold, Spain can now focus on the tactical nuances required for their Group H campaign. The blend of youth and experience in the squad has made them one of the pre-tournament favourites, and having their full complement of attacking talent available significantly strengthens that claim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The return of the star pair was met with high spirits within the camp as the European champions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1020492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5312],"tags":[280822,2000,299,140607,282282,104,282283,1514],"class_list":["post-1020491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-cabo-verde","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-l-yamal","tag-n-williams","tag-spain","tag-spain-vs-cabo-verde","tag-world-cup"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116733464219188717","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1020491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1020491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1020491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1020491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}