Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams set to be fit for Spain’s World Cup opener

Key points

• Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal and Athletic’s Nico Williams are expected to shake injuries in time to face Cape Verde.
• Forwards Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams should be fit for Spain’s World Cup opener, coach Luis de la Fuente has said.
• Yamal and Williams both missed the end of the club season due to hamstring injuries, but de la Fuente included them in his World Cup squad anyway, telling reporters last month he expected both to be fit for the global showpiece.
• European champions Spain begin their Group H campaign on June 15 against Cape Verde in Atlanta.
• “We are perfectly coordinated with the clubs, we are giving them continuation in a programme that was established some time ago, and the truth is that the players are improving every day,” de la Fuente said before Thursday’s friendly against Iraq.