Hello everyone, welcome into our ESPNFC studios for the latest edition of our show.

I'm Alexis Eunice hanging out with Stevie Nickel today.

Our Jan Agafjordov will also be joining us a bit later on.

And of course, all eyes are on this international break.

A couple of big games coming up.

But we have to talk about La Minia Mal and Spain because once again they are making the headlines,

especially with the latest news that La Minia Mal has been withdrawn from Spain's qualifiers

after undergoing a procedure to help an ongoing groin injury.

Now, Spain coach Luis de la Fuente had this to say,

I've never experienced a situation like this before.

I don't think it's very normal, of course.

It surprised me as it did everyone else.

You don't hear anything.

You don't know any details, and I insist when it comes to health

and fitness issues, you're left surprised.

All right, well, let's also welcome in Stuart Robson and Sid Lowe.

Sid, you know I'm going to have to start with you because yet another international break

and yet another time that La Minia Mal and Spain and De La Fuente are making headlines.

How much of a big deal is this latest news in Spain?

This is a massive big deal. This afternoon, the president of the Spanish Football Federation,

Rafael Luzan, said, I'm not going to talk about this. I'm not going to cross more controversy.

And you kind of thought to yourself, well, it's a bit late for that. It's already happened.

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