Spain vs. Germany: How La Roja Should Line Up in International Friendly

Heavyweights collide in Vigo on Tuesday night when the current world champions take on the former world champions in what ESPN has described as a "glamour friendly."

Spain may enter the fixture having been knocked off their perch at the top of international football over the last 12 months, but they'll be buoyed by the nature of their 3-0 win over Belarus on Saturday.

Meanwhile, since lifting the World Cup in Brazil, Germany have won just two of their five matches.

With changes anticipated on both sides, though, form will go out of the window at Celta Vigo's Balaidos stadium.

And given that there is a Celta Vigo player in Vicente del Bosque's squad, it would make sense that Nolito (Manuel Agudo Duran) is handed his Spain debut in front of his own supporters.

The 28-year-old's rise to La Roja's squad, as charted by Sid Lowe in a recent Guardian column, has not been what many would consider to be traditional.

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Now, though, on the back of some impressive club form, he is likely to become the 52nd player to be handed a Spain debut by Del Bosque.

Jose Callejon and Alvaro Morata became the 50th and 51st in the win over Belarus at the weekend; they will both be candidates to partner Nolito in what would be a three-pronged attack.

However, Paco Alcacer, who looks like being Diego Costa's main rival for the No. 9 spot, may be preferred to begin with.

Another man who could make his Spain debut is Espanyol goalkeeper Kiko Casilla, who has been included in the last few squads. David de Gea was set to start against Germany, but his injury is likely to open the door for Casilla, unless Del Bosque decides to stick with Iker Casillas for the second game running.

In his press conference on Monday afternoon, though, the Spain boss did promise changes, as reported by Spanish publication Marca. He hinted that most of those not involved against Belarus would be involved at some point against Germany.

That may mean changes at both left-back and right-back. Cesar Azpilicueta and Juan Bernat, who plays his club football for Bayern Munich in Germany, could replace Juanfran and Jordi Alba respectively.

There is more to gain by giving Marc Bartra more international experience in the middle of the back four, so the Barcelona defender may partner one of Sergio Ramos or Gerard Pique instead of Raul Albiol.

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And there may be more debuts in midfield, with Malaga's Ignacio Camacho waiting for his chance to impress.

Like Camacho, Raul Garcia was not involved against Belarus, while Villarreal's Bruno Soriano played the second half in place of Sergio Busquets.

Del Bosque may look to use the same midfield three—Busquets, Isco, Koke—in the first half against Germany to build some chemistry between a trio that could, in theory, become Spain's first-choice midfield over the coming years.

Camacho's debut, therefore, may be more likely to come in the second half.

And if it does arrive and Casilla and Nolito also feature, Del Bosque will end the international break by capping five new faces, taking his overall number of debutants to 54.

How Spain should line up: Kiko Casilla; Cesar Azpilicueta, Marc Bartra, Gerard Pique, Juan Bernat; Sergio Busquets, Koke, Isco; Jose Callejon, Nolito, Paco Alcacer.