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Are you ready for some fútbol?

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AFP Photo / Pierre-Phillipe Marcou

From left to right, the Spanish Men’s National Team’s goalkeepers, Pepe Reina and David de Gea, midfielder Sergio Busquets, Spain’s coach Julen Lopetegui, defender Sergio Ramos, and midfielder Isco pose wearing their new jerseys at the “Ciudad del Futbol” in Las Rozas, near Madrid on Nov. 8, 2017.

The team will take on Costa Rica’s National Team on Saturday in a World Cup 2018 friendly.

Would you like to submit a photo to our #TTPicOfTheDay series – the view from your home or favorite Costa Rican spot, or any other image you care to share? Please send horizontal photos at least 1100 pixels wide to kstanley@ticotimes.net. We’d love to see the sights with you.

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