The Spanish team has started this Monday its preparation in the City of Las Rozas facing the Nations League, which takes place from June 2 to 12 and where they will face Portugal, the Czech Republic and Switzerland. Luis Enrique’s men will begin their journey in the group stage this Thursday against Portugal at the Benito Villamarín stadium. They will then travel to Prague to face the Czech Republic at the Eden Arena on Sunday June 5.
The next match will be against Switzerland in Geneva on Thursday, June 9, and this window will close against the Czech Republic at the Rosaleda in Malaga.
The internationals had a first contact yesterday in a training session without Thiago Alcantara and Eric Garcia, the two most notable absences. The Liverpool midfielder, who played in the Champions League final against Real Madrid, passed tests to find out his physical condition. He was reviewed by the team doctors before deciding that he did not exercise in the afternoon. While, Eric Garcia he suffers from tonsillitis, but in principle his permanence in the concentration is not in danger.
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In the concentration there were two especially happy players, Dani Carvajal and Marco Asensio after proclaiming themselves champions of Europe.
the call to Marco Asensio It was one of the surprises of the call. The Balearic, recent winner of the Champions League with Real Madrid, assured that he is very excited to return, since he has not played with La Roja since November 2020 “I know it is difficult because there is a lot of competition and Luis Enrique finds it harder and harder make the calls” and added that “winning a trophy with the national team would not change it for anything”.
Ansu Fati chats with Gavi during training in Las Rozas
upon arrival, Luis Enrique He made a joke and asked him “Do you only have three Champions? You are one of the poorest of the team”, said the coach.
“I really want to be and get together with my colleagues,” he confessed for his part Inigo Martinez on his return to a call. “We face beautiful and difficult games, but I’m sure that if we’re good, things will turn out as we hoped. We are very excited, let’s see if luck is with us, ”he added.
They will be the last games before the holidays and the end of a long season. “Coming back is a great dream and even more so with four games ahead of us. to win,” he assured. Dani Olmo to the selection media.
Diego Llorente was the last player called by Luis Enrique after the first loss in the call, that of Aymeric Laporte due to injury: “I come with great enthusiasm, wanting to contribute my grain of sand”, he sentenced.
Before training, there was a technical talk about the first of the two days of work at La Ciudad del Fútbol that will complete the team before traveling to Seville, where on Thursday they face Portugal. the arm of Jordi Alba on Ansu Fati was a gesture of one of the captains tucking in the young pearl on her return.
In the minutes of training open to the presence of the media, the players had fun in the rounds and with running games before Luis Enrique Divide your team into two groups. Beside Ansu Fati, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba, Álvaro Morata, Koke, Carlos Soler, Íñigo Martínez, Azpilicueta and Ferran Torres They worked separately from the rest of the internationals.