Luis Enrique has returned to Gerard Moreno, who enters the squad for the matches on Thursday in Stuttgart against Germany and on Sunday in Valdebebas against Ukraine, the first of the group stage of the League of Nations that begins this week behind closed doors throughout Europe. Gerard Moreno enters the list in the place of Oyarzabal, who has tested positive for coronavirus and will not be able to go with the National Team.
The absence of Gerard Moreno was the highlight of Luis Enrique's recent list, which for the first time left the top scorer selectable from the list. In this case it was Gerad Moreno, who finished the last league as the third highest scorer in the Championship, only surpassed by Messi and Benzema.
But the loss of Oyarzabal has led to Gerard Moreno returning to the National Team. Something similar happened on Luis Enrique's first list when the Asturian left Iago Aspas out, whom he later played due to an injury to Diego Costa (who never returned) and who later made him play as a starter at Wembley. Luis Enrique then openly acknowledged that he had been wrong, and that the Galician forward had made it clear to him in each training session from the first minute he was called up. This situation showed that Luis Enrique is willing to rectify if the footballers show him that they are at 'Selection level'.
Spain concentrates this Monday in Las Rozas in a special call for the coronavirus crisis. Footballers will be in a bubble and no one will be able to enter or leave their concentration hotel once work begins. All training in Spain during the week will be behind closed doors except for 20 minutes in Germany. In addition, all press conferences will be telematic.