MADRID, 14 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The presence of the young FC Barcelona defender Pau Cubarsí focuses the attention of the squad list that will be provided this Friday by the national soccer coach Luis de la Fuente for the friendlies against Colombia and Brazil on March 22 and 26, respectively.
The 17-year-old Catalan centre-back has burst into the Blaugrana team and Xavi Hernández has already entrusted him with starts in important games, so he could be the main novelty in the Rioja coach’s call-up.
Cubarsí, who has not been named by either the U-17 or the U-19, could tighten the fight even more to be one of the center backs in the Euro Cup in Germany, a position that David García will not be able to occupy on this list ( Osasuna) due to injury and where it remains to be seen if Aymeric Laporte (Al Nassr), absent in the previous one, will return, and if Íñigo Martínez (FC Barcelona) will remain, with little participation at present, given the strength of other names such as those of Daniel Vivian and Aitor Paredes, from Athletic Club.
Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid), José Luis Gayà (Valencia) and Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen) appear to be permanent players on the sides, while Jesús Navas (Sevilla) hopes to remain on a list where players such as the versatile Marcos Llorente (Atlético) could enter ), in good form, or Óscar Mingueza (Celta). In goal, given the lack of minutes for Kepa Arrizabalaga (Real Madrid), everything indicates that the three from the last call-up (Unai Simón, David Raya and Alex Remiro) will repeat.
In the center of the field, the main absence will once again be the injured Pedri González (FC Barcelona), who has barely been able to count on De la Fuente who will keep his regulars and who has to start looking for a possible replacement for the Gavi injured. Upstairs, there could also be news with the return of players like Gerard Moreno, again at a good level at Villarreal, or the debut of Hugo Duro (Valencia), who is going through a good scoring moment.
Luis de la Fuente will offer the call starting at 11:30 a.m. through the RFEF social networks. Later, at 12:30, he will attend to the media in the José Villalonga room of the Ciudad del Fútbol of Las Rozas.
‘La Roja’ will play its first two games of the year during this March break, in preparation for the Euro Cup in Germany, which takes place from June 14 to July 14. The first will be at the London Olympics on March 22 against Colombia, while on the 26th De la Fuente’s team will host Brazil at the Santiago Bernabéu in a match against racism and discrimination, under the motto ‘One Skin ‘. The concentration of the Spanish team will begin next Monday, March 18 at the Ciudad del Fútbol of Las Rozas, with the summoned players summoned from 5:00 p.m.
Prior to the appearance of the Rioja coach before the media, the U-21 coach, Santi Denia, will be the one who offers the list to face Slovakia (friendly) and Belgium (official qualification match for the 2025 European Championship) in this March window .