Riqui Puig, Barcelona midfielder, is the main novelty in the squad's squad of 23 players sub-21, Luis de la Fuente, for the match against North Macedonia on September 3 (18:45), which contains 18 changes compared to the last one, on November 8.
New faces due to the fact that a large part of the technician's spine for the new generation received the call of the absolute selector Luis
Enrique like Ferran Torres, Eric García, Óscar Rodríguez, Ansu Fati and Dani Olmo -who already debuted on Robert Moreno's last list in November-.
Riqui Puig It was already among Luis de la Fuente's plans and he has won the call after increasing his role in the Barcelona first team after the coronavirus stoppage.
The U21s will face North Macedonia with the aim of achieving another victory that further strengthens their leadership in Group 6 with 13 points from five games (four wins and one draw). Israel is second with eight in four games.
Riqui Puig, with the Barça first team. Now he will be an under-21 international
The list of 23 summoned by Luis de la Fuente are made up of:
Goalkeepers: Dani Martín (Betis), Iñaki Peña (FC Barcelona), Josep Martínez (Leipzig)
Defenses: Pipa (Espanyol), Óscar Gil (Elche), Cucurella (Getafe), Pedrosa (Espanyol), Clemente (Zaragoza), Manu Hernando (Real Madrid) and Hugo Guillamón (Valencia).
Midfielders: Jon Moncayola (Osasuna), Zubimendi (Real Sociedad), Carles Aleñá (FC Barcelona), Gonzalo Villar (AS Roma), Riqui Puig (FC Barcelona), Fran Beltrán (Celta de Vigo)
Forwards: Andrés Martín (Rayo Vallecano), Valery Fernández (Girona), Pedri (FC Barcelona), Alejandro Pozo (Sevilla), Dani Gómez (X), Hugo Duro (Getafe) and Javi Puado (Espanyol).