Barca midfielder Casado one of Spain's newcomers

The Spanish national team gathered late on Tuesday morning at Las Rozas. Marc Casado, Samu Omorodion and Aitor Paredes, the new faces in a group that included the return of Dani Olmo, Nico Williams, Ayoze Perez, Yeremy Pino and Bryan Gil, who was called up by Luis de la Fuente due to the absence of Lamine Yamal.

The Spanish internationals arrived progressively before sharing the first meal of the training camp and having time to rest before the first training session. It will be from 19:00 and open to the presence of fans, who will be able to donate the amount they wish with their ticket in a solidarity initiative of the Federation, ‘Jugamos por vosotros’, which is destined to "rebuild sports facilities in the areas affected by the DANA."

The national team will repeat this next Sunday in Tenerife, in training at the Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez on the eve of the match against Switzerland. Before that, they will complete three sessions at the Ciudad del Futbol until Thursday afternoon, when they will fly to Copenhagen to face Denmark on Friday.

Already qualified for the quarter-finals of the Nations League, Spain need 1 point from the 6 at stake to top the group, which would allow them to play a second-placed side - Croatia, Netherlands and France at the moment - and face the tie with the second leg at home.

De la Fuente will take advantage of the two matches to get as many of the players called up as possible to play and to see the players coming up through the youth ranks in the senior team. Paredes has been coached by De la Fuente in the past, and Samu and Casadó are coming up from Santi Denia's U21s.

 

November 12, 2024