In addition, the most striking presences are that of FC Barcelona midfielder Pablo Martín Páez Gavira, Gavi, and that of Chelsea defender Marcos Alonso.
The great surprise of the call-up of 23 footballers is that of the Blaugrana youth squad, who turned 17 last August, and who makes the leap to the absolute after having made his debut against Getafe with the Catalan team.
Considered one of the pearls of the Masía, the midfielder, who can play both as a midfielder and in more offensive positions, made his debut at the end of August with the U18 team and has played with other teams in the lower categories.
For his part, Marcos Alonso, Chelsea’s left-handed side, is the one chosen before the casualties in that position of the injured Alba and Gayá.
Finally, the third main novelty is that of Yéremi Pino, who makes the jump from the sub’21 and who sees his good start to the season with Villarreal rewarded, also taking advantage of the gap in the lead due to the losses of Morata and Dani Elm. The Gran Canaria was already in the bubble designed after Busquets’ positive prior to the Eurocup, but he was not one of those who made his debut in the clash against Lithuania in a selection made up of U21 players.
In addition, Luis Enrique, who did not mention any pure 9, called Pedro Porro (Sporting Portugal) again, surely in search of solutions for the right back.
On the other hand, as planned, he called again Pedri, defender Pau Torres and striker Mikel Oyarzabal, who had a break on the previous list due to their passage through the Olympic Games.
Pablo Fornals (West Ham) remains among those chosen by the coach, while, apart from the injured, midfielder Brais Méndez (Celta) and winger Adama Traoré (Wolverhampton) dropped from the previous call-up last August.
Spain will face Italy on Wednesday 6 October in San Siro (Milan) in one of the two semi-finals of the second edition of the UEFA Nations League, in which it will be a reissue of those that both played in July combined in the Eurocup. For their part, Belgium and France will meet the next day. The winners will fight for the trophy on Sunday the 10th at San Siro, and the losers will fight for the trophy that same day on the Juventus field.
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