Call Ups Announced

Spanish National Squad Announced:

Del Bosque announced his first squad that will face Denmark in a friendly on August 20th. No Raul and no Guti. First time call ups Fernando Amorebieta, Central Defender from Athletic Bilbao, Andoni Iraola, an attacking Right Back or Right Midfielder, also from Athletic Bilbao, Diego Capel, Left Winger from Sevilla and Bojan Krkic, el Crack from Barçelona. Cesc, and Marchena were not called up due to injury. Arbeloa, Sergio Garcia and Palop were are also missing. But for the most part the Euro 2008 squad is in tact. If it ain’t broke….

Here’s the complete list…

Goalkeepers: Reina (Liverpool), Casillas (Real Madrid);
Defenders: Amorebieta and Iraola (Athletic Bilbao), Puyol (Barcelona), Juanito (Betis), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Fernando Navarro (Sevilla), Raúl Albiol (Valencia), Capdevila (Villarreal);
Midfielders: Iniesta and Xavi (Barcelona), De la Red (Getafe), Xabi Alonso (Liverpool), Diego Capel (Sevilla), David Silva (Valencia), Cazorla and Marcos Senna (Villarreal);
Forwards: Bojan Krkic (Barcelona), Güiza (Fenerbahçe), Fernando Torres (Liverpool), David Villa (Valencia).

U-21 Call ups:

The U-21’s will be playing a very important European qualifier against Russia in Moscow on August 19th. Here is the list of the full La Furia Rojillo squad:

Goalkeepers: Fabri (Deportivo), Sergio Asenjo (Valladolid);
Defenders: Piqué (Barcelona), Torrejón (Espanyol), Monreal (Osasuna), Miguel Torres (Real Madrid), Crespo (Sevilla);
Midfielders: Javi Martínez and Susaeta (Athletic Bilbao), Raúl García (Atlético Madrid), Granero (Getafe), Jurado (Mallorca), Javi García (Real Madrid), Sisi (Valladolid);
Forwards: Xisco (Deportivo), José María Callejón (Espanyol), Jonathan Pereira (Racing Santander), Mata (Valencia).

U-19 call ups:

Not to be left out, the U-19 will be playing this month in a friendly tournament in Ireland along with Ukraine and Portugal. Here’s the 18 man squad and schedule:

Albacete: Jaime Romero
Athletic Bilbao: Isma López
Atlético Madrid: Sergio Rodríguez, Pichu Atienza
Barcelona: Iago Falqué
Celta: Joselu Sanmartín
Deportivo: David Rochela
Mallorca: Sergio Enrich
Rayo Vallecano: Jorge Sáez
Real Sociedad: Alberto Morgado
Sevilla: José Antonio Ríos, Salvador González
Valencia: Fernando Martínez
Valladolid: Carlos Lázaro
Villarreal: Diego Mariño, Mario Gaspar Pérez, Miguel Angel Luque, Jordi Pablo.

Fixtures will be as follows:
18/08: Spain v Ukraine (Lissywoollen);
19/08: Portugal v Spain (Leah Victoria Park);
21/08: Eire v Spain (Lissywoollen).

How deep is Spain? VERY deep! Aupa España!