La Furia Happenings

The European Champions play Estonia away on Oct 11th and Belgium away on Oct 15th. For those of you live in the States, it looks like Gol TV will be airing these fixtures. These away games will be very tough, but I have faith that our boys will grab another 6 points. Hopefully, the lovely Dancy will do the play by play, once again on the Spain Offsides blog, as Dancy did a helluva job!!!

So who has Teddy Bear aka Vicente Del Bosque called up? The usual suspects. In defense, Andoni Iraola and Arbeloa are back as well as a healthy Marchena. Raúl Albiol is hurt, but VDB has decided that 21 players are enough. So defensively all good in the hood. In the midfield, David Silva is still out injured. Ruben De La Red has NOT been called up as we have too many damn midfielders. Shame. Upfront, El Niño Torres has returned to the senior squad at full fitness and with his shooting boots on.

Full Squad -
Goalkeepers: Reina (Liverpool), Casillas (Real Madrid);
Defenders: Iraola (Athletic Bilbao), Puyol (Barcelona), Juanito (Betis), Arbeloa (Liverpool), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Fernando Navarro (Sevilla), Marchena (Valencia), Capdevila (Villarreal);
Midfielders: Cesc Fábregas (Arsenal), Iniesta and Xavi (Barcelona), Xabi Alonso (Liverpool), Diego Capel (Sevilla), Cazorla and Marcos Senna (Villarreal);
Forwards: Güiza (Fenerbahçe), Fernando Torres (Liverpool), David Villa (Valencia).

U-21 News

Bojan Krkic has been recalled to the under 21 squad for Spain’s extremely critical double header playoff against Switzerland on Oct 11th and 14th. Check rojadirecta.org for listings. The winner will qualify for the U-21 European Championships. Other notables called up to the U-21s Mata, el Crack, from Valencia, and debutantes Sergio Busquets from Barça and Chico from Almería. Markel Susaeta from Athletic Bilbao has been dropped by Lopez Caro because we have too many damn midfielders. Shame.

Full Squad-
Goalkeepers: Roberto (Recreativo), Sergio Asenjo (Valladolid);
Defenders: Chico (Almería), Piqué (Barcelona), Azpilicueta (Osasuna), Javi García and Miguel Torres (Real Madrid), Crespo (Sevilla);
Midfielders: Javi Martínez (Athletic Bilbao), Raúl García (Atlético Madrid), Pedro and Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Granero (Getafe), Jurado (Mallorca), Dani Parejo (Queens Park Rangers), Sisi (Recreativo);
Forwards: Bojan (Barcelona), Xisco (Newcastle), Jonathan Pereira (Racing Santander), Mata (Valencia).

Vamanos La Roja!