Coronavirus stuff. Up to 19 players have the opportunity to debut this Tuesday with the Spanish team. The positive of Sergio Busquets has meant that the players summoned by Luis Enrique have had to be isolated and cannot play the friendly scheduled against Lithuania in Butarque. This has meant that a series of footballers (almost the same who played the European Under-21) had to be summoned urgently to play the game.
Despite the fact that at first it was reported that the match would be played under the name of the under-21 team, the Royal Spanish Football Federation made official that the friendly between Spaniards and Lithuanians will be considered for all purposes as disputed by the national team of absolute category.
All the players summoned, with the exception of the Andalusian Bryan Gil , who has already played with the senior team, will therefore be able to make their debut with Spain in the highest category if coach Luis de la Fuente , who also debuts in office, does so. considers.
The players cited for the match are the following:
GOALKEEPERS: Álvaro Fernández (Huesca), Josep Martínez (Leipzig) and Iñaki Peña (Barcelona).
DEFENDERS: Óscar Gil (Espanyol), Adriá Pedrosa (Espanyol), Juan Miranda (Betis), Jorge Cuenca (Almería), Hugo Guillamón (Valencia), Óscar Mingueza (FC Barcelona) and Alejando Pozo (Eibar).
MIDFIELDERS: Marc Cucurella (Getafe), Martín Zubimendi (Real Sociedad), Gonzalo Villar (Roma), Fran Beltrán (Celta) and Manu García (Sporting).
FORWARDS: Bryan Gil (Eibar), Brahim Díaz (Milan), Javi Puado (Espanyol), Yeremi Pino (Villarreal) and Abel Ruiz (Sporting de Braga).
