Luis de la Fuente has announced the list of 23 summoned from the U-21. As is customary in these first calls for a new cycle, there are quite a few novelties, because the coach wants to see footballers. Some of the most prominent are Chust, Miguel Gutiérrez or Nico González. Abel Ruiz also returns, which in the previous break was with the Absolute.
There are news, although De la Fuente also maintains a group of players who will be the backbone: Guillamón, Miranda or Turrientes are the base of this new generation that aims to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games.
La Rojita will play its third and fourth qualifying matches for the 2023 Eurocup (In that tournament the four Olympic tickets are distributed). Both matches will be played in Seville, at La Cartuja. Against Slovakia on October 8 and against Northern Ireland on October 12This new cycle, for players born after January 1, 2000, began in an excellent way: in September they beat Russia (4-1) and Lithuania (0-2). Regarding those matches, Luis de la Fuente loses Yeremy Pino, who had been the most prominent footballer.
This is the full list:
Goalkeepers: Agirrezabala, Joan García and Ayesa.
Defenders: Víctor Gómez, Carreira, Francés, Urko González, Víctor Chust, Guillamón, Miranda and Miguel Gutiérrez.
Midfielders: Vencedor, Nico González, Turrientes, Francho, Rodri and Sergio Gómez.
Forwards: Raúl Moro, Melamed, Williams Jr., Bryan Gil, Abel Ruiz and Fer Niño.
