Barcelona defender Pau Cubarsi has recently missed out on Spain's Euro squad as Luis de la Fuente dropped the 17-year-old, one of three players cut from the preliminary squad. However, the wonderful teenager will go to the Olympics.
Spain they didn't want to call Cube and Lamine Yamal both for the Olympics and for the Euros, to avoid exhaustion and potential injuries, as was the case with Pedri three years ago. Therefore, de la Fuente agreed with the manager of under 21 Santi Denia that Cubarsi should go to Paris, where he will probably be a mainstay, rather than a role player in Germany. Ace for SportLamine Yamal only plays the Euro.
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Cubarsi will now have until the first of July off, when Denia called his team for their preparation. Their matches will begin on July 25, and if Spain reaches the semi-finals, then their matches will continue until August 8 or 9, excluding Cubars for the entire pre-season of Barcelona, and postponed a week before starting the League. Taking into account the break he will need, it is quite possible that Hansi Flick will not work with him until September.
Many were surrpied Cubarsi did not make the cut for de la Fuente, and that extends to the Spanish team, such as Toni Juanmarti, who says that some were in shock at the decision.
The players of the Spanish team are very surprised by the absence of Cubarsí. In the group they assume that Pau would be in the Euro and talk about “surprise”. Some even say that they are not able to understand. Normal.
— Toni Juanmartí (@tjuanmarti) June 7, 2024
The decision of the Olympics played a big role in the absence of Cubarsi from the team, while Aleix Garcia was unhappy with the fact that he was considered a pivot, and he has two of the best players of Spain in Rodri Hernandez and Martin Zubimendi in front of him. Once the Real Sociedad star had shown his fitness from a thigh problem, his chances were dramatically slimmed down.
Llorente was also left out, as per Relief, as Jesus Navas also tested his fitness at de la Fuente. The Spain coach felt he had more than enough attacking resources to leave Llorente out as a midfielder, and his place in the squad was especially questionable over the Sevilla veteran. At the age of 29, Llorente struggled to digest the blow, leaving the field with a sober face.
