Luis Aragonés once
again called up 33 players for an informal get together in April, giving
further indications of who will be in the final squad of 23. The coach opted
for the on-form Valencia keeper Cañizares rather than Víctor
Valdés as third choice to Casillas and Reina, and has also included five
more uncapped players, Melli, Oubiña, Gavilán, Javi Venta and
Cani, probably more as a bet for the future rather than for this summer. As
well as Valdés, Aragonés has left out Guti, Helguera, Oleguer,
Munitis and the injured, Valerón, all of whom have little chance now of
making it to Germany. The full list was as follows:
The full list was as
follows:
Goalkeepers: Casillas
(Real Madrid), Reina (Liverpool), Cañizares (Valencia);
Defenders: Antonio López and Pablo (Atlético Madrid),
Puyol (Barcelona), Juanito and Melli (Betis), Del Horno (Chelsea), Capdevila
(Deportivo), Michel Salgado and Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Marchena
(Valencia), Javi Venta (Villarreal); Midfielders: Cesc (Arsenal),
Iniesta and Xavi (Barcelona), Joaquín (Betis), Oubiña (Celta), De
la Peña (Espanyol), Gavilán (Getafe), Luis García and Xabi
Alonso (Liverpool), Albelda, Baraja and Vicente (Valencia), Marcos Senna
(Villarreal), Cani (Zaragoza); Forwards: Reyes (Arsenal), Fernando
Torres (Atlético Madrid), Morientes (Liverpool), Raúl (Real
Madrid), David Villa (Valencia). |