Barça international players join Spain squad for Euro 2012
The seven FC Barcelona players in Vicente del Bosque’s squad for Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine joined their team mates on Friday morning at the Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas. Carles Puyol and David Villa, who are a regular feature of Spain line-ups, but are recovering from their respective injuries, visited the 23-man squad.
Barcelona (FCB).- The seven FC Barcelona players in the squad of 23 that Vicente del Bosque is taking to the European Championship in Poland and Ukraine have arrived at the team camp in the Ciudad de Fútbol de Las Rozas. The presence of Víctor Valdés, Gerard Piqué, Sergio Busquets, Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta, Cesc Fàbregas and Pedro Rodríguez means FC Barcelona is once again contributing more players to the side than any other club. The Athletic Club from Bilbao contingent also joined the squad today.
Cesc undergoes resonance
As soon as he arrived, Cesc Fàbregas, who has strained the femoral biceps in his right thigh, visited the team doctor, who used magnetic resonance to examine the extent of the player’s injury.
Visit from Puyol and Villa
The players were also joined today by the injured Carles Puyol and David Villa. Both FC Barcelona stars are regular members of the Spain squad, but will miss this June’s tournament through injury. Nevertheless, they both made a point of travelling down to visit the players and offer them some words of encouragement. At 18.00 this Friday evening, Vicente del Bosque has scheduled his first official training session with his full squad. The last friendly will be on Sunday against China at La Cartuja in Seville, and after that the Spanish team will be flying to Poland, where their first match of the tournament is against Italy on June 10th.