On Wednesday 24 June, Santi Denia announced the list of 22 players who will form the Olympic team and it includes the internationals Fermín and Baena, who will join the team when Spain finishes its journey in the Eurocup. The Barcelona and Villarreal midfielders are the two field players who have counted the least for De la Fuente in Germany and, unlike Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal, who were also old enough to be called up, fatigue will not be an impediment for them to do double this summer.
Cubarsí, who was in the preparation phase for the European Championship at the Ciduad de Fútbol de Las Rozas, but was finally discarded by Luis de la Fuente, will also go to the Olympic Games. The Barcelona central defender went directly from the U-17 to the U-21 without going through any other category, but that has not been an impediment for Santi Denia to have preferred him over other central defenders such as Huijsen and Francés, who had gone to the last concentrations of the U-21.
The Olympic team players will begin their preparation next Monday, June 1, at the Ciudad del Fútbol in Las Rozas. All the footballers will concentrate and train there with the exception of Baena and Fermín, who will join the group when Spain finishes its adventure in the Euro Cup. The RFEF has until June 7 to present the final list of 18 players and will announce the four discards (who may be called up throughout the tournament) on the 6th. Wednesday, July 17 La Roja will travel to Bordeaux to play a preparation match against the US Olympic team and will begin its journey in search of gold on July 24 against Uzbekistan in Paris. Three days later, on July 27, Spain will return to Bordeaux to play the second game of the group stage against the Dominican Republic. The third match will be played, also in Bordeaux, against Egypt on July 30.
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