Yamal, Williams and Pedri not included in Spain's soccer squad for Paris Olympics

Wed, Jun 26, 2024
Soccer News (AP)

Lamine Yamal, Nico Williams and Pedri have not been included in Spain's Olympic soccer squad for next month's Paris Games despite being young enough to make the team.

The trio are younger than 23 but are playing with Spain at the European Championship in Germany and will get some time off after that tournament ends.

Fermin Lopez and Alex Baena are the only two players who will do the double of Euros and Olympics. The Games tournament is played with under-23 squads but each nation can add three overage players.

Barcelona's teenage defender Pau Cubarsi, who was not included in the Euro squad, made the Olympic team.

The three over-age players picked by Olympic coach Santi Denia in his 22-player list were 23-year-old Sergio Gomez of Manchester City, 24-year-old Abel Ruiz from Sporting Braga and 24-year-old Juan Miranda of Real Betis.

The players will report to training camp on July 1. Spain will debut on July 24 against Uzbekistan. It will then face the Dominican Republic and Egypt in Group C.

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Squad:

Goalkeepers: Arnau Tenas (Paris Saint-Germain), Joan Garcia (Espanyol), Alejandro Iturbe (Atletico Madrid)

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Defenders: Juanlu Sanchez (Sevilla), Marc Pubill (Almeria), Eric Garcia (Barcelona), Pau Cubarsi (Barcelona), Jon Pacheco (Real Sociedad), Cristhian Mosquera (Valencia), Miguel Gutierrez (Girona), Juan Miranda (Real Betis)

Midfielders: Aimar Oroz (Osasuna), Benat Turrientes (Real Sociedad), Alex Baena (Villarreal), Adrian Bernabe (Parma), Pablo Barrios (Atletico Madrid)

Forwards: Fermin Lopez (Barcelona), Sergio Gomez (Manchester City), Abel Ruiz (Sporting Braga), Samu Omorodion (Alaves), Sergio Camello (Rayo Vallecano), Diego Lopez (Valencia)

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