The Olympic team trained this Tuesday in Las Rozas on their second day of training to prepare for the Paris Games with a double session in the morning and afternoon. The team led by Santi Denia started rolling yesterday. Motivation and a good atmosphere flooded the session held in all the internationals, except for Fermín López and Álex Baena, which competes in the European Championship in Germany. The footballers have a clear goal: the Paris Olympic Games.
In training there were rondos and work on a small field, where coach Santi Denia emphasized the speed in the movement of the ball, with one or two touches, and insisted that the full-backs rushed to baseline to generate more danger in wing play.
In total, an hour and 40 minutes of work under the command of Santi Denia in which in the last part Abel Ruiz was hit with a blow to the head. The striker, a recent signing of Girona from Sporting de Braga, was examined by doctors on the field of play of the main field of Las Rozas Football City and, after verifying that he was in perfect condition, he performed sprints and got back in I work alongside the rest of my colleagues.
A Spanish Olympic team that had only two casualties among the 22 players that make up the pre-list: Álex Baena and Fermín López, who will join the rest of their teammates when Spain participates in the tournament to be held in Germany and that will remain, at least, until Friday, when Luis de la Fuente’s men play the quarterfinals against the host.
The final list, of 18 players – with four discarded remaining as possible replacements in case of injury during the tournament – will be announced by Santi Denia this weekend.
A long set-up, which starts 23 days after the debut, because the players arrive after the holiday after the season and have to do a preseason to recover the rhythm of the competition.
The Spanish team will remain in Las Rozas until July 17, when it will travel to Bordeaux to play, a day later, a friendly against the United States.
On the 18th, Santi Denia’s team will head to Paris where they will make their Olympic Games debut on July 24 against Uzbekistan at the Parc des Princes.
They will then return to Bordeaux, home of their next two group stage matches: on July 27 against the Dominican Republic and on July 30 against Egypt. All three matches are played at 3:00 pm CEST (-2 GMT).
The prelist of 22 players consists of:
Goalkeepers: Arnau Tenas (PSG-France), Joan García (Spain) and Alejandro Iturbe (Atlético de Madrid B).
Defenders: Juanlu Sánchez (Sevilla), Marc Pubill (Almería) Eric García (FC Barcelona), Cristian Mosquera (Valencia), Pau Cubarsí (FC Barcelona), Jon Pacheco (Real Sociedad), Miguel Gutiérrez (Girona) and Juan Miranda ( equipment)
Midfielders: Beñat Turrientes (Real Sociedad), Adrián Bernabé (Parma), Álex Baena (Villarreal), Fermín López (Barcelona), Pablo Barrios (Atlético de Madrid) and Aimar Oroz (Osasuna).
Forwards: Sergio Gómez (Manchester City), Diego López (Valencia), Sergio Camello (Rayo Vallecano) and Abel Ruiz (Girona), Samu Omorodion (Atlético de Madrid).
Source: La Verdad
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