Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 12:28
After the changes produced within Spain after the success of the last World Cup in Australia, with Jorge Vilda on the bench and in the current stage of Montse Tomé in charge of La Roja, she had not received any call after being pushed aside by the conflict of ‘The 15 rebels’. However, Claudia Pina, who had every chance of being one of the most promising internationals, returns to the world champion’s squad to heal another of the former coach’s wounds.
The Asturian coach, who was missing some pieces in the attacking puzzle such as Salma Paralluelo, Athenea del Castillo or Inma Gabarro, finally opts for the Barcelona player – as she did at the time with Patri Guijarro – to include her in the list of the two friendly matches against South Korea (November 29 in Cartagena) and France (December 3 in Nice), which will serve to face the really serious thing in 2025, the start of the qualifying phase of the Nations League, tournament that they will try to revalidate after the victory in February against France. The European Championship in Switzerland next summer is already on the horizon.
The last time the talented Barça attacker wore the national team jersey was in July 2022, during the European Championship in England. Now, the coach rewards her great start to the season by citing her in the last call for 2024, in which she also recovers the Aitana Bonmatí player, recent winner of the Ballon d’Or, whom she rested in the previous list for the friendlies. against Canada and Italy. «We have been in an exceptional situation for two years and when we started we were very clear about what we wanted to be as a team. “I have some values, a way of being and a way of playing and we believe in that,” said the Oviedo coach at a press conference.
The Asturian once again left out, in full reconstruction after the disappointment of the Olympic Games, the Barça center back Irene Paredes, the Real Madrid goalkeeper Misa Rodríguez and the Mexican Tigres midfielder Jenni Hermoso, which is the big surprise. The coach, in her objective of providing the team with new pieces, calls up two debutants: Athletic Club midfielder Maite Zubieta and Levante Badalona forward Macarena Portales.
Tomé was asked if there was any extra-sports situation that he did not like. «I don’t want to say if these players have not fulfilled. I am clear about what I want the team to be and what I like to see, that camaraderie, that knowing how to be, and I say it feeling it from the deepest depths. The players who are not there have to continue working to be there. “We are in the process of defining the team that will go to the Euro.” In this sense, he referred to the men’s team: «It is a true example of team and coexistence on and off the field. And with all that they have performance.
Convocation
Goalkeepers: Cata Coll (FC Barcelona), Adriana Nanclares (Athletic Club) and Esther Sullastres (Sevilla FC).
-Defenders: Ona Batlle (FC Barcelona), Olga Carmona (Real Madrid), Laia Codina (Arsenal), Jana Fernández (FC Barcelona), Sheila García (Real Madrid), María Méndez (Real Madrid), Leila Ouahabi (Manchester City) and Berta Pujadas (Valencia CF).
-Midfielders: Aitana Bonmatí (FC Barcelona), Tere Abelleira (Real Madrid), Patric Guijarro (FC Barcelona), Vicky López (FC Barcelona), Alexia Putellas (FC Barcelona) and Maite Zubieta (Athletic Club).
-Forwards: Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal), Lucía García (Rayadas de Monterrey), Cristina Martín-Prieto (Benfica), Claudia Pina (FC Barcelona), Macarena Portales (Levante Badalona), Alba Redondo (Real Madrid) and Amaiur Sarriegi (Real Society).
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