Spain celebrated another round of negative test results on Wednesday and welcomed the announcement the squad would get vaccinated ahead of Euro2020.
The news came after “La Roja” expanded its parallel squad to 17 players following the detection of two coronavirus cases this week. Defender Diego Llorente tested positive on Tuesday and captain Sergio Busquets on Sunday. Both players left the team’s training camp and were put into isolation.
“It’s an unpleasant situation for everyone,” defender Jordi Alba, who is taking over the team’s captaincy, told Radio Marca. “What happened to Busquets was unfortunate. I hope he will be back with us soon. We have been complying with all the protocols and we have to continue to adapt. Hopefully there won’t be more of this going forward.”
Some in Spain have criticized the delay in getting the team vaccinated, while others have complained that the players are getting their shots ahead of other Spaniards who are still waiting. Only those over the age of 45 are currently authorized to get vaccinated in Spain. All but one of the 20 players called up for that match — Bryan Gil — had played for the senior national team before. The friendly counted as a first-team match, with players getting caps and an official debut for coach Luis de la Fuente with the main squad. The last time Spain had 10 players on debut for a senior international was in 1941, against Portugal, after the team had not played since Spain’s Civil War broke out in 1936.
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