Pau Torres, Raúl Albiol, Santi Cazorla and Gerard Moreno have all been called up to face Norway and Sweden
Spain have called up four Yellows players for the upcoming matches against Norway and Sweden. Gerard Moreno, Santi Cazorla, Raúl Albiol and Pau Torres will represent their country in two qualifiers for Euro 2020.
‘La Roja’, managed by Robert Moreno, will face Norway on 12th October at 8:45pm CEST at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo (Norway) and Sweden on 15th October at 8:45pm CEST at the Friends Arena in Stockholm (Sweden).
Villarreal, the club with most players in the squad
The Yellows, with four footballers, is the club which has the most players in the national team. Only once before have more Yellows players been named in a La Roja squad, when in May 2011 Vicente del Bosque called up Cazorla, Joan Capdevila, Bruno Soriano, Carlos Marchena and Borja Valero.
Gerard and Pau, both formed at the #YellowsAcademy, will be making their senior international debut. In fact the centre-back will become the first player from the town of Vila-real to represent his national side.
Albiol and Cazorla, two experienced footballers at international level return to the national team after an excellent start of the season playing for Javi Calleja’s side. The Valencian defender has 52 caps to his name, while the Asturian midfielder has 78.
A total of 18 groguets, internationals with Spain
With Pau and Gerard in the squad, as well as Albiol for the first time as a Villarreal CF player, there are now 18 footballers who have represented Spain as a Yellow: Unai Vergara, Guayre, Marcos Senna, Capdevila, Ángel López, Cazorla, Diego López, Marchena, Bruno Soriano, Borja Valero, Mario Gaspar, Sergio Asenjo, Denis Suárez, Rodrigo Hernández, Pablo Fornals, Raúl Albiol, Gerard Moreno and Pau Torres.
