Hoping that the first 2 matches in Spain shirt will be the start of a brilliant career for J. Navas. He has debuted for Sevilla reeeeaally long time ago, and he looks really promising since then.

Spain's provisional 30-men team for WC:

Goalkeepers:

Iker Casillas Fernández (Real Madrid CF)
David De Gea Quintana (Club Atlético de Madrid, SAD)
Diego López Rodríguez (Villarreal CF, SAD)
José Manuel Reina Páez (Liverpool)
Víctor Valdés Arribas (FC Barcelona)

Defenders:

Raúl Albiol Tortajada (Real Madrid CF)
Alvaro Arbeloa Coca (Real Madrid CF)
César Azpilicueta Tanco (Club Atlético Osasuna)
Joan Capdevila Méndez (Villarreal CF, SAD)
Carlos Marchena López (Valencia CF, SAD)
Gerard Pique Bernabéu (FC Barcelona)
Carles Puyol Saforcada (FC Barcelona)
Sergio Ramos García (Real Madrid CF)

Midfielders:

Xabier Alonso Olano (Real Madrid CF)
Sergio Busquets Burgos (FC Barcelona)
Francesc “Cesc” Fabregas Soler (Arsenal FC)
Andrés Iniesta Lujan (FC Barcelona)
Javier Martínez Aguinaga (Athletic Club)
Marcos Antonio Senna Da Silva (Villarreal CF, SAD)
David Jiménez Silva (Valencia CF, SAD)
Xavier Hernández Creus (FC Barcelona)

Forwards:

Santiago Cazorla González (Villarreal CF, SAD)
Jesús Navas González (Sevilla FC, SAD)
Juan Manuel Mata García (Valencia CF, SAD)
Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma (FC Barcelona)
Daniel González Güiza (Fenerbache SK)
Fernando Llorente Torres (Athletic Club)
Alvaro Negredo Sánchez (Sevilla FC, SAD)
Fernando Torres Sanz (Liverpool FC)
David Villa Sánchez (Valencia CF, SAD).

sos: sport.es

No Bojan?

So many fowarda

He is not needed. Those get listed are more than enough. I bet Pedro and Guiza will not be in the final squad. Negredo is a serious doubt too. I don't think any midfielder will be dropped except Javi Martinez.

Palop is not included as well, kinda understandable decision though. De Gea get the nod, but I think the fight for the 3rd GK slot will only be between Diego Lopez and Victor Valdes.

only 3 person not in La Liga.

fabregas
guiza
torres
haha...............so spaniard! gud luck spain!

I think Valdes will get the 3rd gk slot...

Last 3 GK:
Casillas
Reina
Valdes

Anyway, I think there's a little too much forwards.The defense looks rather thin.8 Defenders in squad and 9 forwards listed.When it's down to 23men, I hope the gaffer can keep the defenders number> strikers number.

That is because all wingers are placed in the forward bracket. In midfielder list, all are CM, except Silva. I'm sure during WC, Spain will play with only 1 out and out striker. So it wouldn't be much problem if Spain only bring along 3 forwards to SA.

My preferred final selection:

Goalkeepers:

Iker Casillas Fernández (Real Madrid CF)
José Manuel Reina Páez (Liverpool)
Víctor Valdés Arribas (FC Barcelona)

Defenders:

Raúl Albiol Tortajada (Real Madrid CF)
Alvaro Arbeloa Coca (Real Madrid CF)
César Azpilicueta Tanco (Club Atlético Osasuna)
Joan Capdevila Méndez (Villarreal CF, SAD)
Carlos Marchena López (Valencia CF, SAD)
Gerard Pique Bernabéu (FC Barcelona)
Carles Puyol Saforcada (FC Barcelona)
Sergio Ramos García (Real Madrid CF)

Midfielders:

Xabier Alonso Olano (Real Madrid CF)
Sergio Busquets Burgos (FC Barcelona)
Francesc “Cesc” Fabregas Soler (Arsenal FC)
Andrés Iniesta Lujan (FC Barcelona)
Marcos Antonio Senna Da Silva (Villarreal CF, SAD)
Xavier Hernández Creus (FC Barcelona)

Winger/Wide forwards:
Jesús Navas González (Sevilla FC, SAD)
Juan Manuel Mata García (Valencia CF, SAD)
David Jiménez Silva (Valencia CF, SAD)

Strikers:

Fernando Llorente Torres (Athletic Club)
Fernando Torres Sanz (Liverpool FC)
David Villa Sánchez (Valencia CF, SAD).

This post has been edited by matyrze: May 12 2010, 06:49 PM

i hope pedro will be chosen at final 23 men.

final 23 men already release

Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas, Valdés, Reina

Defenders: Albiol, Arbeloa, Capdevila, Marchena, Piqué, Puyol, Ramos

Midfielders: Alonso, Busquets, Cesc, Xavi, Iniesta, Javi

Forwards: Silva, Mata, Llorente, Navas, Pedro, Torres, Villa.

Didn't expect Pedro go be selected.Anyway, good lineup.No senna though

Red names are those being removed.

This post has been edited by solstice818: May 21 2010, 12:48 PM

No major surprises. Senna hasn't had the best of seasons this year and I'm very interested to see whether Javi Martinez can translate his club form to the international stage. It's still an awesome lineup though. Just probably thin at LB which has been the case for a long while now.

easily the best squad of the world cup.

I fully agree. Sometimes I just can't stop wondering how much more quality can the late Puerta bring into the current squad.

But still, Arbeloa and Capdevila are good enough already. On paper, this team looks near perfect. Just have to wait how mentality strong they are on the pitch.

Seriously, I never thought VDB would pick both Pedro and Valdes (although I did list him in my preferred squad) Especially Pedro. From Spanish 3rd tier football, to the WC in just 1 year, that is just awesome.

Pedro deserved to be in this squad, his one year performance already good enough to be La Furia Roja, at least he show why he deserved to be in the list and everyone can watch his talent, not like Walcott done in 2006

De Gea and Azpilicueta show us a promising gameplay, i think they surely will play in EURO 2012, too bad the are Spanish and too many player better than them, with that talent and still young they can go further

Anyone knows where to get a Spain Original Home Jersey 2010 with David Villa name and numbering in Klang Valley?

At times I wonder why Spain have so much good keepers.Besides the usual Casillas, Reina, Valdes, there is Lopez..Wonder if the likes of De Gea and Assenjo can break into the national squad...

Oh..We got Almunia too...although not as talented as the four mentioned, he is still a decent keeper.

they already got number

1 – CASILLAS
2 – ALBIOL
3 – PIQUE
4 – MARCHENA
5 – PUYOL
6 – INIESTA
7 – VILLA
8 – XAVI
9 – TORRES
10 – FÀBREGAS
11 – CAPDEVILA
12 – VALDÉS
13 – MATA
14 – ALONSO
15 – RAMOS
16 – BUSQUETS
17 – ARBELOA
18 – PEDRO
19 – LLORENTE
20 – JAVI MARTINEZ
21 – SILVA
22 – NAVAS
23 – REINA

This post has been edited by faris21: May 26 2010, 07:53 PM

time to bring this topic back to page 1

We scored 6 =)