The coach Montse Tomé does not give up Alexia Putellas for the last two games of the Nations League that Spain will play against Italy in Pontevedra on December 1 and against Sweden on the 5th in La Rosaleda. Although the captain has knee discomfort that prevented her from playing last Sunday's Classic, Tomé has included her in the list of 25 players called up, as well as Irene Paredes. In the midst of a debate about injuries with the national teams, Spain does not give up two of its captains.

“They are two special cases in which we have monitored all levels, medical services, rehabilitation and physical preparation. That is why we have called 25 when only 23 can be included in a call.. We will see them, we will work with them in the way we can and we will make decisions ensuring the safety of the players.. Without forcing and using common sense,” he warned. “We always take care of the players, but there are processes that must be followed and we are in it. “We are going to analyze the situation and not only from the technical side,” he added.

The coach is confident that the almost two weeks left until the appointment will be enough for both players to recover, as well as for Laia Codina, who has just recovered from injury, to improve her condition.

“A very positive moment”

And the fact is that, although Spain is moving steadily forward in this Nations League in which it has won every game, with a victory against Italy it would have mathematical classification in its pocket for the final phase and, therefore, it would continue fighting to be in the Paris Games. There would be no need to gamble with Sweden in the last game.

It is an idyllic setting that no one imagined in September. “If we evaluate how it started and how we are now, it is a very positive moment. “Now we have an ideal context to work in and we are privileged to be able to do so surrounded by so much talent,” he said.

Tomé demonstrates in this call, the third since he sits on the bench, that he is very clear about his block, to which he has only incorporated as a novelty the Valencia midfielder Fiamma Benítez, who already made her debut in the Absoluta in November 2022 and even She was in the squad prior to the World Cup, although she finally went to the U-19 European Championship and was proclaimed champion.

Jenni Hermoso is also on the list again, whom the coach has recovered with full stripes as part of a block that is increasingly more defined and in which players like Alba Redondo or Mapi León and Patri Guijarro still do not enter, but they have not yet entered selectable. “We need players who want to come, who have ambition and are excited and eager to learn, who are committed. Let's look at them in the talk and they give us positive energy,” Tomé summarized.. “We continue to see both of them and when they tell us that they are ready, we will evaluate them,” he concluded.

LIST OF 25 CALLED

Doorkeepers: Misa, Cata Coll, Enith Salón.

Defenses Ona Batlle, Oihane Hernández, María Méndez, Laia Codina, Irene Paredes, Ivana Andrés, Laia Aleixandri, Olga Carmona.

Midfielders: María Pérez, Tere Abelleira, Maite Oroz, Aitana Bonmatí, Fiamma Benítez, Jenni Hermoso, Alexia Putellas.

Forwards: Eva Navarro, Athenea, Inma Gabarro, Esther González, Salma Paralluelo, Lucía García and Mariona Caldentey.