Gerard López has given this Monday the call for the friendly that the Selection of Catalonia He will play against Costa Rica on Wednesday, May 28 (7:00 p.m.), in the Johan Cruyff Stadiumand of which Barça soccer players are part Eric Garcia, Gerard Martín and Pau Víctor.
The most represented club is Espanyol, with four players –Joan Garcia, Pol Lozano, Edu Expósito and Jofre Carreras-, while the other Catalan club of First, the Girona, contributes to the National Team three players: Arnau Martínez, David López and Oriol Romeu.
One of the great incentives of the match will be the debut with the Catalan team of the Espanyol goalkeeper Joan Garcíaafter it has not been included in the Spanish team list to play the next two matches of the Nations League.
“He (Joan Garcia) told me that if he was not summoned with Spain he would play with Catalonia. After a season in which it has been the prominent names, it makes me very excited that he debuts,” he explained Gerard López.
He has not entered, on the other hand, in the call the Barcelona midfielder Marc Casadówith whom the coach has been in contact to make a consensual decision.
“In the last games he had to play with Barça. The fact of not finishing playing with his team left him the doubt of whether he would play with the U21 team, which has not summoned it for the European, and we agreed that he recovered well from the knee and that the preseason began well,” Gerard explained.
This is the list of 22 players chosen by Gerard López: Dani Cárdenas (Rayo Vallecano), Joan Garcia (Espanyol), Adrià Altimira (Leganés), Eric Garcia (FC Barcelona), Arnau Martínez (Girona), David López (Girona), àlex Moreno (Nottingham Forest), Gerard Martín (FC Barcelona), Mika Mármol (UD Las Pal Sergi Cardona (Villarreal), Oriol Romeu (Girona), Edu Expósito (Espanyol), Sergio Gómez (Real Sociedad), Carles Aleñá (Alavés), Aleix Garcia (Bayer Leverkusen), Ramon Terrats (Getafe), Pol Lozano (Espanyol), Ferran Jutglà (Bruges), Jofre Carreras (Espany) Víctor (FC Barcelona), Keita Balde (Monza) and Raúl Moro (Valladolid).
Female list
During the event, held at the headquarters of the Catalan Football Federation, the list of the women's team has also been presented to measure yourself in another friendly match to Chile on June 1 (7:00 p.m.) at the Johan Cruyff stadium.
Despite not being able to count on the players convened by the Spanish, Sub-23 and Under-19, the Coordant Xavi Llorenç has made a “very good” assessment of the list he has made for the friendly match against the Chilean team.
“I know that very important names are missing that are the referents of world football, not only of Catalan. But it is a law of life. I have spoken with 45 players to make a list of 22 soccer players. I think it is a very good selection. There are some players who may seem unknown, but they are all important with their clubs,” he said.
This is the list of 22 players presented by Xavi Llorenç: Laura Coronado (Levante Badalona), Gemma Font (FC Barcelona), Judit Pujols (Barcelona), Alala Aparicio (Espanyol), Aida Esteve (Valencia), Marta Torrejón (Barcelona), Xènia Pérez (Atlétic Alba Caño (Barcelona), Paula Fernández (Levante), Maria Llompard (Levante Badalona), Vicky Losada (Brighton), Maria Pérez (London City), Queralt Torradelfot (Venice), Cristina Baudet (Espanyol), Andrea Gómez (Granada), Fatoumata Kanteh (Sevilla), Judith Pablos Pablos (Espanyol), Irina Uribe (Levante Badalona) and Bruna Vilamala (Brighton).
Both friendly are framed within the acts of celebration of the 125th anniversary of the Catalan Federation.