体坛英语新闻：De Gea gets Spain call for World Cup qualifiers

MADRID, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Spain coach Vicente del Bosque named Manchester United goalkeeper, David de Gea in the Spanish national team squad he announced this Friday.

Spain will entertain Finland in Sporting Gijon's el Molinon Stadium on March 22 in a World Cup qualifying game before travelling to Paris on Tuesday, March 26 for what is likely to be the decisive qualifying game after France's draw in the Vicente Calderon earlier in the group.

With both sides having dropped just two points each, the reigning World Champions need to avoid defeat in France to avoid the prospect of a potentially difficult qualifying round in order to reach the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.

Del Bosque named a 24-man squad for the two games, which was conditioned by the hand injury suffered by first choice keeper and captain, Iker Casillas in January.

Casillas is back in training with Real Madrid, but is not yet in condition to play after breaking a bone in his left hand. Although Del Bosque opted not to name a third keeper for a friendly against Uruguay in February, given the importance of the two games, Del Bosque has decided to call on De Gea, who has been a regular with the Spain Under-21 squad.

He has also called Manchester City midfielder, Javi Garcia into the squad, along with Barca's Xavi Hernandez, who has been struggling with muscle problems in recent week.

However, there are three notable absences in the squad: Barca defender, Carles Puyol, who made his 100th international appearance against Uruguay, Chelsea striker, Fernando Torres, who continues to struggle for form, and Bayern Munich midfielder, Javi Martinez, who could also offer cover in central defense.

Del Bosque explained he had spoken to Puyol who was had told him he was struggling with some physical problems, while he explained that he didn't believe either Torres or Martinez were in their best form.

Meanwhile the coach also warned of the dangers of dropping points saying that an errors at the current time would be "almost definitive."

Following is the full squad:

Goalkeepers: Victor Valdes (Barcelona), Pepe Reina (Liverpool), David De Gea (Manchester United)

Defenders. Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea), Alvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid), Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Raul Albiol (Real Madrid), Jordi Alba (Barcelona), Nacho Monreal (Arsenal)

Midfielders: Javi Garcia (Manchester City), Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid),Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), David Silva (Manchester City), Santi Cazorla (Arsenal), Xavi Hernandez (Barcelona), Cesc Fabregas (Barcelona), Isco (Malaga), Jesus Navas (Sevilla)

Forwards: Pedro Rodriguez (Barcelona), Juan Mata (Chelsea), Alvaro Negredo (Sevilla) David Villa (Barcelona).