Costa back for Spain in friendlies
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DIEGO Costa is back with Spain’s national team after being left out of the last two matches because of suspensions.
Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque summoned the striker yesterday for friendlies against England in Alicante on November 13 and against Belgium in Brussels on November 17.
“Diego Costa is doing well,” Del Bosque said. “He has been playing a lot of minutes with his team.”
The Chelsea striker missed Spain’s final two European Championship qualifiers last month. He was suspended for one of the games because of yellow cards, and at the same time was serving a three-game ban in England for violent conduct.
Del Bosque said he was not happy with Costa’s suspension in England for putting his hands in the face of another player, but said at the time that he still planned to count on the striker.
The coach also called up Manuel “Nolito” Agudo, Pedro Rodriguez, Paco Alcacer and Alvaro Morata for the attack, but left out Aritz Aduriz, the 34-year-old Athletic Bilbao striker who has been in excellent form.
“Aduriz’s season has been magnificent,” Del Bosque said. “But we are going through a generational change and the players we have give us more alternatives going forward.”
Also recalled were defender Sergio Ramos, playmaker Andres Iniesta and midfielder Jorge “Koke” Resurreccion.
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