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February 25, 2012, Saturday
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CHELSEA'S Fernando Torres was dropped from the Spain squad for a friendly against Venezuela by coach Vicente del Bosque, raising fresh doubts about the underperforming striker's Euro 2012 place.
Spain faces the South Americans in Malaga on Wednesday and while Del Bosque stressed there could still be changes to his roster before the June tournament in Ukraine and Poland, Torres will struggle to make the cut unless his form rapidly improves.
Losing his place with the world and European champions is the latest setback in a dramatic turnaround for the 27-year-old, who netted Spain's winner in the final of Euro 2008 against Germany but has seen his scoring touch almost completely desert him since joining Chelsea from Liverpool just over a year ago.
"His performances recently have been a bit irregular," Del Bosque said yesterday.
"It does not mean that he is not a special and charismatic player, who has represented his country many times.
"He is a lad we appreciate a great deal and it pains me to leave him out but I wanted to be fair to those lads who are pushing for a place. Torres should not take his bad run of form as a negative thing but as a stimulus," Del Bosque said.
"It is in no way a definitive decision. It's a basic list but not the final one for the European Championship."
Spain faces the South Americans in Malaga on Wednesday and while Del Bosque stressed there could still be changes to his roster before the June tournament in Ukraine and Poland, Torres will struggle to make the cut unless his form rapidly improves.
Losing his place with the world and European champions is the latest setback in a dramatic turnaround for the 27-year-old, who netted Spain's winner in the final of Euro 2008 against Germany but has seen his scoring touch almost completely desert him since joining Chelsea from Liverpool just over a year ago.
"His performances recently have been a bit irregular," Del Bosque said yesterday.
"It does not mean that he is not a special and charismatic player, who has represented his country many times.
"He is a lad we appreciate a great deal and it pains me to leave him out but I wanted to be fair to those lads who are pushing for a place. Torres should not take his bad run of form as a negative thing but as a stimulus," Del Bosque said.
"It is in no way a definitive decision. It's a basic list but not the final one for the European Championship."
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