Barca keeper Garcia among four maiden call-ups in Spain squad for March friendlies

[p]The European champions continue their World Cup preparations with matches [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/serbia-8Kl6iq0i/spain-bLyo6mco/?mid=xMtre3GO"]against Serbia on March 27th[/a] in Villarreal and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/egypt-bejDn7NN/spain-bLyo6mco/?mid=Op2f19Yr"]Egypt four days later[/a].[/p][p][b]The game against Serbia replaced the Finalissima versus [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/argentina/f9OppQjp/"]Argentina[/a], cancelled due to the Middle East war. [/b][b]The friendly with Egypt has been moved to Barcelona from Qatar for the same reason.[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/garcia-joan/vuAlEqes/"]Garcia[/a] has made 35 appearances in all competitions this season since joining Barcelona from city rivals Espanyol.[/p][p]He suffered an injury scare earlier this week when he was replaced by Wojciech Szczesny late in Barcelona's 7-2 Champions League thumping of Newcastle.[/p][p]Arsenal defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mosquera-cristhian/4O15XViB/"]Cristhian Mosquera[/a], Real Sociedad forward [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barrenetxea-muguruza-ander/A3vo4Lf6/"]Ander Barrenetxea[/a] and Osasuna's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/munoz-victor/EBMXXrd3/"]Victor Munoz[/a] are all also named in a national-team squad for the first time.[/p][p]Winger [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/williams-nico/Cp7lcVjJ/"]Nico Williams[/a] is still absent through injury, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gavi/xrV9v8CU/"]Gavi[/a] misses out, having only made one brief substitute appearance for Barcelona since returning from a serious knee injury.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/spain/bLyo6mco/"]Spain[/a][/b] are among the favourites for this year's World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada, where they will face Uruguay, Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia in Group H.[/p][embed guid="b5ada17c-5594-483c-b208-355c1f3c1bb0" url="https://x.com/SEFutbol/status/2034943331453566978" social-type="twitter" /][h2]Spain's full squad:[/h2][p][b]Goalkeepers:[/b] Unai Simon (Athletic Bilbao), David Raya (Arsenal/ENG), Alex Remiro (Real Sociedad), Joan Garcia (Barcelona)[/p][p][b]Defenders:[/b] Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid), Pedro Porro (Tottenham/ENG), Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao), Pau Cubarsi (Barcelona), Dean Huijsen (Real Madrid), Cristhian Mosquera (Arsenal/ENG), Marc Cucurella (Chelsea/ENG), Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen/GER)[/p][p][b]Midfielders:[/b] Rodri (Manchester City/ENG), Martin Zubimendi (Arsenal/ENG), Pedri (Barcelona), Pablo Fornals (Real Betis), Carlos Soler (Real Sociedad), Dani Olmo (Barcelona), Fermin Lopez (Barcelona)[/p][p][b]Forwards: [/b]Yeremy Pino (Crystal Palace/ENG), Alex Baena (Atletico Madrid), Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad), Victor Munoz (Osasuna), Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), Ferran Torres (Barcelona), Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)[/p]