‘We didn’t need battle’ – Luis de la Fuente explains why Eric Garcia dropped out of Spain squad

Spain boss Luis de la Fuente has mentioned why Eric Garcia withdrew from the squad after lacking Saturday’s win over England at Wembley.

Garcia felt some discomfort in his knee throughout the warm-up and ended up lacking the sport regardless of initially being within the XI.

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The Barcelona star then underwent checks on his knee which led to him leaving the squad and returning to Barcelona.

De la Fuente says it is not a severe damage however that did not need any issues with Barcelona.

“If it had been in a closing stage, he would have stayed,” he advised a press convention.

“He would not have been obtainable for tomorrow, however he may have been for the third recreation. We knew we could not take that threat. We weren’t going to create a battle. We would like them to play once they’re secure.”

Barcelona are regarded as optimistic that the issue will not trigger Eric to overlook any recreation time and he will likely be obtainable to play of their subsequent fixture in opposition to Getafe.