{"id":1823,"date":"2025-05-23T19:48:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T19:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/?p=1823"},"modified":"2025-05-29T22:19:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T22:19:17","slug":"barcelona-star-excused-from-u21-european-championship-duty-despite-key-absences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/23\/barcelona-star-excused-from-u21-european-championship-duty-despite-key-absences\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona star excused from U21 European Championship duty despite key absences"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Barcelona star Pau Cubasri will be excused from Santi Denia\u2019s Spain squad for the U21 UEFA European Championship.<\/p>\n

Cubarsi has enjoyed a sensational breakthrough campaign with Hansi Flick\u2019s side as the 18-year-old has become firmly established as a starting centre back.<\/p>\n

However, his overall game tally from 2024\/25 is a concern for Flick, with 55 club games played on route to a trophy treble win in Catalonia.<\/p>\n

After being brought in for his senior Spain debut in March 2024, the teenager is now in Luis de la Fuente\u2019s plans<\/a>, after representing La Roja at every level from U15 up.<\/p>\n

However, Denia faces a defensive headache for his squad reveal on May 26, with Dean Huijsen and Raul Asencio away on FIFA Club World Cup duty.<\/p>\n

Who is missing for Spain U21s at Euro Championship?<\/h2>\n

Denia is unable to block Asencio and Huijsen from joining Los Blancos on the flight to the USA due to FIFA rules on senior competitions.<\/p>\n

Valencia\u2019s Cristhian Mosquera is the No.1 option to cover the combined absences, but as per reports from Mundo Deportivo<\/a>, Cubarsi will be granted a much-needed break.<\/p>\n

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After winning gold for Spain in the Olympic Games last summer, Cubarsi has barely had a rest, but he could join up with de la Fuente\u2019s panel for Nations League duty at the start of June.<\/p>\n

Spain\u2019s potential path to U21 Euro glory<\/h2>\n

Spain famously lost to England in a bad tempered 2023 final and they have been placed in Group A with hosts Slovakia this summer alongside Italy and Romania.<\/p>\n

If Denia\u2019s charges top Group A, and England finish second in Group B, they will be on an immediate collision course in the last 16.<\/p>\n

Lee Carsley has already confirmed his squad for the competition with Harvey Elliott, Adam Wharton and Jobe Bellingham the eye-catching names included for the holders.<\/p>\n

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Barcelona star Pau Cubasri will be excused from Santi Denia\u2019s Spain squad for the U21 UEFA European Championship. Cubarsi has enjoyed a sensational breakthrough campaign with Hansi Flick\u2019s side as the 18-year-old has become firmly established as a starting centre back. However, his overall game tally from 2024\/25 is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1823"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1826,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823\/revisions\/1826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}