The club officials recently revealed that the young Spanish midfielder is not going to be fit to make it into Spain’s Olympic squad.
Spain recently won the Euro 2012, making them the only team in history to defend its European title.
Thiago Alcantara did not make it in the Spanish team as they marched towards http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032 in order to play the Euro. However, the Italian-born Spanish star was expected to perform for the Spanish national team during the Olympics.
Even though he was a favourite for the Spanish squad, it was recently revealed that the Barcelona star will not be able to play during the Olympics after he picked up a shin injury.
The club’s officials have revealed that the Italian-born Spanish star will not be fit enough to play for the Spanish team as they will be going into the Olympics to win the footballing event.
Barcelona’s official website stated:
"The tests on the player confirm that his shin injury is not healed and that he should continue recuperating over the next few weeks. The player cannot receive a medical discharge before the Olympics."
With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 winning the Euro title back-to-back, and dominating the world of football for the past four years, they are definitely considered to be favourites to win the footballing event at the Olympics as well.
However, one of their main players, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-c34888 Alcantara, will not be playing for the Spanish team and that will definitely dent the hopes of winning the title.
Thiago Alcantara was considered to be ‘just another’ midfielder in the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 line-up about two seasons ago. However, last season Josep Guardiola gave him a lot of time on the pitch despite having so much competition at the centre of the pitch.
The Spanish midfielder was played in more of a defensive midfield during a lot of games when Barcelona played with three defenders.
Throughout the season Alcantara kept on improving as a player and showed the world that he has the potential to replace a player like Xavi Hernandez in the centre of the pitch.
With Alcantara out of the Olympic squad, Spain definitely need to recruit other younger players like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Iker-Muniain-c16816.
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