Football - Costa, Torres omitted from Spain Euro 2016 squad

LANDOVER, MD - JUNE 06: Diego Costa (L) and Fernando Torres of Spain look on during a training session of the Spain National Team at the FedexField on June 6, 2014 in Landover, Maryland. David Ramos/Getty Images/AFPLANDOVER, MD - JUNE 06: Diego Costa (L) and Fernando Torres of Spain look on during a training session of the Spain National Team at the FedexField on June 6, 2014 in Landover, Maryland. David Ramos/Getty Images/AFP

Chelsea striker Diego Costa has been left out of Spain coach Vicente del Bosque's provisional 25-man squad for Euro 2016. The naturalized Brazilian missed Chelsea's last two games of the season due to a persistent hamstring injury and has struggled at international level with just one goal in 10 games since declaring to play for Spain in 2013.

"We didn't want to bring too many players with a certain doubt over their physical condition," Del Bosque said of Costa's omission from the two-time defending champions' squad. Del Bosque will have cut his final squad to 23 players on May 31. World Cup winners Fernando Torres, Juan Mata and Javi Martinez were also high-profile names left out by Del Bosque. The absence of Costa and the in-form Torres means Del Bosque has only two central strikers to choose from in 35-year-old Aritz Aduriz and Juventus' Alvaro Morata.

AFP

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