Last chance to convince as Spain play Romania friendly

The last train with a ticket to this summer's European Championships pulls out of the station when Spain play Rumania in Cluj on Sunday evening.

The game will be the last friendly match Vicente del Bosque's side plays before Del Bosque names his definitive squad for June' s tournament and several players know they must take their chance or be left waiting back in Spain rather than travelling to France.

Athletic Club Bilbao striker, Aritz Aduriz grabbed his chance of Thursday with the goal that gave Spain a 1-1 draw away to Italy and on Sunday other strikers, such as Paco Alcacer and Celta Vigo's Nolito will get their chance to shine.

Iker Casillas will play in goal knowing that David de Gea's excellent performance in Udine means he needs a good performance as the chorus of voices calling for De Gea to be first choice this summer continues to rise.

Real Madrid central defender Sergio Ramos returned to Spain on Friday as the result of a minor back problem and if Del Bosque continues his policy of rotating the squad that should see Marc Bartra and Nacho Fernandez share duties at the heart of the Spain defense, despite the fact they have barely 10 appearances between them for their clubs this season.

Meanwhile Jordi Alba will play at left back and Mario Gaspar will get a chance on the right.

With Andres Iniesta and Sergio Busquets out through injuries Sunday should see their Barca team-mate Sergi Roberto make his full debut and his energy could give more spark to a midfield which struggled to make an impact in Italy.

After Sunday's game the players return for the final straight in the BBVA Primera Liga season, while Del Bosque will have to start thinking about his final squad for France, his players have 90 minutes to show they deserve to be on the train.

Source: Xinhua