Spain names football squad for Olympic Games

 MADRID, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Luis Milla, coach of the Spanish football team for the London Olympic Games, named his 22-man preliminary squad¹ for the quadrennial games on Tuesday.

The list includes Jordi Alba, Juan Mata and Javi Martinez who formed part of Spain's historic² European Championship winning side.

Alba played in all of Spain's matches in the European Championship held in Poland and Ukraine and scored his country's second goal in Sunday's final against Italy.

Mata also scored in the 4-0 victory against Italy, which was his only appearance in the competition, while Martinez made one appearance.

Martinez will be joined by his Bilbao teammates Iker Muniain, Ander Herrera and Mikel San Jose.

Their absence will leave the club short-handed as Bilbao have to play Euro League qualifying³ matches when the Olympics are taking place.

Barcelona are also well represented with Thiago Alcantara, Cristian Tello and Martin Montoya joining Alba in the squad, while Joel Adrian, Koke and Adrian Lopez make up a three-man Atletico Madrid contingent⁴.

Rather surprisingly, Milla has not called up any Real Madrid players.

Milla will reduce the squad to 18 players ahead of the games, which are to start on July 27.

Squad:

Martin Montoya (Barcelona), Thiago Alcantara (Barcelona), Jordi Alba(Barcelona), Cristian Tello (Barcelona), Jorge Resurreccion 'Koke'(Atletico Madrid), Joel Adrian (Atletico Madrid), Adrian Lopez (Atletico Madrid), Mikel San Jose (Bilbao), Javi Martinez (Bilbao), Ander Herrera(Bilbao), Iker Muniain (Bilbao), Rodrigo (Benfica), Alvaro Dominguez(Mochengladbach) ' Oriol Romeu (Chelsea), Juan Mata (Chelsea), Alvaro Vazquez (Espanyol), Francisco Roman 'Isco' (Malaga), David De Gea (Manchester United), Cesar Azpilicueta (Olympique de Marsella), Inigo Martinez (Real Sociedad), Alberto Botia (Gijon), Diego Marino (Villarreal).

1 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

2 historic   

adj.历史上著名的，具有历史意义的

参考例句：

• This is a historic occasion.这是具有重大历史意义的时刻。
• We are living in a great historic era.我们正处在一个伟大的历史时代。

3 qualifying   

使具有资格的

参考例句：

• players who fail at the pre-qualifying stage 在预选赛中淘汰掉的选手
• A doctoral candidate is required to pass a qualifying examination. 考博士需通过一个资格考试。

4 contingent   

adj.视条件而定的；n.一组，代表团，分遣队

参考例句：

• The contingent marched in the direction of the Western Hills.队伍朝西山的方向前进。
• Whether or not we arrive on time is contingent on the weather.我们是否按时到达要视天气情况而定。