Chicken pox forces San Jose out of Spanish Olympic football squad

 MADRID, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Athletic¹ Club Bilbao defender², Mikel San Jose has been forced to withdraw from the Spanish football squad³ for the 2012 Olympic Games because of an attack of chicken pox.

The central defender has to leave the Spain training camp in order to avoid the risk of infecting the other 21 players called up by coach Luis Milla.

"There are a lot of players who have already suffered the disease, but a lot who have not and we can't take the risk of taking a player who could infect the others. We have carried out tests on the others," informed Jorge Guillen, the doctor of the Spanish Olympic squad.

San Jose is the second player to drop out of the squad following Barcelona midfielder Thiago Alcantara, who has not fully⁴ recovered from a broken tibia.

Thiago was replaced by Real Sociedad midfielder, Asier Illaramendi, but with only 18 players allowed to travel to London, it is not certain whether or not Milla will call up another player.

1 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。

2 defender   

n.保卫者，拥护者，辩护人

参考例句：

• He shouldered off a defender and shot at goal.他用肩膀挡开防守队员，然后射门。
• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。

3 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。

4 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。