Football: Torres left out of Spain squad

Coach Del Bosque said he wanted to reward players who had been performing well.

MADRID: Chelsea striker Fernando Torres was dropped from the Spain squad for the world champions’ friendly international against Venezuela by coach Vicente del Bosque. Spain face the vastly-improved South Americans in Malaga on Wednesday and Del Bosque said he wanted to reward players who had been performing well. “Torres is a lad we appreciate a great deal and it pains me to leave him out but I wanted to be fair,” said Del Bosque.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 25^th, 2012.