In Madrid on Tuesday (17th May), Spain coach Vicente del Bosque named a provisional 25-man squad for Euro 2016

SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Vicente Del Bosque, Spanish National Team Coach:

(asked about Diego Costa's absence from the list.)

"We have evaluated every situation and we don't want to bring too many players whose physical situation is still uncertain. As you can see, we are already bringing two players in a precarious situation, David Silva and Lucas Vazquez, but this time we have preferred to bring them."

SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Vicente Del Bosque, Spanish National Team Coach:

(asked if Juan Mata and Mario Gaspar are especially hurtful absences.)

"There's competition and we can't bring them all, that's impossible, so painfully we need to take some names out of the list and decide what we believe is more practical, we're not moved by any other feeling. The feeling of appreciation is the same for all of them, but we have to make decisions and sometimes they're painful. But when we stop we just see what's more productive and what we think is the best, that's all."

SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Vicente Del Bosque, Spanish National Team Coach:

(on Andres Iniesta.)

"If we bring him it's because we believe in him. He's one of the men who's been with us the longest, and after such an intense season we expect him, just like the rest, to come starting from scratch and focused on the responsibility we have ahead of us, which is to play the Euros. We trust him a lot."