Olmo: Yamal has always been eager to play for the country, and he is absent this time because he is not 100% fully recovered.

In recent years, Olmo has become a regular player in the Spanish national team coached by De la Fuente. Recently, the Barcelona midfielder accepted an interview with "Radioestadio Noche". He talked about Spain's participation in the World Cup and Yamal's injury and retirement from the national team.

■About myself

Olmo said: "I am regaining my feeling and am very motivated to continue training and working hard."

■Due to injury, Olmo missed the last call-up to the national team. This time he returned to the Spanish team. His goal is to ensure qualification for next summer's World Cup. Spain is about to face Georgia and Türkiye. As long as it scores 1 point against Türkiye, it can qualify in advance.

Olmo said: "Nothing is easy, and it is not completely determined mathematically. In the last World Cup qualifiers, we worked hard to defeat Georgia away from home. We cannot relax, every game is a new challenge."

■At the same time, the focus at the beginning of this training camp was overshadowed by the controversial withdrawal of Lamine Yamar, who returned to Barcelona due to injury, which triggered friction between the club and the national team.

Olmo said: "Lamine was very disappointed at the time. He is the kind of player who always wants to play for the national team. If he cannot come this time, it is because he really has not recovered to 100%. The outside world questioned his unwillingness to come to the national team, but in fact the internal situation is completely the opposite. Although the outside world talks about him a lot, he is used to it and he is very focused."