The Royal Spanish Football Federation informed via a press release Diego Costa will be sidelined from La Roja's first Euro 2016 qualifying match, and will be replaced on the list by Barcelona's rising player Munir El Haddadi.
"Diego Costa is sidelined from the National Team due to a myofascial injury hamstring muscle in his left thigh. Given injury was detected with an MRI scan carried out at nnon in the Sanitas Clinic of La Moraleja, after the player expressed some discomfort during yesterday’s match against France," can be read in the press release.
Munir El Haddadi started in yesterday's match for the Spanish U-21 team against Hungary. If he plays on Monday against Macedonia, this will be his first international match with La Roja.
The player's club informed via Twitter about their top prospect's situation:
Munir called up for full Spanish squad http://t.co/Og4ZWUpVSH #FCBarcelona #Munir pic.twitter.com/oGSrVtaFHP
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) September 5, 2014
Spain boss Vicente del Bosque has called up uncapped teenager Munir El Haddadi to replace the injured Diego Costa pic.twitter.com/LEiCS3vc7p
— Purely Football (@PurelyFootball) September 5, 2014
Munir called up by Spain as Diego Costa drops out through injury. What a meteoric rise for the Barcelona striker this year. Amazing.
— Ben Hayward (@bghayward) September 5, 2014
The injury to the Spanish international striker will be of particular concern to Chelsea's boss Jose Mourinho, since Costa has scored four goals in three matches for the Blues, and has been battling all year with this same injury, which threatened his participation in Chelsea's last Premier League match.