Dani Olmo Failed To Strengthen Spain Against Georgia And Bulgaria

Midfielder Dani Olmo failed to strengthen Spain against Georgia and Bulgaria due to a calf injury. (X/@SEFutbol)

JAKARTA - Spanish center player Dani Olmo will miss Georgia and Bulgaria in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Olmo suffered a calf injury and was returned to club Barcelona.

Olmo has actually joined to attend the training camp in preparation for the World Cup qualifying match.

Spain, which is currently at the top of Group E after winning the first two games, hosted Georgia at Elche, Sunday, October 12, 2025 in the morning WIB.

Furthermore, La Roja returned to act as host by facing his guest, Bulgaria, in Valladolid, Wednesday, October 15, 2025 in the morning WIB. If you get the perfect points, Spain has a great chance of qualifying for the finals held in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Olmo himself already felt pain in his calf. In the last exercise, Friday, October 10, 2025 local time, he was only able to last 15 minutes and felt uncomfortable on his calf so he underwent further examination.

From the examination, Olmo was declared to have a calf injury and had to undergo treatment. In an official statement from the RFEF or the Spanish Football Federation, the 27-year-old player is confirmed to have missed two qualifying matches. He was returned to the club for further examination.

'Dani Olmo cannot play against Georgia in Elche or Bulgaria in Valladolid due to injury. The player himself arrived at the training camp on Monday and has shown a muscle problem as Barcelona said,' said the federation's official statement.

After undergoing treatment, his symptoms of illness have decreased and today [Friday] he plans to undergo training. But he said there was a problem with his left leg. After communicating with Barcelona, the players continued to undergo treatment at the training camp before returning to Barcelona when the team departed for Elche to face Georgia.

Olmo followed Real Madrid defender Dean Huijsen who failed to strengthen Spain in qualifying matches.

Huijsen suffered a muscle injury so he was dropped from the squad. The reason is that the 20-year-old defender is certainly unable to appear in the two matches.

Despite losing a number of players, including Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams, coach Luis de la Fuente hopes the players stay focused on the two matches.

"I don't think about anything. The important thing is we want to qualify. Next, we focus on winning [World Cup]. Because being a champion is very difficult," said De la Fuente, who led Spain to win Euro 2024.

Spain topped the spot after beating Turkey 6-0 and beating Bulgaria 3-0. The result put Spain three points ahead with Georgia and Turkey.