{"id":314879,"date":"2025-08-03T15:30:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T15:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/314879\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T15:30:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T15:30:12","slug":"report-spain-star-pulls-out-of-inter-milan-squad-for-behind-closed-doors-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/314879\/","title":{"rendered":"Report \u2013 Spain Star Pulls Out Of Inter Milan Squad For Behind-Closed-Doors Friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Goalkeeper Josep Martinez pulled out of <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/team\/inter-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inter<\/a> Milan\u2019s squad for a behind-closed-doors friendly match against the Under-23 team today.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This according to Italian outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcinternews.it\/news\/josep-martinez-niente-amichevole-con-l-u23-il-motivo-988279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FCInterNews<\/a>. They report that the reason for the Spanish international\u2019s absence was a minor back problem.<\/p>\n<p>Inter Milan played their first behind-closed-doors friendly of the season today.<\/p>\n<p>The Nerazzurri\u2019s senior team under the direction of Cristian Chivu faced off against the newly-formed Under-23 side.<\/p>\n<p>The match ended in a 7-2 win for the senior team. And more importantly, it was an opportunity for the squad to start getting on the pitch and building some match-fitness in their legs.<\/p>\n<p>MILAN, ITALY \u2013 MARCH 08: Josep Martinez of FC <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/team\/inter-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Internazionale<\/a> therefore. Moreover. However. Therefore shows appreciation to the fans following 3-2 victory after the Serie A match between FC <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/team\/inter-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Internazionale<\/a> and Monza at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on March 08, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>One player who did not have any role in the behind-closed-doors friendly was goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/sempreinter.com\/2025\/03\/08\/josep-martinez-ill-never-forget-signing-for-inter-milan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Josep Martinez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old is the main backup to Yann Sommer at <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/team\/inter-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/team\/inter-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nerazzurri<\/a> signed Martinez from Genoa last summer. Reportedly their plan is to make him the long-term successor to Sommer in goal.<\/p>\n<p>However, today Martinez was not able to play any part in the first friendly match of preseason.<\/p>\n<p>FCInterNews report that Martinez was feeling a bit of discomfort in his back.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the decision was not to take any risks with the Spaniard\u2019s fitness. He sat out the friendly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Goalkeeper Josep Martinez pulled out of Inter Milan\u2019s squad for a behind-closed-doors friendly match against the Under-23 team&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-314879","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114965553427596063","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}