The Spain manager insisted he "did not like" the
Chelsea striker's behaviour in the 2-0 Premier League
win over Arsenal in September
Spain head coach Vicente del Bosque was far from
impressed by Diego Costa's actions in Chelsea's win over
Arsenal last month.
Costa was hit with a retrospective three-game ban by
the Football Association for striking Laurent Koscielny
with his arm during the Premier League champions' ill-
tempered 2-0 victory.
The striker has since been left out of the Spain squad
for the final Euro 2016 qualifiers against Luxembourg
and Ukraine, and while Del Bosque stressed the decision
was due to Costa's one-game ban at international level,
he admitted he was not happy to see the 26-year-old's
actions.
"It's not because he's been playing badly," Del Bosque
said when explaining why Costa was omitted. "We took
the road to this decision irrespective of his ban with
Chelsea. We don't have to make it all about the ban. But
I don't like what he did, of course."
Del Bosque had words of encouragement for Thiago
Alcantara, however, after the Bayern Munich
midfielder earned a recall following the calf injury
suffered by Andres Iniesta.
"He's been with us many times before and we hold him
in high esteem. He's a great player and we're happy
with him," Del Bosque added.
Spain, who need just one more point to qualify for the
Euro 2016 finals, host Luxembourg on October 9 before
they travel to Kiev three days later.
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