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Barcelona midfielder Iniesta suffers knee injury

Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta is out of Spain's squad with a knee injury.

Iniesta has been ruled out of Spain's upcoming matches against France and Macedonia through injury.

Del Bosque has opted against calling up a replacement for the 30-year-old and will stick with the remaining 22 players in his named in his squad on Friday, the Spanish football federation announced.

The two-time reigning European champions play France in a friendly on Thursday before facing Macedonia in their opening Euro 2016 qualifier next Monday.

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